Ward manager - Bluebell Discharge to Assess Community Unit
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An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the team on Bluebell ward in the role of ward manager.
Bluebell is a community based 25 bedded discharge to assess unit based at The Meadows.
Discharge to Assess is an innovative service, providing a pathway for patients to leave hospital who are medically optimised but may require further support to ensure safety. Patients are discharged to a community setting for a short period to undergo further assessment for their ongoing needs.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the unit facilitates timely discharges from the acute hospital and provides assessment and support planning to meet a person’s needs in the community.
The unit Manager has a fundamental role in the delivery of high standards of nursing care, safe staffing and ensuring an environment that is conducive to wellbeing and contributing to effective budgetary management
Do you demonstrate strong leadership skills and want the opportunity to develop your managerial skills? You will be the driver for providing high quality care to our patients, bringing innovative ideas for change and ensure patients are receiving the right care, in the right place at the right time
This is an exciting time to join our diverse team, as the service expands and develops we require enthusiastic staff to shape our evolving service using skill, motivation and person centred care to provide an innovative service to the communities of Stockport.
We are looking for highly motivated, forward thinking and experienced nurse with a specialist interest in frailty and Discharge to Assess who will work alongside an integrated Multidisciplinary Team to improve flow and quality of the patient's journey as well as lead the unit.
The Multi professional team consists of highly skilled, registered Nursing staff, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, GPs, Pharmacists, Social Workers and Discharge Coordinators. Complementing our registered staff, we excel in providing a large team of Health Care Assistants, Administrative staff and Therapy Assistants.
We promote a positive ethos on personal and professional development, providing access to training and supervisions. You will be offered induction, supernumerary working and full access to mandatory training, furthermore CDP training is full supported and very much encouraged. Regular PDRs and reflective supervisions are provided, alongside peer support sessions in the form of multidisciplinary and profession specific team meetings.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
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 you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
* Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* NHS pension scheme membership
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
* NHS Staff discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
* Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jo Hutchinson Job title: Matron Email address: joanna.hutchinson@stockport.nhs.uk
Bluebell Ward is a non-acute community based small unit focusing on the principle of discharge to assess, home first and complex discharge management.
Informal visits and welcomed and encouraged.
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