Deputy Ward Manager | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2025 |
| Location: | Hexham, NE46 1QJ |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7259659/319-7259659JA |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Deputy ward manager who will assume responsibility for the devolved management of the ward working with the ward manager and 2 duties.
To be responsible for a case load of patients and supervise the ward staff caring for up to 26 medical patients.
To have direct patient contact, patient assessment, rehabilitation and working with the multi disciplinary team.
Ward 2 is a general medical ward, the majority of patient's are frail elderly with complex needs and discharge planning.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward including assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based practice in the absence of the ward manager.
To supervise, support and educate junior members of staff including students.
To provide senior nurse site management cover.
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.
Ward 2 is a general medical ward, the majority of patient's are frail elderly with complex needs and discharge planning.
Patient Safety - NEWS Score, infection control, administer prescribed medication, discharge planning and incident reporting. Safe staffing.
Quality - in the absence of ward manager to attend weekly monthly Governance meetings, weekly huddle, length of stay, mentor students, audits and waste management.
Behaviours - be courteous, professional helpful and polite at all times, deal with concerns and complaints,
Annual Appraisals, roster monitoring
This advert closes on Monday 30 Jun 2025
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