Ward Manager - Ward 1A

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Ward Manager with extensive nursing experience in an acute setting. You will provide decisive clinical input, lead a multi-disciplinary team, and ensure high-quality, compassionate care while maintaining 24-hour ward accountability.

The post involves some clinical shifts and requires strong leadership, communication, and the ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in acute care and ward management.
• Proactive role model with supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate ward operations and staff to deliver high-quality care.
• Provide direct patient care during clinical shifts when needed.
• Identify service development needs and contribute to operational planning.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure compassionate care.
• Represent the ward to patients and relatives and maintain effective communication.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical competency

Communication

Flexibility

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

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., 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
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
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. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.