Deputy Ward Manager

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Ward Manager on Ward 9 Wansbeck General Hospital. Ward 9 is a busy 23 bedded stroke rehabilitation ward. Main duties of the job o To provide nursing care to a case load of patients and to provide verbal and written handoversto nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.o Support the Ward Manager in her accountability for the management of staff and budgets.o To provide nursing care to an advanced level.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

To assume responsibility for the management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence-based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager. To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.

To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.

This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications · Essential

First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period). PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.

Desirable

Management course Leadership course Diploma or degree in nursing Qualification in specialty

Experience · Essential

Previous post registration experience. Experience of relevant speciality. Experience of co-ordinating a team.

Desirable

Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools. Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).