Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Deputy Ward Manager position on Astley Ward working 37.5 hours per week.
We are looking for a qualified nurse who wishes to further their career and to join our existing team. You will be working closely with the Ward Manager and deputising in her absence.
You will be committed to providing high quality care to a range of patients with differing needs and be willing to embrace new role opportunities. You should be able to work as part of a team and be able to use your initiative.
Excellent communication skills and flexibility to meet the needs of the service are required.
Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the specified closing date if a high volume of suitable applications are received.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Ward Manager in all aspects of ward management.
You will have a key role in co-ordinating and developing the nursing team and ensuring that patients receive the required standard of care. You will support the Ward Manager in ensuring all staff comply with Trust policies and professional and legal standards.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
1. Manage the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager, co-ordinating the activities of the ward team and deploying resources effectively.
2. Participate in the directorate senior nurse bleep rota as required dealing with emergency/urgent situations, the redeployment of staff and giving advice to staff on other wards as the need arises.
3. Ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the ward itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals.
4. Organize own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace.
5. Recognise and respond appropriately to issues which require urgent or immediate attention, reporting to other members of the multi-disciplinary/management team as necessary.
6. Deputise for the ward manager as requested at meetings and other events
7. Maintain ward management records and produce timely management reports at the request of the ward manager or as required in his/her absence.
8. Maintain comprehensive clinical records.
9. Maintain an awareness of current identified best practice within the relevant sphere of nursing.
10. Deliver nursing care on the basis of available valid evidence and as detailed in clinical guidelines and protocols.
11. Take a lead role in the audit of nursing care within the ward, share learning with others and assist in ensuring that identified scope for improvement is realised.
12. Maintain effective registration in accordance with NMC standards.
Planning and Organisational Duties
13. Manage the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager, co-ordinating the activities of the ward team and deploying resources effectively.
14. Participate in the directorate senior nurse bleep rota as required dealing with emergency/urgent situations, the redeployment of staff and giving advice to staff on other wards as the need arises.
15. Ensure that effective communication is maintained both within the ward itself and with relevant external agencies or individuals.
16. Organise own workload and adjust priorities in response to issues arising in the workplace.
17. Recognise and respond appropriately to issues which require urgent or immediate attention, reporting to other members of the multi-disciplinary/management team as necessary.
18. Deputise for the ward manager as requested at meetings and other events.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
19. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care of patients in accordance with their clinical pathway and individual needs.
20. Liaise with patients and their families on a daily basis and deal efficiently with their questions or concerns.
21. Ensure that nursing care delivered within the ward is compliant with legal, professional and organisational standards.
22. Supervise and direct the work of more junior staff.
Responsibility for Finance
23. Contribute to ensuring the effective use of all resources.
24. Bring any potential efficiency savings or anticipated budgetary pressures to the attention of the ward manager.
Responsibility for Human Resources
25. Support the ward manager in managing attendance within the ward area in accordance with trust policy.
26. Participate in the IPR/PDP process, undertaking the IPR/PDP of staff as required by the Ward Manager.
27. Assist the ward manager in ensuring that all newly appointed staff receive induction to the ward and preceptorship as appropriate.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
28. Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
29. Facilitate a supportive learning environment for all levels of staff including student nurses.
30. Undertake the role of mentor/preceptor/supervisor to other members of the ward team.
31. Assist members of the ward team to identify their own training and development needs and support them in achieving individual goals.
32. Formally assess the competence of staff and students producing verbal and written reports as required by the ward manager, the university or other departments or agencies.
33. Deliver health education to patients and their families in accordance with their needs.
Person specification
Additional
Essential criteria
34. Able to work day/evening/night duty over a 7 day week
35. Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
36. Up to date clinical nursing knowledge relevant to the speciality.
Skills
Essential criteria
37. Specialist nursing skills relevant to the ward
38. Leadership
39. Clinical teaching and assessment skills
40. Basic ward management skills
Experience
Essential criteria
41. Post registration experience relevant to the clinical speciality of the ward
42. Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
43. Regularly in charge of ward.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
44. 1st Level Registered Nurse (relevant branch)
45. Evidence of continuing professional development since registration
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
46. Job Description (PDF, 424.4KB)
47. Person Specification (PDF, 152.4KB)
48. What WWL can offer you (PDF, 42.7KB)
49. Applying for NHS vacancies guidance (PDF, 241.2KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameDonna HewittJob titleWard ManagerEmail addressDonna.m.hewitt@wwl.nhs.ukTelephone number01942 773527