Ward Manager - Elderly

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Job Overview

Are you ready for the next challenge in your career? Would you like the opportunity to showcase your leadership skills as a Band 7 Unit Manager? Then we have the job for you!

Due to retirement a vacancy has arisen for a Band 7 ward manager on our award winning specially designed stroke rehabilitation unit. The unit offers a fantastic multi-disciplinary team working along with excellent opportunities to further your professional learning and development.

We are looking for a committed experienced registered nurse with a compassionate, caring nature who will focus and lead on the delivery of high quality nursing care.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Sister/Charge Nurse has overall responsibility for the provision of excellent care with compassion for the patients, relative and visitors who are cared for within their ward or department or by their team.

To ensure the provision of excellent care with compassion the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse is responsible for:

• Ensuring that the nursing team and care support team within their ward or department are adequately resourced and organised.
• Ensuring the nursing team and care support team are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework.
• Leading and developing the nursing team and the support teams by being a visible and strong role model providing leadership and direction to the team, capitalising on research and development opportunities, providing clinical supervision and advice for staff and students in order to support them in reaching their full potential

Working for our organisation

You must be able to demonstrate the ability to lead and motivate a team, and will be responsible for the day to day management of the unit, staff and other resources to ensure the provision of excellent patient care and achievement of all relevant quality, safety and performance targets. Our nursing team have strong links working closely on a daily basis with our multidisciplinary colleagues maintaining and improvement of this collaborative working is key to a high quality patient outcome.

You will be expected to lead the nursing team under minimal supervision and work closely with the matron.

In return we really value our staff and want to see you progress and succeed in your role. We are committed to your personal development and you will be supported by a robust competency framework, to enable you to achieve your career ambitions and goals.

Ward Manager - Elderly

Band 7

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Is responsible for the provision of Excellent Care with Compassion.

(NB Where the phrase ‘all patients’ or ‘patients’ is mentioned: for patients who lack capacity please substitute Next of Kin or advocate)

Is responsible for ensuring that the nursing team and care support team are adequately resourced and organised in order to deliver excellent care with compassion

Is responsible for ensure the nursing team and care support team are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion

Is responsible for leading and developing the nursing team and the dept administration and support teams by being a visible and strong role model providing leadership and direction to the team, capitalising on research and development opportunities, providing clinical supervision and advice for staff and students in order to support them in reaching their full potential

Is responsible for ensuring the productive operation of the department through the monitoring and maintenance of standards that create a safe, clean and organised environment and by using processes designed to increase the time nurses spend in therapeutic contact with patients

Safeguards people and promotes equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals

Overall responsibility for vacancy / talent management, ensuring all vacancies are recruited to in a timely manner and in line with the our recruitment and selection policy

Where there are difficult to fill roles solutions are found to ensure the department has sustainable staffing structures at substantive spend, which may be achieved through different marketing solutions or different structural arrangements

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• Appropriate NMC Registration
• Mentorship qualification
• Post Registration Qualifications relevant to the role
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• Evidence of Education to Degree Level.
• Successful completion of/will to work towards a leadership and development programme (equivalent to the Internal Band 6 Leadership and Development programme).

Desirable criteria

• Level 4 ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of Clinical Governance and Safeguarding and the relevance of these to practice
• Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
• Knowledge of ethical issues
• Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality eg surgery
• Experience of mentorship and ability to identify learning and development needs

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing a clinical area
• Knowledge of the PDPR Process
• Evidence of working at Band 7
• Experience of budgetary management