Ward manager- Carroll Ward

Job summary

Exciting things are happening within the Emergency and Ambulatory Services. We're looking for an exceptionally talented individual who has significant clinical experience within the acute care.To be our Ward Manager within Carroll ward , you will be a highly skilled professional who can make their own mark within our services. You should consider ways of working to deliver improved patient care and organizational efficiencies. You should have extremely good people skills and the ability to take services forward.

The Units aims to deliver a high standard of care so we will be looking for the right candidate to help us take it one step further and enhance our service delivery program in line with changing local needs.

Delivering on quality, performance and financial standards are integral to the role but overarching this is the ability to deliver a positive patient experience as a key member of the team. The post holder will develop and maintain partnerships with partner organisations and key stakeholders.

If you are hardworking with proven clinical experience, excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience of working in acute and emergency medicine we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported by the two ED Matrons and a Head of Nursing all of whom are responsible for leading the ED Teams.

Carroll ward is an ED observation ward looking after both bedded patients and ambulant patients.

Our Emergency Department sees over 100,000 patients a year and over 100 LAS attendances per day, and have an integrated Paediatric Emergency Department and an Urgent Care Centre.

In the department we are supported by various different multidisciplinary teams, such as STARRs and Frality team, to enhance patient experience and care

If you would to come and work in a friendly, busy demanding area then this could be the emergency observation ward for you.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.