Ward Manager | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

UHCW NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based healthcare organization is seeking a Ward Manager for an 18 bedded Surgical Enhanced Care Unit. This leadership role involves maintaining key performance indicators and providing pivotal direction in the clinical setting. Responsibilities include managing HR activities, ensuring high-quality service, and supporting both patients and staff through complex clinical situations. Candidates must provide a vaccination report from a UK health provider. The position requires strong communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct.
• Highly developed communication skills for managing service and unexpected events.
• Knowledgeable team leader, advising on clinical governance and policy.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for HR activities, complaints, and patient flow.
• Perform complex patient monitoring and administration of procedures.
• Provide education and training for staff, patients, and carers.

Job description

Ward Manager (Band 7) – 18 bed Surgical Enhanced Care Unit (ECU)

An exciting vacancy has become available for a Ward Manager for an 18 bedded Surgical Enhanced Care Unit (ECU). This leadership role is essential to maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and provide a pivotal leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and resolution of unexpected events and situations. Undertake bleep-holder responsibilities for the area’s on a regular basis.
• A knowledgeable team leader and resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice. Will support staff and users in service and policy development within a defined area/specialty.
• Responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.

Key Duties

• Responsible for interdepartmental/organisational activities including HR; complaints; appraisal; hospital bleep-holder responsibilities on a regular basis and patient flow.
• Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including complex patient monitoring; equipment management and administration of invasive tests/procedures.
• Responsible for education and training provision of identified staff groups, patients and carers within defined areas.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data available.
• Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
• Regularly support patients, carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. breaking bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Provide an immunisation and vaccination report from either current UK occupational health provider or UK GP.