Ward Manager - Ward 22 Aintree Hospital

Transformationunitgm; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Ward Manager at a leading NHS foundation trust. This role involves overseeing a busy acute respiratory ward, where you'll lead a dedicated team, implement care programs, and ensure the highest standards of patient care. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to compassionate healthcare and professional development. If you're passionate about making a difference and possess strong leadership skills, this position is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to shape the future of patient care in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration required.
• Experience at Band 6/7 level with leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily ward activities and manage staff performance.
• Ensure high standards of patient care and compliance with protocols.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Patient Care

Tracheostomy Management

Non-Invasive Ventilation

Education

Registered Nurse

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

1st Level Degree

Tools

Basic IT Skills

Job description

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree University Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/05/2025 23:59

Ward Manager - Ward 22 Aintree Hospital

Band 7

Job overview

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for a highly, experienced senior registered nurse to join a very busy acute respiratory ward based at Liverpool university hospital-Aintree as a Band 7 Ward Nurse Manager.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate previous substantive experience of working at at a band 6/7 level, must have an experience looking after patients with a tracheostomy, chest drain management, Airvo management and Non invasive ventilation skills. They also have to display motivation and skills to lead and develop the current existing team in collaboration with senior nursing and organisational staff. Excellent communication and leadership skills are a must.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities will include the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, effective leadership and staff management/development. The post holder will always work within the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct.

We are looking to recruit dedicated and highly motivated individuals who are passionate about providing high quality and compassionate care to our respiratory patients. We are looking for aspiring clinical leaders who will demonstrate role modelling, empowerment, and support to our clinical team. As Ward Manager in the provision of clinical leadership, leading and implementing change, clinical and managerial supervision, teaching, staff development and recruitment.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

-Co-ordination of the ward on a day to day basis including planning, allocation and evaluation of work carried out by teams or individuals and self.

-Provide specialist knowledge to all Nursing staff on the ward Will promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the ward environment is responsive to current issues.

-Ensure that all existing procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients are reviewed and updated as required.

- Develop methods for identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.

-Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients/clients.

-Explore and undertake expanded practice to optimise patient care as required within specialist area, in accordance with Trust policies.

-Exercise strong and effective leadership acting as an exemplary role model.

-Maintain adequate staff cover and skill mix on the ward through effective use of staffing rotas

-Support the implementation of the Trusts Strategy for Nursing at
ward/department level

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• 1st level degree or studying towards

Experience

• Demonstrable experience at Band 6 level
• Evidence of effective ward management and leadership skills
• Evidence of staff development, including pre and post registration students
• Evidence of application of current nursing issues and developments
• Evidence of managing a change
• Evidence of developing standards of nursing care through clinical benchmarking

Knowledge

• Understanding and application of clinical governance

Skills

• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Supportive of colleagues
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.