Ward manager

• Provide visible clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based nursing care for patients with complex health needs.
• Take overall responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care within the ward, ensuring high standards of care and patient experience
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, community services, social care, and other key partners to ensure seamless, coordinated care and effective discharge planning.
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients through effective risk assessment, safeguarding practices, infection prevention and control, and adherence to clinical governance requirements.
• Support patients, families, and carers by providing information, guidance, and involvement in care planning and decision-making.
• Be responsible for the performance, supervision, and development of ward staff, ensuring appropriate support, appraisal, and performance management processes are in place
• Work closely with the Matron and Clinical Lead to support service development, achieve quality and performance targets, and ensure the efficient use of resources while delivering high-quality patient-centred care.

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current UK NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional education and training at degree level
• Qualification in team / service management or prepared to work towards.
• Mentor or practice based learning training

Essential

• Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community/acute nursing
• Experience of negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Experience of co-ordinating and managing a team
• Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
• Experience of evidence-based care
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive health needs assessment and developing complex care plans
• Experience of co-ordinating and delivering care for people with complex, long term conditions

Essential

• Knowledge of principles of care for long term conditions, relevant NSFs and other national standards Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of Personal Development Planning.
• Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
• Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
• Knowledge of the audit process
• Knowledge of evidence based practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance & clinical supervision
• Knowledge of managing difficult situations and conflict resolution
• Knowledge of how equal opportunities can be implemented in practice
• Has a range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
• Effective negotiation skills
• Basic computer skills