Ward Manager

Job summary

Beaumont ward is a female 14 bedded ward looking female patients in particular dealing sensitive issues with patients such as early pregnancy, Gynaecology and surgical. You will be expected to have a good understanding on how to care for these patients whilst supporting the nurses throughout their shift. Therefore this person needs to be a very proactive member of staff when delivering up to date evidence based will be expected to undertake clinical work alongside your management days on the ward and unit as required as well as attending management meetings, providing reports, monitoring data, financial management of the ward will join an established team supporting junior staff, maintaining a high standard of patient care and have a good understanding of PCI's and good documentation.

Main duties of the job

The candidate should be able to participate with the multidisciplinary team and undertake direct involvement in patient care. You will also be expected establish, develop, maintain, monitor and facilitate the delivery of services at ward/departmental level, ensuring services provided meet organisational objectives, divisional service strategies and quality candidate must have proven leadership skills and clinical excellence as you will need to provide leadership and mentoring and will act as a positive role model for junior staff in a manner that positively reflects the philosophy of the service and the values of the your role you will receive support and supervision from the Matron and General Manager and should have a good fundamental understanding of pathways, procedures and A+E role entails working alongside a well structure bereavement loss team and early pregnancy support groups.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Professional/Clinical

To provide strong visible leadership to all staff within the ward and across the organisation, ensuring that nursing practice is up to date, evidence based and cost effective.

Have a good fundamental understanding of pathways, procedures and A+E guidelines.

To develop the ward teams, individuals and self to enhance performance, ensuring that staff training needs to meet organisational objectives are pursued through the principles of IPR and PDP and knowledge & skills framework, in accordance with Trust Policies and procedures.

To be responsible for own professional registration and ensure that all nurses working on the ward have valid NMC registration and practice in accordance with the NMC Code, Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives and in accordance to Trust policy, ensuring a robust system is in place to checking registered practitioners registration status.

Provide leadership for the implementation of the quality initiatives such as Care Excellence Accreditation, PCIs and Health roster KPIs.

Ensure a strong team focus on high quality, clinically effective healthcare that meet our patients needs, is embedded in ward culture.

Create and maintain a strong culture of Infection Prevention & Control awareness & practice and ensure robust systems are in place to measure IP&C standards, celebrate & share good practice and develop & review action plans to address deficiencies.

Develop, maintain and review annually the wards philosophy so that this continually reflects the aims of the team, Division and organisation.

Develop and lead a team that seeks to actively resolve complaint/concerns at local level ensuring appropriate escalation of complaints, clinical incidents or near misses.

Participate in patient acuity studies measuring patient dependency and nurse to bed ratio.

Foster and embed a patient safety culture and participate in national and local patient safety work streams or campaigns to improve the patients environment and experience such as Patient Safety Thermometer.

Develop and maintain cohesive multidisciplinary working relationships which focus on individualised patient care that facilitates a care management plan and a safe and timely discharge.

When holding the site Bleep, co-ordinate hospital services including out of office hours, ensuring the appropriate deployment of staff. Inform the Hospital Manager on call of relevant issues in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Promote the organisations Trust values and annual objectives, with particular reference to the Divisional business objectives, service strategies and developments.

Contribute to the creation, implementation and evaluation of the Divisional service plans by reviewing ward performance against organisational objectives, identifying cost pressures and exceptions and proposing service developments to the Divisional Management Team.

Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of Divisional service strategies and contracts by establishing systems to monitor performance at ward level.

Manage Finance

Secure effective resource allocation for wards activities and quality initiatives, including the updating of ward and departmental capital and revenue equipment replacement plans at regular intervals to maintain continuity of service.

Monitor and control the use of ward resources by ensuring that costs are contained within allocated budgets whilst achieving maximum value for money on all expenditures and implement a robust system for exception reporting.

Manage Services

Initiate and implement change and improvement in services and operational system to meet Divisional service strategies and contracts.

Monitor, maintain and improve service delivery against quality and functional specifications, encourage staff to share innovations and good quality practice when visited by external regulating bodies.

Participate in the development and implementation of Integrated Care Pathways within the clinical area.

Benchmark ward services against published best practices, whilst ensuring that they meet statutory standards and professional guidelines.

Identify and contribute to Gynaecology and Early Pregnancy innovative service development ideas and proposals in line with evidence-based practice and the principles of clinical governance.

Determining specifications to secure quality people, and assessing and selecting candidates against Trust Values and organisational requirements.

Support the rotation of all staff through the 24-hour period and publish health roster within time frame.

Develop and implement ward based accessible clinical supervision for all staff.

Monitor and evaluate sickness/absence trends and act accordingly in line with Trust policies and procedures.

Work collaboratively with the Human Resources Department to proactively manage poor attendance, lateness, capability and performance issues in line with Trust policies and procedures.

Develop teams, individuals and self to enhance performance to achieve organisational objectives and divisional service strategies.

Plan, allocate and evaluate work carried out by teams, individuals and self. Undertake role mapping to establish the levels of competence for all grades of ward/department staff. Develop and implement a performance appraisal system supported by a dynamic development programme to meet staff training needs.

Create maintain and enhance effective working relationships by involving and informing staff of service developments, performance against actual plans, and future plans honestly, timely and sensitively.

Ensure staff comply with Trust policies and procedures at all times and take appropriate disciplinary action to deal with staff who disregard these obligations in the course of their employment.

Develop and maintain a robust system for checking professional registration of nursing staff on appointment and annually thereafter comply with Trust policy.

Manage Information

Seek, evaluate and organise information for action by analysing data relating to utilisation of resources, identifying workflow patterns and making recommendations to effect changes to meet service demands within existing constraints.

Exchange information to solve problems and make decisions by networking with wards/departments within and outside the Division and the Trust.

Contribute towards the Divisional service plans by reviewing ward/department performance against Divisional objectives and service strategies, identifying cost pressures and proposing service developments to the Divisional management team.

Develop and maintain a robust mechanism for ensuring good communication is disseminated through the team and foster a culture of openness and candour to all patients, relatives and staff. Measure the success of communication dissemination.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First Level Nurse Degree in Professional Nursing/Health Studies or working towards Post-registration management qualification or equivalent experience Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

ENB 998 or equivalent qualification ILS/ALS

Experience

Essential

Experience in nurse management A minimum of 36 months experience at band 6 within acute hospital setting Experience of change management Evidence of experience working within Early Pregnancy and Gynaecology setting To undertake relevant courses within this specialty to cascade to other colleagues

Skills

Essential

Presentation skills and relevance to question Sound knowledge of evidence-based practice Knowledge and experience of audit process Evidence of involvement in change management Sound resource (human and finance) management skills

Desirable

Knowledge of business planning Experience of writing guidelines/protocols & policies

Personal Qualities

Essential

Can demonstrate characteristics of effective leadership Demonstrates ability to motivate, train and develop staff Is innovative, positive and has ability to stimulate a productive team Able to set/achieve individual/team objectives and meet deadlines Able to role model both clinically & managerially

Other

Essential

Up to date with current NHS priorities and nursing issues Passes Occupational Health Clearance Flexible and adaptable in meeting changing service demand

Desirable

Experience of project work and report writing

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