Job summary
We are looking for a Ward Manager to join our nursing team on a permanent basis within the Division of Medicine for our Medical Step Down ward on Gate 23.
This is a full-time position overseeing a 11 bedded unit, delivering high standards of care to patients with all medical conditions. You will work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team providing holistic care to patients. There is an emphasis on discharge planning and patient education to ensure patients are safely discharged to their place of residence.
This is an idea opportunity for a motivated nursing leader with a high level of clinical competence. You will lead and execute delivery of excellent clinical standard, driving a culture of patient safety, clinical effectiveness and continuous improvement. You must be a positive role model that is able to lead by example. Communication skills must be excellent with a strong commitment to ensure positive experience for patients, relatives and carers.
Main duties of the job
- In conjunction with senior management provide effective leadership, monitoring of professional and care standards, and effective use of resource at ward level.
- To have a visible and accessible presence in the clinical area for patients, relatives and staff.
- Responsible in ensuring the provision of compassionate, safe and high-quality patient care.
- Lead by example, acting as a positive role model to staff taking responsibility for own professional development.
- Actively contribute and support agreed developments within the business group with focus for supporting clinical effectiveness and innovative practice.
- Manage staffing roster, ensuring safe staffing levels in line with the agreed workforce.
- Manage the nursing team, conduct appraisals, performance and sickness management, recruitment and selection, and student supervision.
- Confidently escalate in a timely manner concerns about patient safety, quality and experience, offering solutions using evidence-based practice.
- Respond to complaints and concerns as they arise and take remedial actions as required.
- Contribute to a a culture that works in partnership with patient and their families.
- Foster a culture encouraging staff to challenge and report poor practice.
- A strong understanding of clinical governance, quality and risk in regards to patient safety.
- Experience in quality improvement, facilitating and managing change in the workplace.
- Management of the ward budget, with financial oversight of the Trust position.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Clinical
- Develop a high level of clinical decision making, monitor and improve standards of care, working within their advanced scope of professional practice.
- Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.
- Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
- Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
- To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
- Work with the Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate e.g. Nurse Prescribing.
Leadership
- Be an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance, and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open and honest and transparent culture.
- Identify, develop and sustain mechanisms to support patient involvement and feedback.
- Be a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available, and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients in the speciality.
- Provide leadership to the team and working with the matron, develop new roles / ways of working (High Impact Changes). Linked to directorate business plans.
- Lead on consultations and develop strategies for delivering effective care within a changing environment that improves the quality of care and health outcomes in the specialist area.
Management / Operational
- Employ effective decision-making skills to address complex issues and use effective change management skills to implement these.
- Take the lead in investigation of incidents / complaints when required, including detailed reports / letters to complainants.
- Identify and develop proposals and business cases as required for future service innovation.
- Manage and develop and influence the development of practice / services in the clinical area through the business planning process / service development and in conjunction with Matron, Managers, Lead Clinician and Assistant Chief Nurse.
- Ensure appropriate skill mix, cover is provided when planning rotas and delegating workload.
- Delegate work to match capabilities and workload of team members.
- Manage own and other resources effectively to budget ensuring quality service delivery within budgetary constraints seeking to reduce budgetary costs by ongoing review
- With team members undertake performance development reviews including reviewing the performance measures framework.
- Monitor sickness, absence and competence issues in line with Trust Policy.
- Manage recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust Policy.
Advocate
- Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.
- Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
- Be the patients advocate and ambassador respecting patient confidentiality and privacy with respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.
- Lead the development of a patient focussed education and information giving strategy within the speciality.
- Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and take a key role in the management of the outcome.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Clinical
- Develop a high level of clinical decision making, monitor and improve standards of care, working within their advanced scope of professional practice.
- Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.
- Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
- Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
- To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
- Work with the Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate e.g. Nurse Prescribing.
Leadership
- Be an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance, and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open and honest and transparent culture.
- Identify, develop and sustain mechanisms to support patient involvement and feedback.
- Be a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available, and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients in the speciality.
- Provide leadership to the team and working with the matron, develop new roles / ways of working (High Impact Changes). Linked to directorate business plans.
- Lead on consultations and develop strategies for delivering effective care within a changing environment that improves the quality of care and health outcomes in the specialist area.
Management / Operational
- Employ effective decision-making skills to address complex issues and use effective change management skills to implement these.
- Take the lead in investigation of incidents / complaints when required, including detailed reports / letters to complainants.
- Identify and develop proposals and business cases as required for future service innovation.
- Manage and develop and influence the development of practice / services in the clinical area through the business planning process / service development and in conjunction with Matron, Managers, Lead Clinician and Assistant Chief Nurse.
- Ensure appropriate skill mix, cover is provided when planning rotas and delegating workload.
- Delegate work to match capabilities and workload of team members.
- Manage own and other resources effectively to budget ensuring quality service delivery within budgetary constraints seeking to reduce budgetary costs by ongoing review
- With team members undertake performance development reviews including reviewing the performance measures framework.
- Monitor sickness, absence and competence issues in line with Trust Policy.
- Manage recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust Policy.
Advocate
- Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.
- Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
- Be the patients advocate and ambassador respecting patient confidentiality and privacy with respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements.
- Lead the development of a patient focussed education and information giving strategy within the speciality.
- Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and take a key role in the management of the outcome.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- In depth specialist knowledge.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Leadership & high degree of motivation skills.
- Evidence of audit and change management ability.
Desirable
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working autonomously within the specialist area at an advanced level delivering effective patient focused care.
- Extensive clinical experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Proven experience of management/leadership skills and managing staff.
- Experience of audit, research and evidence based care.
Desirable
- Undertaken clinical and nursing research.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Midwife/ BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience.
- Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to Masters level equivalent.
- Recognised Teaching Qualification.
Desirable
- Research qualification.
- Masters degree.
- Independent Nurse Prescriber.
- Management qualification.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- In depth specialist knowledge.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Leadership & high degree of motivation skills.
- Evidence of audit and change management ability.
Desirable
- Evidence of leading and facilitating change.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working autonomously within the specialist area at an advanced level delivering effective patient focused care.
- Extensive clinical experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Proven experience of management/leadership skills and managing staff.
- Experience of audit, research and evidence based care.
Desirable
- Undertaken clinical and nursing research.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Midwife/ BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience.
- Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level will be supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to Masters level equivalent.
- Recognised Teaching Qualification.
Desirable
- Research qualification.
- Masters degree.
- Independent Nurse Prescriber.
- Management qualification.
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).
