Deputy Ward Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive job description and person specification please see the attached documents below.

Act as the deputy to the ward manager, regularly taking charge of the ward and ensuring that the standards and quality of care given to patients, together with the environment in which care is delivered, are maintain at a high standard.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current level One NMC registration
• Demonstrate basic IT skills
• Able to administer IV medications/infusions

Desirable criteria

• Formal leadership/management training
• Chemo trained/willing to complete training
• Evidence of continuing professional development/reflective profile
• Completion of all local competency packages or has undertaken Working in New Ways packages essential to role and Specialty
• Possession of a mentor/SSSA course

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration experience in haematology/oncology
• Supervision of non-registered and pre-registration staff/students
• Experience leading a team/shift efficiently and effectively
• Experience caring for, and managing, acutely unwell patients

Desirable criteria

• Active involvement with a link-role/project work
• Experience of audit/service development and improvement
• Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and conduct appraisals

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills
• Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents
• Confident in escalation to the medical team/CCOT/matrons/DLT if necessary
• Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication
• Ability to convey sensitive information in a caring/compassionate manner

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
• Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions
• Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
• Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister/charge nurse role
• Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place
• Ability to assess ward environment and ensure high standards of cleanliness and order
• Successful implementation and management of a nursing change process

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS
• Evidence of data collection and analysis
• Demonstrate effective time management skills
• Demonstrate effective resource handling training

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others in the prioritisation of their patient care

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team
• Demonstrate effective time management skills
• Demonstrate effective resource handling training

Physical skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• Competent and capable of using medical equipment
• Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of moving and handling training

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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

• Toghill Band 6 Job Description (PDF, 334.4KB)
• Toghill Band 6 Person Specification (PDF, 728.5KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)