Ward Manager, Ward 12

NHS; Redditch; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as a Ward Manager, leading a passionate team in the Frailty Ward. This role is pivotal in enhancing the care of older patients through leadership, quality improvement, and collaboration. We seek a motivated, experienced nurse ready to make a significant impact.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on sub part 1 of the NMC professional register.
• Evidence of significant Continuing Professional Development.
• Evidence of management experience / training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the multidisciplinary team in providing high-quality care.
• Manage nursing and support staff with professional leadership.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies through audits.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Management skills

Quality improvement

Education

Registered Nurse

Degree in Nursing or related field

NMC recognised Teaching / Assessing qualification

Masters Degree (desirable)

Job description

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Ward Manager, Ward 12

The closing date is 01 July 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate WardManager to lead our dynamic Frailty Ward team. This role offers the chance tomake a real difference in the lives of older patients by deliveringhigh-quality, person-centered care in a fast-paced and supportive environment.

As Ward Manager, you will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive clinicalexcellence, and foster a culture of compassion, safety, and innovation. We arelooking for a motivated leader with strong communication skills and a commitmentto improving outcomes for frail patients. Join us and help shape the future offrailty care.

The successfulapplicant will work with the ward Matron to promote a culture that fosters staffinvolvement and a progressive attitude to service improvement, along withtaking operational and clinical day to day management responsibility at teamlevel. You will also work collaboratively and co-operatively with others tomeet the needs of patients and their families.

Main duties of the job

To have continuous responsibility for the ward area providingvisible professional leadership and line management for the nursing and supportstaff.

To act as a role model to all staff on the ward ensuringthey are receiving supervision, training and appraisals in line with the Trustpolicies.

Workcollaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, clinicians andother practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.

Todeliver a high quality and effective operational service to patients withcomplex needs, in accordance with the principles and objective of the Trust andthe vision identified in the service.

Tocomplete the required clinical audits, responding to actions by ensuringcompliance with Trust and local Policies and Procedures.

To partake in the sitecoordinator rota on a regular basis, supporting the leadership of the wholesite.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on sub part 1 of the NMC professional register.
• Degree or working towards
• Evidence of significant Continuing Professional Development
• Evidence of management experience / training
• NMC recognised Teaching / Assessing qualification
• Masters Degree.

Experience

• Extensive experience at Band 6 within speciality
• Experience of leading and developing a team
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
• Knowledge of budget management
• Experience at Band 7 as a team leader

Skills & Knowledge

• Strong organisation, administrative and management skills.
• Evidence of being up-to-date with current issues relating to professional practice.
• Can demonstrate practical application of quality standards within the clinical setting e.g. Care Quality Commission, NICE guidance.
• Able to demonstrate effective management of staff processes and performance.
• Evidence of research based practice.
• Organisational skills.
• Fully aware of clinical governance agenda.
• Experience and knowledge within the specialty or related field.
• Able to promote equality, diversity and rights.
• Fully aware of principles of infection control.
• Fully aware of health and safety practices.

Personal Qualities

• Advanced communication skills
• Demonstrate initiative, motivation and ability to put things into practice
• Calm under pressure
• High professional standards
• Flexible
• Committed to quality improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust