Ward Manager
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, dynamic individual to join the team responsible for the Community Inpatient Wards in East Berkshire.
Jubilee Ward at Upton Hospital, Slough provides discharge to assess, medical optimisation, sub-acute medical and rehabilitation care to older patients across the East of Berkshire.
We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having an 'Outstanding' rating overall, having being an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.'
Working in a passionate and caring team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.
We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have responsibility for the leadership and operational management of Jubilee Ward and the successful applicant will join our experienced multidisciplinary team of skilled and highly motivated staff in our 21 bedded In-patient Community ward. We deliver quality services for patients requiring generic rehabilitation for mostly older persons, deliver frailty, subacute and discharge to assess pathways. The post will give you an opportunity to be part of a service with an exciting future and a key part of the NHS Ageing Well program.
About the Job
- Ensuring smooth and efficient management and day to day running of Henry Tudor Ward
- To provide visible, first line management to the nursing and administrative staff on the ward
- Work with acute, community services and local stake holders both within the locality and outside to ensure the timely and appropriate transfer of patients into the community hospital and onwards to their future destination.
- To provide guidance and advice in both basic and complex issues surrounding patient and staff needs.
- To act as a role model to all staff, demonstrating a high level of patient care and clinical leadership
Working pattern + Service operating hours
The post is a full time position, working Monday to Friday 8:30-4:30, but we encourage you to get in touch if you wish to enquire about flexible working.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.
As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you'll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
o Caring for and about you is our top priority
o Committed to providing good quality, safe services
o Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 3 must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- 1st Level current NMC registration (RGN or RN (adult)
- Leadership/ management qualification, or willing to complete
- Previous experience at band 6 working within a ward environment
Please find attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The 3 must haves for you to be considered for this role:
- 1st Level current NMC registration (RGN or RN (adult)
- Leadership/ management qualification, or willing to complete
- Previous experience at band 6 working within a ward environment
Please find attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level current NMC registration (RGN or RN (adult) or relevant AHP qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Post registration education within relevant field
- Leadership/ management qualification or willing to complete
Training
Essential
- Ongoing professional development
- Recruitment and selection
- Management
- Leadership
Desirable
- NVQ Assessor
- Budgetary training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working at ward manager level
- Working knowledge of intermediate care systems
- Recent experience within a similar field
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to use these both on the ward and in other internal/ external forums and situations
- Knowledge of NHS structure and recent initiatives
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Evidence of change management skills
- Evidence based practice
- Competence in developing staff
- IT literate
- Ability to work under pressure
- Professional and personal integrity/ reliability
- Use of evidence based practice
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team
- Mentorship of students and junior staff
- Ability to understand long-term and wider implications of decisions
- Evidence of participation in on-going service improvement
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload
- Coordinate and monitor the use of resources/ budget management
- Plan develop and monitor the recruitment , deployment and management of people
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between both sites
- Enthusiasm
- Commitment/ flexibility
- Reasonable level of fitness (patient manual handling required)
- Ability to conform with bare below the elbows dress code to enable adequate hand hygiene
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level current NMC registration (RGN or RN (adult) or relevant AHP qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Post registration education within relevant field
- Leadership/ management qualification or willing to complete
Training
Essential
- Ongoing professional development
- Recruitment and selection
- Management
- Leadership
Desirable
- NVQ Assessor
- Budgetary training
Previous Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working at ward manager level
- Working knowledge of intermediate care systems
- Recent experience within a similar field
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to use these both on the ward and in other internal/ external forums and situations
- Knowledge of NHS structure and recent initiatives
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Evidence of change management skills
- Evidence based practice
- Competence in developing staff
- IT literate
- Ability to work under pressure
- Professional and personal integrity/ reliability
- Use of evidence based practice
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team
- Mentorship of students and junior staff
- Ability to understand long-term and wider implications of decisions
- Evidence of participation in on-going service improvement
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload
- Coordinate and monitor the use of resources/ budget management
- Plan develop and monitor the recruitment , deployment and management of people
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between both sites
- Enthusiasm
- Commitment/ flexibility
- Reasonable level of fitness (patient manual handling required)
- Ability to conform with bare below the elbows dress code to enable adequate hand hygiene
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Jubilee Ward
Albert Street, Upton Hospital, Slough, SL1 2BJ
Slough
SL1 2BJ
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