Ward Manager

2 weeks ago


Cambridge Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

  • Provides expert clinical knowledge and advice in the field of Intermediate Care In-patient services to professionals across health and social services and the patients/and carers.
  • To take the Lead Professional role in the service, with clinical and practice development of the staff and service.
  • To be responsible for the effective delivery of care within the service by ensuring there are robust service frameworks and operating mechanisms in place to facilitate admission, treatment planning, discharge planning and onward referral.

Any potential candidate is invited to contact myself to be provided with an overview of the role

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Degree or equivalent in post registration experience
  • Current NMC registration

Desirable criteria

  • Management/Leadership qualification and experience

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Significant relevant postgraduate clinical experience in a variety of settings.
  • Advanced understanding of clinical conditions and clinical experience managing long term conditions and frailty.

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

  • Support junior staff and professional staff
  • Good report writing
  • Advanced communication skills
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
  • Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision

Desirable criteria

  • Understanding of clinical supervision

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

  • Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
  • Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
  • Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others

Desirable criteria

  • System one

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

  • Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
  • Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
  • Children and young people's mental health services;
  • Children's community services in Peterborough;
  • Social care;
  • Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

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

  • Ward Manager- Nurse Lead JDPS B7 (PDF, 213.9KB)
  • CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
  • CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
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