Job summary
Ward 7 General Surgery
Digestive Disease Urology General Surgery Collaborative (DUG)
The James Cook University Hospital
Ward Manager
Band 7
37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity for a new Ward manager to join our team within DDUGS, South Tees NHS foundation Trust are committed to learning and education. We have a dedicated team through our academic centre (STRIVE) for your Continuous Professional Development.
Ward 7 General Surgery is an integral provision within the Digestive Diseases, Urology and General Surgery Services Collaborative and has several specialities including:
Upper Gastrointestinal
Lower Gastrointestinal
Colorectal Surgery
The speciality is focused on high quality patient's centred care. Ensuring that fundamental care is achieved continuously through the patients' journey. Ward 7 is a 31 bedded ward that specialises in complex elective and emergency surgery.
Main duties of the job
The team within this service work efficiently and effectively at a fast pace to support both elective and non-elective surgery, diagnosis intervention and ultimately safe discharge.
Ward 7 is interlinked with other services within the organisation particularly focusing on elective and emergency surgery with complex stepdown from critical care.
The strategic goals are centred on a positive patient journey and experience which is pivotal in minimising risk and reducing harm. The surgical team are high performing and deliver organisational requirements of a well led service.
We are looking for talented, motivated professional senior nurse, preferable in a clinical sister's position at present. Who has general surgical experience and can demonstrate strong leadership and managerial skills within this clinical setting.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first acute hospital trusts in England since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to achieve a rating increase to 'good' from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for the care it delivers to patients and service users.
As the Ward Manager you will be pivotal in leading the team in the delivery of enhanced holistic services and standards of care to our patients aligned to the South Tees Accreditation for Quality of Care (STAQC) principles.
As an integral part of the managerial team you will be expected to demonstrate exceptionally diverse communication skills. Have an aptitude for people management and the professional competence to make informed decisions to effectively manage operational and clinical incidents, staffing issues and effective bed utilisation throughout the directorate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
- Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
- Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
- Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
- Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Person Specification
Academic Qualifications
Essential
- The successful candidate must have a degree in the relevant subject, be working towards or willing to commence a degree pathway.
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Evidence of recent relevant continual professional development
- Mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
- Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.
- Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
Person Specification
Academic Qualifications
Essential
- The successful candidate must have a degree in the relevant subject, be working towards or willing to commence a degree pathway.
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Evidence of recent relevant continual professional development
- Mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
- Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.
- Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
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).
