Job summary
- Main area
- Older People
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Works collaboratively with other Band 7 within Older Person Medicine
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 151-RO150
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £48,270 - £54,931 per annum inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Manager
Band 7
Job overview
An exceptional opportunity awaits a Band 7 Ward Manager to lead the dedicated nursing team on Ward 7, collaborating closely with a dynamic multidisciplinary team specializing in acute medical care for older adults within Older People's Medicine.
We are looking to appoint a motivated and dynamic leader to oversee patient care, ensuring it meets high standards and is evidence-based. This role carries 24-hour accountability for the ward, encompassing leadership, team management, and support for all clinical operations.
Main duties of the job
The Ward Manager will ensure that patients receive comprehensive, high-quality care focused on promoting health and managing diseases and disabilities in older adults, leveraging specialized knowledge and skills.
This role demands strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including Consultants, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Managers, TRI, and the Clinical Site Management team. Success in this role requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, along with the ability to navigate challenging situations in a high-paced environment with professionalism and composure.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Continually assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care in order to ensure the provision of a high standard of care.
- Personally deliver a high standard of care to a group of patients, acting as a team leader / named nurse and clinical role model at all time
- Ensure the provision of advice, support and health information to patients and their carers in order to promote a health-based service
- Transports / manages people and/or items such as equipment or specimens safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation to include accident / incident reporting, with regard to NMC, statutory and Trust polices.
- Ensures all aspects of clinical care including interventions and investigations are performed, assessed and reported upon in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with legislation, policy and procedures.
For the full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Mentorship or equivalent teaching course
- Experience working with Older People within an acute setting
- Leadership training
Desirable criteria
- Diploma / Degree level study in a clinically relevant course i.e. HDU / Acutely ill Adult / elderly care course / CCU etc
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive 3 years' experience as a Band 6 staff nurse in an acute setting
- Experience of managing a team and can effectively function as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- The ability to assess patients; develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care
- The ability to support professional development and create a learning environment
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Understanding of human resources issues
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of finance and budgetary management
- Computer literacy experience with Electronic Records (EPIC)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carlito Mejia
- Job title
- Clinical Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768273419
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