Ward Manager | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 November 2024 |
| Location: | Cramlington, NE23 6NZ |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6692816/319-6692816LW |
Summary
The Postholder will lead and manage a team of nurses an within our Discharge Lounge at the Northumbria Hospital.
The successful candidate will have outstanding communication skills, will be dynamic, highly motivated and committed to high quality patient care. The post holder will require a flexible approach, have expertise in supporting the delivery of high standards of nursing care for patients within the acute pathway, and will be able to demonstrate exceptional clinical leadership and communication skills across the multi- disciplinary team.
The Ward Manager role includes being responsible and accountable for the day to day management of the unit, and having an enthusiasm for staff and service development. Professional attributes would include ability to deal with change, and being able to work autonomously and effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
The discharge lounge cares for patients with a full range of conditions and provides evidence based multi-disciplinary care with a focus on the patients ongoing journey support to return to their own home or to further healthcare setting.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards
• To exercise accountability as set out in NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• To support the Senior Nurse/Service Manager in the effective utilization of resources
• 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
(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
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 Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England
We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Covering more than 2,500 square miles stretching from the Scottish border, down to the banks of the river Tyne and west across to the Tynedale valley, we serve one of the largest – and arguably most beautiful - geographical areas of any NHS trust in England.
To be responsible for co-ordinating the provision of continuous clinical care within allocated resources providing a quality service and high clinical standards for all patients in your area.
To be responsible for the management of all human resource issues relating to the staff employed in your area.
To act as a budget holder, accountable for the management of the ward budget, and for the management of the wards charitable fund.
To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Conduct.
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024
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