Job overview
Surrey Downs Health & Care
The role as Mary Seacole Ward Manager with focus on Discharge Coordination will work as part of the leadership team on Mary Seacole Unit, a Frailty and Rehab bedded unit within Epsom General hospital supporting with clinical tasks and staff management. This role will focus on discharge planning for all patients on the ward alongside the multidisciplinary team, completing assessments, communication with patients, families, carers etc to ensure seamless and timely discharges with best possible patient experience.
Main duties of the job
1. The expectations within this job description will be met through professional leadership, clinical management, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research.
2. The post holder will ensure that high quality nursing care is delivered within their designated clinical area.
3. The post holder will assist in setting the standards of clinical practice, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, and will monitor patient outcomes.
4. The post holder will have ongoing responsibility for the operational effectiveness of their designated clinical area, being present in their clinical area, in conjunction with the Clinical Matron.
Working for our organisation
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
5. The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
6. Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
7. Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post of a qualified nurse is characterised by five principle role functions:
- Clinical practice
- Professional leadership and management
- Education training and development
- Evaluation of care and research
- Human resource
Please refer the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
8. Registered Nurse
9. Post registration course/experience in caring for acutely unwell patient
Desirable criteria
10. Disctrict Nurse qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
11. A good understanding of Continuing Health Care assessment processes
12. Multidisciplinary working with examples
13. Demonstration of putting the patient first
Desirable criteria
14. Experience of managing staff
15. Experience working in Acute and Community settings
Knowledge
Essential criteria
16. Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
17. Understanding of clinical audit and governance
Skills
Essential criteria
18. Demonstrated leadership skills
19. Demonstrated Communication and IT skills
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameKathy MaskensJob titleWard MatronEmail addressTelephone number07799075250