Ward Manager - Ward 10A Frailty

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Band 7 Ward Manager to lead Ward 10A, a 25-bed medical ward specialising in elderly medicine at Southport Hospital.

The post requires an experienced Registered Nurse with strong clinical competency, leadership and management skills to drive high standards of care in a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be highly visible to staff, patients and relatives in their role, and deliver direct patient care whilst managing, leading, and co-ordinating the ward.
• You will provide decisive and effective clinical input and demonstrate leadership qualities, effective communication skills, a flexible approach and have the ability to work under pressure.
• You must be confident, hardworking and reliable, and have excellent communication skills.
• You will be a proactive role model, providing inspirational clinical and developmental supervision to all staff on the ward.
• As a ward manager, you will be expected to work some clinical shifts.
• The role will also require you to be able to identify service development needs, contribute to the operational planning, development and evaluation of the service.
• The role of ward manager carries 24-hour continuing responsibility for the Unit, and the postholder will primarily work Monday to Friday office hours but will participate in out of hours working to support service delivery.

Job description

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Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Ward Manager for Ward 10A.

The Ward Manager role is a pivotal nursing position in the delivery of excellent standards of care through effective leadership and management and so we are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse with a high level of clinical competency in the acute setting, high quality leadership skills and proven management experience to take on the challenge.

The applicant should be a dynamic and highly motivated individual, who will work closely and collaboratively with the established Multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality, compassionate care to our patients.

This role, is based at Southport Hospital and gives the opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated nurse to manage our 25 bedded Medical Ward that specialises in elderly medicine.

Applicants must possess the necessary knowledge and skills outlined in the job description and the personal specification in order to apply.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be highly visible to staff, patients and relatives in their role, and deliver direct patient care whilst managing, leading, and co-ordinating the ward. You will provide decisive and effective clinical input and demonstrate leadership qualities, effective communication skills, a flexible approach and have the ability to work under pressure.

You must be confident, hardworking and reliable, and have excellent communication skills. You will be a proactive role model, providing inspirational clinical and developmental supervision to all staff on the ward. As a ward manager, you will be expected to work some clinical shifts.

The role will also require you to be able to identify service development needs, contribute to the operational planning, development and evaluation of the service.

The role of ward manager carries 24-hour continuing responsibility for the Unit, and the postholder will primarily work Monday to Friday office hours but will participate in out of hours working to support service delivery.

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide