Ward Operational Coordinator - Acute Medical Unit

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Radford Semele seeks a motivated Ward Operational Co-ordinator to support the nursing team in a busy Acute Medical Unit. Responsibilities include managing team schedules, supporting project coordination, and assisting with staff-related processes. Candidates should have strong interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills, and a background in administration or project coordination is preferred. This is an onsite role during business hours, with no remote options available.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and administrative support to the Ward Managers.
• Manage and schedule the team's work patterns and meetings.
• Support in staff-related processes such as absence management and rostering.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Verbal communication skills

Written communication skills

Education

Background in administration, business management, or project co-ordination

Job description

Position Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to work with the existing teams on AMU. AMU is a 42 bedded unit with 92 nursing staff. We are looking for a person to work alongside our nursing team in helping them deliver high quality care.

Key Responsibilities

Working directly for the Ward Manager/Senior Sisters, the Ward Operational Co-ordinator will play a key role in providing operational and administrative support to ensure the wards run as effectively as they can.

You will support the Ward Manager/Senior Sister in managing and scheduling the team's work patterns, meeting schedules, notes, minutes and actions, project co-ordination, helping plan and deliver investigations and supporting them in staff related processes such as sickness absence management, annual leave and team rostering. To provide operational and administrative support to the Ward Managers in a way that is responsive to their needs and contributes to the effectiveness of their roles.

Qualifications

You may have a background in administration, business management or project co-ordination. You will need to be able to demonstrate your good interpersonal, negotiation, verbal and written communications skills.

Working Conditions

The post holder will work within the office on this busy and fast paced unit. Applicants must be able to work in person on the Acute Medical Unit during normal business hours. Due to the nature of the role requirements within this busy AMU unit, remote/hybrid arrangements are not available.

About the Trust

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

Organizational Context

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our Values

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective, Inclusive and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.