Ward Manager - Emergency Department

Transformation Unit; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Ward Manager for the Emergency Department (Band 7) on a secondment, responsible for operational, clinical and professional leadership of the ED nursing team. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, safe patient care in a busy environment, with emphasis on workforce planning and professional development.

The post involves leading the nursing workforce, ensuring adherence to national standards, promoting teamwork, and advancing

Qualifications

• Current knowledge of emergency nursing practice.
• 3 years Emergency Department experience.
• Awareness of national and local targets relating to Emergency Department performance.
• Previous ward/department management experience, including staff supervision, performance management and service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Accountable 24 hours a day/7 days a week for the quality of care delivered within the ward/unit environment.
• Lead, supervise and support the nursing workforce to deliver high standards of emergency care.
• Provide professional clinical nursing leadership for the ward/unit.
• Oversee workforce planning, recruitment and retention to meet service demands.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive quality improvement initiatives and governance.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Mentoring & coaching

Quality improvement

Education

NMC registered nurse

Teaching & assessing qualification

Leadership qualification or in progress

Job description

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospital Aintree Town Liverpool Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per Annum, pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

Ward Manager - Emergency Department

Band 7

Job overview

Are you an experienced Emergency Department nurse with at least 3years' experience who is looking to develop into a senior leadership role? Are you committed to delivering outstanding patient care in a busy and challenging environment, while supporting the achievement of local and national performance targets?

If you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong time management abilities, and enjoy working as part of a well-established, dynamic team, then this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

This secondment offers an exciting chance to develop your leadership skills, gain valuable management experience, and contribute to the continued delivery of high-quality emergency care.

Main duties of the job

The Departmental Nurse Manager is responsible for providing operational, clinical and professional leadership to the nursing team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, efficient and safe patient care within the Emergency Department.

Key responsibilities include leading, supervising and supporting the nursing workforce to deliver excellent standards of emergency care in line with evidence-based practice, national standards and clinical guidelines. The post holder will promote a positive, collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages effective communication, teamwork and continuous professional development.

The Departmental Nurse Manager will also play a key role in workforce planning, recruitment and retention, ensuring the department is appropriately staffed to meet service demands. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, they will drive quality improvement initiatives, support performance management and contribute to the achievement of departmental, organisational and national objectives.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Accountable 24 hours a day/7 days a week for the quality of care delivered within the ward/unit environment to ensure patients are treated with care and compassion.
• To work in partnership with the Lead Nurses to deliver the Clinical Business Unit objectives.
• Responsible and accountable for all professional and operational nursing issues.
• The post holder will provide professional clinical nursing leadership for the ward/unit.
• Accountable for the quality of patient care delivered across the ward/unit environment including skill mix and risk management ensuring continuous improvement in clinical care standards and that patients are treated with dignity and respect.
• Responsible for the direct line management and development of the ward/department.
• In collaboration with the Lead Nurse and Divisional Director of Nursing, the post holder will be involved in the planning and implementation of developments relating to nursing.
• Responsible for working in collaboration with the Infection Prevention Control team to ensure the coordination and implementation of all IPC policies.
• Work in collaboration with the Lead Nurse in the implementation of the Patient Experience and Engagement Strategy within the Emergency Department.
• Ensure effective and prompt reporting of nursing issues and concerns to Lead Nurse and Divisional Director of Nursing
• Responsible for leading and developing Patient Safety Culture at departmental level.
• To act as a role model and promote the Trust values & behaviours.
• To be responsible for safeguarding all vulnerable adults and children within the ward area.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Current knowledge of emergency nursing practice and the delivery of urgent and emergency care services.
• 3 years Emergency Department experience
• Awareness of national and local targets relating to Emergency Department performance and patient experience.
• Previous ward/department management experience, including responsibility for staff supervision, performance management and service delivery.

Other

• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Supportive of colleagues
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care

Skills

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands in a busy environment.
• Strong mentoring, coaching and staff development skills.
• Ability to contribute to quality improvement initiatives, clinical audit and governance processes.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience at ward manager level
• Evidence of effective ward management and leadership skills
• Evidence of staff development, including pre and post registration students
• Evidence of application of current nursing issues and developments
• Evidence of developing standards of nursing care through clinical benchmarking

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of qualification in leadership or working towards

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.