Deputy Ward Manager

Main area Ambulatory Care / Elderly Care Assessment Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent HoursFull timeFlexible working37.5 hours per week Job ref 319-7583889SC Employer Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hexham General Hospital Town Hexham Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/12/2025 23:59 Deputy Ward Manager NHS AfC: Band 6 Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is… the Northumbria Way What the Northumbria Way means for you: Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing HubSupport and connection through a variety of Staff Network groupsA range of flexible working opportunitiesGenerous annual leave and pension schemeAccess to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmesAccess to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare. Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care. We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services. We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy. If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news. Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team in Ambulatory care/ Elderly Care Assessment Unit at Hexham. The department is a combination of the two specialties with patients often migrating between the two. The Ambulatory care department sees a diverse caseload of patients from various specialities. Patients attend as day cases for the administration of intravenous medication, blood transfusions, venesections, specialised blood tests and ambulatory care pathways. The Elderly Care Assessment Unit sees patients predominantly over the age of 65 and those with frailty and multiple co-morbidities. Referrals are made from a variety of sources (NEAS/Community paramedics/GP's/UTC) and accepted same day or by appointment. Patients attend for falls and syncope assessment on a pre planned basis. The department facilitates a pathway for hospital admission for frail elderly patients that can be medically managed locally and avoiding A&E. The department has a resident speciality doctor and on call consultant cover. The successful candidate must be an innovative thinker and be committed to developing their skills and knowledge in all areas of relevant clinical practice. Main duties of the job As senior nurse it is expected that you will be able to, and take responsibility for: Provide high quality person centred care.Maintain contemporary, relevant knowledge to underpin clinical practice.Rotate between the different clinical areas within the department, taking charge in the absence of department manager.Coordinate staff to ensure the department functions efficiently.Take appropriate steps to manage staff sickness/shortages to ensure that disruption to the department is minimal.Deal with concerns and complaintsCoordinate a caseload of patients within Ambulatory care to:Ensure that patients receive appointments/treatments at appropriate intervals.Liaise with HCP's from other specialities to ensure that prescriptions and drugs are available for administration.Oversee the safe administration of medications in accordance with trust policy.Supervise junior staff and offer suitable advice and guidance.Be able to use relevant IT systems to inform safe and effective care.Accept and triage telephone and electronic referralsArrange and review in a timely fashion dependent on clinical need.Liaise with the Patient Flow team and the wider MDT to ensure that patients are assessed and treated efficiently allowing seamless flow throughout the department. Working for our organisation We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application. Detailed job description and main responsibilities As senior nurse it is expected that you will be able to, and take responsibility for: Provide high quality person centred care.Maintain contemporary, relevant knowledge to underpin clinical practice.Maintain clinical skills and competence in venepuncture and cannulation.Rotate between the different clinical areas within the department, taking charge in the absence of department manager.Coordinate staff to ensure the department functions efficiently.Take appropriate steps to manage staff sickness/shortages to ensure that disruption to the department is minimal.Deal with concerns and complaintsCoordinate a caseload of patients within Ambulatory care to:Ensure that patients receive appointments/treatments at appropriate intervals.Liaise with HCP's from other specialities to ensure that prescriptions and drugs are available for administration.Oversee the safe administration of medications in accordance with trust policy.Supervise junior staff and offer suitable advice and guidance.Be able to use relevant IT systems to inform safe and effective care.Accept and triage telephone and electronic referralsArrange and review in a timely fashion dependent on clinical need.Liaise with the Patient Flow team and the wider MDT to ensure that patients are assessed and treated efficiently allowing seamless flow throughout the department. Person specification Qualifications First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse.PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).Leadership course.Management course.Diploma or degree in nursing.Qualification in specialty. Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme. We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2. Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance. Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust Certificate of Sponsorship Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay. Employer certification / accreditation badges 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. Name Geraldine Turnbull Job title Emergency Nurse Practitioner Email address geraldine.turnbull1@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk Telephone number 01434655406 #J-18808-Ljbffr