Ward Manager, Emergency Orthopaedic Unit | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 January 2026 |
| Location: | Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL69RW |
| Company: | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7641176/245-NAM7EOU-12-25 |
Summary
Ward Manager, Emergency Orthopaedic Unit
Band 7 - 37.5 hours per week
We have an exciting opportunity to join our surgical division at Tameside and Glossop ICFT as the Ward Manager of the Emergency Orthopaedic Unit. The Ward Manager’s role will involve leading and coordinating the clinical, managerial, and educational functions of the clinical area, ensuring continuity of care across a 24/7 period. It includes providing daily nursing leadership that empowers the team to deliver patient-centred, evidence-based care within a defined budget. The post holder is responsible for maintaining high standards of care, ensuring patient safety and quality, and working with the Matron to address any shortcomings. This position also requires visible and accessible leadership, including direct patient care, and encompasses the clinical and managerial oversight of the ward. Additionally, the individual is accountable for acting as the designated budget holder, and participating in the staffing rota and senior nurse rota as part of wider organisational responsibilities.
The Ward Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the ward, ensuring that clinical standards are met and professional development is supported. Roles include:
• Leadership: Providing daily nursing leadership and empowering the team to deliver patient-centered, evidence-based care.
• Budget Management: Acting as the designated budget holder and managing budgets, staffing costs, and equipment maintenance.
• Staff Management: Overseeing the line management of the team, including appraisals, development plans, and performance management.
• Clinical Oversight: Applying evidence-based care models, supporting policy implementation, and driving continuous improvement through data and patient feedback.
• Communication: Communicating complex information with patients, carers, and staff, ensuring empathy and understanding.
• Collaboration: Participating in service planning and policy development and leading the response to complaints and incidents.
• Training and Development: Managing training records and ensuring compliance with Trust policies.
• Administrative Duties: Managing information systems, attending key meetings and ensuring sufficient communication of organisational updates.
The ward manager is responsible for maintaining ward standards in line with the Trust’s accreditation process, ensuring safety through risk assessments, audits and infection prevention and control as well as recruitment ensuring that all staff meet required competencies.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025
Band 7 - 37.5 hours per week
We have an exciting opportunity to join our surgical division at Tameside and Glossop ICFT as the Ward Manager of the Emergency Orthopaedic Unit. The Ward Manager’s role will involve leading and coordinating the clinical, managerial, and educational functions of the clinical area, ensuring continuity of care across a 24/7 period. It includes providing daily nursing leadership that empowers the team to deliver patient-centred, evidence-based care within a defined budget. The post holder is responsible for maintaining high standards of care, ensuring patient safety and quality, and working with the Matron to address any shortcomings. This position also requires visible and accessible leadership, including direct patient care, and encompasses the clinical and managerial oversight of the ward. Additionally, the individual is accountable for acting as the designated budget holder, and participating in the staffing rota and senior nurse rota as part of wider organisational responsibilities.
The Ward Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the ward, ensuring that clinical standards are met and professional development is supported. Roles include:
• Leadership: Providing daily nursing leadership and empowering the team to deliver patient-centered, evidence-based care.
• Budget Management: Acting as the designated budget holder and managing budgets, staffing costs, and equipment maintenance.
• Staff Management: Overseeing the line management of the team, including appraisals, development plans, and performance management.
• Clinical Oversight: Applying evidence-based care models, supporting policy implementation, and driving continuous improvement through data and patient feedback.
• Communication: Communicating complex information with patients, carers, and staff, ensuring empathy and understanding.
• Collaboration: Participating in service planning and policy development and leading the response to complaints and incidents.
• Training and Development: Managing training records and ensuring compliance with Trust policies.
• Administrative Duties: Managing information systems, attending key meetings and ensuring sufficient communication of organisational updates.
The ward manager is responsible for maintaining ward standards in line with the Trust’s accreditation process, ensuring safety through risk assessments, audits and infection prevention and control as well as recruitment ensuring that all staff meet required competencies.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025