Ward Manager - Capel Annex

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Redhill; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Ward Manager at a leading healthcare provider. This role involves overseeing a dedicated team in a 21-bed General Medical Ward specializing in Endocrine and Vascular care. You will be responsible for providing leadership, ensuring high standards of patient care, and promoting staff well-being. Join a forward-thinking organization that values its employees and is committed to providing exceptional healthcare services. With a strong emphasis on training, development, and community, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the lives of patients and staff alike. If you are a passionate Nurse with leadership experience, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive.

Benefits

35 days leave

CPD funding up to £1,000

Health Service Discounts

Lockable storage for cycles

Qualifications

• At least two years of experience at Band 6 level or higher.
• Mandatory professional registration required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to Nurses, Nurse Associates, and Nursing Assistants.
• Foster strong relationships within the nursing team and across multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Skills

Communication

Managerial Skills

Nursing Experience

Education

Nursing Qualification

Mandatory Professional Registration

Job description

Site Capel Annex Town Redhill Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 01/01/2025 23:59 Interview date 08/01/2025

We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.

We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.

• We’ve been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years.
• The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.
• We’re rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
• We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.

Benefits to working with us

• Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs)
• At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.
• Lockable storage for cycles.

About us

• We’re a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
• We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill.
• We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.

The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff well being.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Capel Annex team as their new Ward Manager and team Leader.

We are seeking an experienced Nurse with strong communication, clinical, and managerial skills to join our dedicated team. In this role, you will provide leadership to our Nurses, Nurse Associates, and Nursing Assistants, with the support of the Matron and Practice Development Nurses.

Capel Annex is a 21-bed General medical Ward with Endocrine and Vascular speciality, receiving patients from the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit for treatment. As Ward Manager, you will be expected to foster strong relationships both within the nursing team and across multidisciplinary teams. You will also provide professional support and promote the well-being of the staff.

The successful candidate should possess excellent leadership and clinical abilities, with at least two years of experience at Band 6 level or higher.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operate a 24 hour 365 day a year service and all nursing, clinical and operational roles will require staff to work 24/7 shifts (if required) unless you are specifically advised otherwise as part of the recruitment process.