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Ward Manager in Middlesbrough

On-site in Middlesbrough·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Our summary

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 a year
About £3,260 - £3,610 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, Middlesbrough
Contract: Full-time
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 11 November

Skills

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Middlesbrough.

The role

Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Ward 37 is a 30 bedded assessment unit which takes patients from A&E, GP surgeries and SDEC.

The Ward Manager for an Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) is responsible for the effective day-to-day management, clinical leadership and operational delivery of a busy acute hospital assessment area. The role ensures patients receive safe, timely, high-quality and compassionate care from admission and initial assessment through to discharge, transfer or admission to an inpatient ward.

The Ward Manager leads the nursing team, works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), and supports patient flow across the hospital, ensuring that clinical standards, staffing levels and operational targets are consistently maintained.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Leadership and patient care

Operational and patient flow management

Staff management and development

Governance, quality and patient safety

Communication and multidisciplinary working

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC
Evidence of further professional development.
To provide clinical expertise within critical care, giving support and advice to nursing staff.
An awareness of Government Documents/Policies in relation to changes within the NHS.
Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management.
Proven organisational skills.
Strong leadership skills
Demonstrate the ability to function as a team member and a team leader.
Audit and use of IT.
Ability to coordinate work within a multidisciplinary team.
To provide clinical expertise within Accident and Emergency, giving support and advice to nursing staff.

Qualifications

Essential

Current NMC Registration
BSc in Adult Nursing
Degree, specialist training to Masters level
Recognised Teaching certificate
ALS Provider

Experience

Essential

Significant experience working as a Band 6 RN
Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
Recent experience and evidence of service improvement involvement and delivery.

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.