Ward Manager for Medical Admissions Unit

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Chestnut Ward: (Medical Admissions Unit (MAU))

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of Ward Manager to join the senior nursing team in our 46-bedded medical acute admissions unit, which also includes six fit-to-sit chairs.

The busy acute ward consists of four monitored beds designated for patients who are acutely unwell and require continuous monitoring. The successful candidate will serve as one of two band 7 ward managers in this ward. The Ward Manager plays a fundamental role in delivering high standards of nursing care, creating a supportive environment for patient well-being, and contributing to effective budget management.

They will hold a key leadership and management role at a senior level, providing specialist skills and knowledge to support the organisation and delivery of care for patients within Acute Medicine. This will incorporate the provision of care to patients and their families in accordance with the philosophy and standards of care within the area, ensuring that Trust values and standards of care are upheld.

A senior matron, a matron, and the senior nursing team will provide support to the post holder.

Main duties of the job

In collaboration with the Matron, the Ward Manager will be responsible for their clinical setting, which includes providing effective leadership, establishing, monitoring, and maintaining professional standards, fostering collaborative work, managing complaints, and guiding the nursing contributions to clinical governance at the ward level.

S/he will be visible and accessible in the clinical area for patients, relatives and staff.

Lead by example and serve as a positive role model for all staff, taking responsibility for your own professional development.

Provide leadership that prioritises patient-focused care.

Offer clinical leadership and manage staff effectively to ensure the highest professional standards are met through staff development and individual performance appraisals and reviews. Serve as a role model for care standards and expected behaviours by actively participating in direct patient care.

Maintain personal standards of conduct and behaviour that align with the standards and requirements of the Trust and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Actively contribute to, and support agreed developments within the Directorate.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a senior leader, the postholder will be expected to have clinical expertise in acute medicine nursing, with expert organisational skills to develop and manage acute medicine nursing, and a passion for developing people to enable high-quality care provision for patients.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you will need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

Our MAU works closely with the Emergency Department (ED) and Acute Assessment Unit (AAU). MAU prides itself on providing high-quality care and a patient experience in a caring and supportive environment that enhances your clinical expertise. Staff receive support and ongoing development tailored to your individual needs.

We provide all the following:

• Daily consultant and criteria-led discharges
• Ward and multi-disciplinary board rounds
• Daily multidisciplinary team input from physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social workers

• Rapid access to consultants in all core specialities, most days of the week
• Links with clinical nurse specialists for conditions such as ACS, heart failure, COPD, oncology and palliative care
• Fast access to diagnostics
• Daily input from the substance misuse team
• Joint working with our community partners, including falls teams, COPD teams and district nurses

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Preparation for Mentorship course (or ability to complete)
• Relevant post registration specialist course or significant relevant experience

Desirable criteria

• Diploma / Degree level study in a clinically relevant course i.e. HDU / Acutely ill Adult / elderly care course / CCU etc.

Experience, Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Substantive 3 years' experience as a Band 6 staff nurse in an acute setting
• Experience of managing a team
• The ability to effectively function as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• The ability to assess patients; develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care.
• The ability to support professional development and create a learning environment
• The ability to safely administer medicines in accordance with NMC Guidelines for the administration of medicines (2002).The ability to keep accurate records in accordance with NMC Guidelines for records and record keeping (2002)

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• A level of nursing knowledge consistent with required post registration experience and specialist knowledge where appropriate.
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Understanding of human resources issues
• Understanding of budget management
• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues

Desirable criteria

• Computer literacy Experience as a Clinical Supervisor

Qualities

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the Trust values and behaviour framework.
• Commitment to adhere to Trust Policies and Procedures.
• Commitment to further professional development.
• Ability to be punctual and efficiently manage time.
• Adaptable to changes in shift pattern.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

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

• candidate information pack Job description and person Specification (PDF, 736.3KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)