Ward Manager

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical/Professional Role:
• To act as a role model of expert clinical practice in the specialty.
• To be a role model and effective leader.
• To participate in direct patient care and taking regular clinical role.
• To work closely with carers and relatives to ensure individualized patient centred care is provided.
• To obtain patient and relative feedback by undertaking clinical rounds with the aim of providing excellent standards of care.
• To ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to a high standard and to audit documentation in liaison with the Matron. Be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the Electronic Patient Record.
• To work in close liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To promote the development of evidenced based practice on the ward.

Person specification

Application form and interview

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Post registration education in relevant speciality
• Completed, or willing to undertake, management/leadership qualification or extensive management experience

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Team management and development experience
• Recruitment, selection and retention experience
• Organising and delivering education experience
• People Management experience

Desirable criteria

• Substantial experience at a band 6
• Experience of working with an electronic patient record

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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