Ward Manager

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

We are currently looking to recruit a Full Time Substantive Band 7 Ward Manager for our Endocrinology Ward at St Marys Hospital. This is an opportunity for anyone who is looking to expand their leadership skills and clinical experience working across Endocrinology setting. The post holder will be responsible for leading the staff and working in close collaboration with the Emergency Department and the teams across the Acute Admission Areas and Specialist medicine.

This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated nursing leader with a high level of clinical competence who is looking to develop their management and leadership skills. We are a friendly team who offer a caring and supportive environment in which you can develop further.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision
• Manages the full nursing team; to include annual appraisal, staffing rotas, performance and sickness management, recruitment and selection and the supervision of students
• Assists in the management of the ward or department budget
• Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them
• Assists in continued monitoring of patient experience and harm free care
• To respond to patients, relatives and carers concerns and complaints as they arise and take remedial action as required

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
• Management qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Working towards BSc / MSc

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of leading and developing a team

Desirable criteria

• Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience in acute setting

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisation, administrative and management skills
• Ability to lead a team
• Coaching skills
• IT skills including use of email and office packages
• Knowledge of budget management

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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

• Job description (PDF, 584.3KB)
• FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT FORM (PDF, 368.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)