Ward Manager - Stanhoe Ward

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Ward Manager to provide clinical, professional and operational leadership on the general medical ward. You will direct staff, ensure safe staffing levels, and drive performance and governance to deliver high quality patient care.

The role involves hands-on clinical work on the ward, budget and resource management, and leading quality improvement initiatives within a busy medical environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive relevant clinical experience.
• Clear focus on delivering specialist high quality care.
• Ability to lead and manage a well established team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the ward team.
• Maintain safe staffing levels and manage workforce.
• Monitor quality, safety and patient experience.

Skills

Staff management

Clinical leadership

Quality improvement

Governance

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high quality care within a medical environment and do you love working with a great team? If the answer is yes then this may be the role for you! We are looking for a dynamic and experienced individual to lead the team on our busy general medical ward.

The Ward Manager provides clinical, professional and operational leadership for the medical ward, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care. They are responsible for managing staff, maintaining patient safety, overseeing ward performance, managing resources and ensuring compliance with Trust and regulatory standards.

The right candidate will need to have extensive relevant clinical experience and a clear focus on ensuring patients receive specialist high quality care at all times. The role involves leading and managing a well established team as well as providing clinical expertise and working clinically on the ward.

This role is to cover maternity leave for 12 months and so a secondment or fixed term contract will be considered.

• Leading and supporting the ward team.
• Ensuring safe staffing levels and workforce management.
• Monitoring quality, safety and patient experience.
• Managing incidents, complaints and governance processes.
• Supporting patient flow and operational performance.
• Managing budgets and resources effectively.
• Leading quality improvement initiatives and service development.

The Ward Manager plays a vital role in ensuring the ward is safe, well-led and delivers excellent patient outcomes.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kelly-Anne Mott Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01553 613613