Ward Leader

3 weeks ago


Bournemouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Do you take enormous pride in delivering safe, compassionate care, resulting in a high-quality patient experience?

Do you have a passion to work within Stroke Services and promote high standards of care delivery?

Do you want to make a difference to patient care?

If yes, we want you to join our friendly, committed and dynamic team on Ward 9 Stroke Unit.

Our aim is for our ward to be a centre of excellence and current initiatives include working towards implementing the recent clinical guidelines for Stroke which aims to provide patients with Stroke skilled care to reduce mortality and long term disability. Stroke services are undergoing significant transformation and require a Ward leader who will support the future changes and lead the team to provide a high quality service through a period of change. There is on-going investment to ensure our staff have the right skills, values and expertise to provide high quality specialist care for Stroke patients.

University Hospitals Dorset has 55 Stroke inpatient beds and Ward 9 Stroke Unit provides acute stroke care and rehabilitation to 19 of these patients.

This is an exciting opportunity for a professional, enthusiastic positive person who takes pride in their work to create a vision and collaboratively work with the multi-disciplinary team to promote and build and maintain independence for our patients

**Base Location**: Bournemouth

**Interview Date**: TBC
- Provide leadership and demonstrate a high quality of clinical care and practice
- Coordinates and manages the delivery of inter-professional car
- Ensures the prompt instigation of appropriate treatment following consultation with the relevant care group
- Monitors the plans of care for patients with other team members to ensure that care is implemented and remains appropriate to the needs and wishes of the patient
- Ensure clear lines of communication between the ward team, Matron’s and wider Directorate
- Provides and receives complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are
- Contribute to developments in the Trust in response to Trust objectives and develops practice accordingly
- Ensures patient care is delivered in accordance with established policies and protocols and to the agreed standard
- Deliver specialised care in keeping with the needs and wishes of patients and their family

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
- To Lead and develop Ward 9 Stroke Unit to meet the needs of the service
- To lead and manage the development and provision of a high quality nursing service and environment for the inpatient service of ward / department
- To provide specialist nursing knowledge, expertise and advice, facilitating the provision of evidence based patient centered care pathways and package
- To ensure that resources are efficiently and effectively managed to deliver a high quality service
- To work closely with specialty Consultants, multi-disciplinary teams, other clinical leaders, Matrons and directorate managers to provide a high quality and cost-effective patient focused service
- To establish a balance between clinical and managerial demands so as to maintain clinical credibility.


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