Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a ward manager to cover maternity leave within the Community, Frailty and Therapy Care Group at Scunthorpe and Grimsby, this role will be an in-patient role within the Trust.
The role will offer an opportunity to be integral to the ever growing transformation and redesign of community services to meet the needs of our population and looking at new ways to support people to be cared for in the community.
We are seeking a ward manager to lead and ensure delivery of safe and effective services (portfolios to be determined) and integrated working across community services to support the development of robust safe pathways and ensuring patients have the right access to right services at the right time.
We are looking for individuals who are highly skilled, motivated, and proactive and have proven clinical and people management skills. If you are an ambitious individual who has excellent communication skills, a professional attitude, a passion for promoting and delivering compassionate high-quality care then this role is for you.
Main duties of the job
The ward manager will support the Care Group Matron in providing dynamic, professional and and leadership for the ward
The post holder will facilitate, support and empower the department to manage their areas effectively, supporting the development of their staff and their services to ensure appropriate systems and processes are in place to ensure the continuity of safe and effective care at all times.
They will support the delivery of the Trust’s overall objectives and service priorities, with a particular focus on nursing and midwifery practice, patient experience and involvement in the development of services and standards of cleanliness and quality care.
They will be accountable for the delivery of quality indicators and are responsible for quality streams based on national nursing good practice and local quality indicators. Maintaining compliance with, and develops policies, procedures and guidelines.
They will be accessible and have a visible presence on the ward advising and supporting colleagues, patients and their families to ensure effective patient care across the whole patient pathway. They will ensure the provision of specialist education and training.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
1. •Level 1 Registered Nurse
2. •Diploma in nursing or evidence of recent relevant CPD at diploma level
3. •Evidence of post-registration development in the relevant specialty
4. •Management qualification
5. •Leadership qualification
Desirable criteria
6. •Degree
7. •Post Graduate – Critical Care Qualification
Occupational experience and abilities
Essential criteria
8. •Minimum 4 years post registration experience with 2 years at Band 6
9. •Experience of managing a team or area within a ward/department
10. •Experience of holding unit/hospital bleep
11. •Expert clinical skills/knowledge within the specialty
12. •Leadership skills
13. •Able to apply HR policies/processes relevant to managing people
14. •Understanding of ‘Improving Working Lives’
Desirable criteria
15. •Evidence of leading change
Employer certification / accreditation badges