Job summary
Ward 3 is an acute medical ward within the Medicine and Emergency Care Business Unit.
The Unit consists of 30 in-patient beds. It provides evidence based multi-disciplinary care with immediate and specialist management for the acute medical patient. This includes rapid diagnostic facilities, treatment and a multi-disciplinary approach including provision of comprehensive medical assessment.
Most patients are admitted through the Emergency Department the aim of of the Unit is to help patients on their journey to recover to the point that they can either be transferred for ongoing care, return to their own home or to further care in the community.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
We have a vacancy for a Band 6 Deputy Ward Manager to assist in leading and developing a fabulous team and invite suitable applicants to apply.
We are for looking for an individual who is a dynamic, highly motivated and a passionate nurse, committed to high quality patient care. The post holder must have a flexible approach, have experience in supporting the delivery of high standards of nursing care for patients within the acute medical pathway, and will be able to demonstrate excellent clinical leadership and communication skills across the multi-disciplinary team.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
- To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
- To provide senior nurse site management cover.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
- To provide nursing care to a case load of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.
- Support the Ward Manager in her accountability for the management of staff and budgets.
- To provide nursing care to an advanced level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
- To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
- To provide senior nurse site management cover.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
- To provide nursing care to a case load of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.
- Support the Ward Manager in her accountability for the management of staff and budgets.
- To provide nursing care to an advanced level.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse.
- PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.
- Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- Leadership course
- Management course
- Diploma or degree in nursing
- Qualification in specialty
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Previous post registration experience
- Experience of relevant speciality.
- Experience of co-ordinating a team.
- Evidence of change management in ward/department area
- Evidence of practice development
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse.
- PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.
- Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- Leadership course
- Management course
- Diploma or degree in nursing
- Qualification in specialty
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Previous post registration experience
- Experience of relevant speciality.
- Experience of co-ordinating a team.
- Evidence of change management in ward/department area
- Evidence of practice development
Desirable
- Evidence of innovation in practice
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
