Paediatric Ward Manager
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ormskirk, L39 2AZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 October 2026
10 days leftJob description
Paediatric Ward Manager - Ormskirk Band 7, Full Time Due to the promotion of the current Ward Manager, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a perman...
Responsible for providing leadership and management to nursing and support team and associated staff to ensure effective running of ward/department.
Provide leadership, specialist advice and support working with nursing teams to ensure appropriate assessment of patients needs, development of care plans, implementation of care plans and maintenance of associated records.
Liaise with other agencies in planning programmes of care and/or health and education programmes
Responsible for ward/department budget management
To work within the NMC Code and professional nursing guidance
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Advertising Date: 15th October 2026
Closing Date: 29th October 2026
Shortlisting Date: 30th October 2026
Proposed Interview date: 10th November 2026
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applications is reached.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Children's Nurse. Degree / Diploma Level
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Leadership training or qulification or equivalent experience
Knowledge and Experiece
Essential
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMCprofessional standards for practice contained within the code
- Experience of managing teams
- Experience of service development, such as clinical pathway management
- Substantial experience of working in a clinical environment
- Understanding of budget management within the NHS at departmental level
- Experience of involvement in relevant research/audit to underpin evidence-based practice
- Understand key features of clinical governance and risk
Skills
Essential
- Current up to date and relevant clinical skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational and management skills
- Able to act as a leader, effectively managing staff in the department
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Ability to network and build relationships at all levels act as a change agent
- Computer literacy eg experience of electronic patient record
Other
Essential
- Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position; occasional moderate effort for several short period.
- Walks, stands most of shift; occasionally moves, occasional manoeuvres patients.
- Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work
- Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands
- Occasional highly distressing or emotional circumstances. Deals with patient complaints, conveys unwelcome news, management of complaints/concerns arising from incidents, communicating to patients and relatives
- Working in ward environment providing direct clinical care
- Potential blood or body fluids exposure
Values
Essential: - We are kind; - We are open; - We are inclusive
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
15 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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