Ward Manager

NHS; Sydenham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity as a Registered Nurse is available at a leading healthcare provider in Sydenham. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership, managerial, and clinical skills, alongside a personal commitment to promoting equality and diversity in patient care. The role involves responsibility for a skilled nursing team invested in providing excellent palliative care.

Qualifications

• Experience at Senior Staff Nurse/Deputy Ward Manager level in palliative care or oncology required.
• Experience in promoting equality and diversity.
• Resilient practitioner with a keen interest in patient care.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of skilled nurses caring for patients and families at the end of life.
• Provide clinical placements for healthcare staff learning about end-of-life care.
• Ensure high-quality care and support for patients.

Skills

Leadership

Managerial skills

Clinical skills

Excellent communication

Computer skills

Education

Degree in Nursing

Further qualifications in palliative care/oncology

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity on one of our wards for an experienced, motivated and emotionally intelligent registered nurse, who has excellent leadership, managerial and clinical skills.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity on one of our wards for an experienced, motivated and emotionally intelligent registered nurse, who has excellent leadership, managerial and clinical skills.

About us

St Christophers, in our experience, is an extraordinary place to work.

Our aim at St Christophers is to deliver care and support that is of the highest quality to our patients, their families and carers and anyone else who looks to us for help. We know that people working across our organisation will only be able to provide this if they in turn, feel supported in their endeavours.

Job responsibilities

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Your new role

We have an exciting opportunity on one of our wards for an experienced, motivated and emotionally intelligent registered nurse, who has excellent leadership, managerial and clinical skills. This is a key position within the hospice, where you will have the day to day responsibility for leading a team of skilled nurses, caring for patients and their families at the end of life. The wards at St Christophers offer opportunities for clinical placements for health care staff learning about end of life care. These range from student nurses to doctors and nurses worldwide involved in setting up palliative care services.

To succeed in this role

You will be a resilient practitioner with a keen interest in making a difference to patient care, and have experience of working at Senior Staff Nurse/Deputy Ward Manager level in specialist palliative care or oncology. Additionally, it is just as important to us that you are able to demonstrate good computer skills, be an excellent communicator (both verbally and in writing), and have a passion for positively promoting Equality and Diversity.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Anne Nash, Consultant Nurse, on 020 8768 4721 or [e-mail].

To apply for this position, please submit your expression of interest by clicking the link below:

Closing Date: Tuesday 8th 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To have a degree in Nursing preferably in palliative care/oncology
• Willing to undertake further qualifications

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in palliative care or oncology experience
• Experience of positively promoting equality and diversity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.