Ward Manager

TN United Kingdom; Witney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Witney is seeking a courageous and ambitious registered nurse to join their team as Ward Manager. This role requires excellent leadership and communication skills to provide care for patients with diverse needs. The successful candidate will lead the ward, manage staff, and ensure high standards of patient care while promoting a compassionate and innovative environment.

Benefits

Career progression

Tailored learning

NHS discounts

Pension scheme

Lease car

Cycle scheme

Support programs

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Range of clinical experience required.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and QI projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ward and manage staff and budget.
• Deliver safe and effective healthcare.
• Ensure accurate patient records.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Compassion

Innovation

Education

Postgraduate Leadership and Management module

Job description

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Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? Linfoot ward is seeking a courageous, ambitious registered nurse with excellent leadership skills to join our dedicated team as Ward Manager.

Linfoot ward provides care for patients with a plus-sized background, clinically unstable community patients requiring semi-acute care, and rehabilitation patients from our acute partners within Oxfordshire.

If you have excellent communication skills, are compassionate, innovative, and equitable, then this is your ideal role.

Main duties of the job

1. Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organization at all times.
2. Act as a role model to all colleagues, treat everyone fairly, and maintain high standards of professionalism.
3. Lead the ward; be responsible for the ward budget and staff management.
4. Provide skilled leadership, utilizing motivational, innovative, and change management skills.
5. Be a skilled clinician, providing expert knowledge and complex care planning and provision.

Working for our organization

Oxford Health is a great place to work. Please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and tailor your supporting statement to the role and essential criteria.

We serve people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset, delivering care at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and homes. Our vision is to provide:

“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:

“Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer benefits including career progression, tailored learning, annual leave, NHS discounts, pension scheme, lease car, cycle scheme, support programs, and staff accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and effective healthcare.
• Take 24-hour responsibility for care delivery.
• Ensure accurate patient records in line with professional standards.
• Manage discharge planning collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and other stakeholders.

Use your supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability, referring to the job description and person specification. The criteria will be used for shortlisting.

Person specification

Clinical experience

• Range of clinical experience
• Postgraduate Leadership and Management module (completed or pending)
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and QI projects

Change management

• Experience managing change
• Coaching and mentoring Level 7 module

Flexibility

• Ability to work flexibly and encourage others
• Experience working with plus-sized patients

Compassion

• Ability to demonstrate compassion and fairness to staff and patients

Additional notes about induction, references, flexible working, mandatory training, organizational values, safeguarding, and research collaborations are also included.