Ward Manager
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
We are seeking an ambitious and dedicated Senior Nurse with strong leadership skills and relevant experience to join our Trauma and Orthopaedic ward. ...
- Lead on the day-to-day running of the ward, acting as a professional role model providing sound clinical leadership, maintaining morale and promoting effective team work
- Promote a positive culture that values and supports staff to reach their full potential
- Lead on recruitment, selection and induction process
- Ensure ongoing performance review for ward team
- Maintain clinical skills by working as part of the ward team
- Encourage and promote continuous quality improvement
- Take overall responsibility of timely completion of duty rotas
- Maintain accurate sickness records and performance related issues
- Lead on timely investigation of clinical incidents and provide feedback to the team
- Participate in the staffing bleep rota, co-ordinating staff and providing senior clinical support
- Participate in service development projects
Please see job description attached to view main duties and responsibilities of role.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
Education and qualifications
Essential: - oNMC Registered Nurse; - oEvidence of post basic continuing professional development; - oTeaching/Mentoring Qualification; - oAn interest in leadership
Desirable: - oALS/EPLS; - oMaster's Degree
Experience and knowledge
Essential: - oRelevant experience at Band 6; - oSignificant experience within Acute surgery
Desirable: - Experience at Band 7 nurse level
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to discuss knowledgeably current and proposed developments within the speciality
- Ability to influence and enhance patient care
- Demonstrates clinical credibility to meet demands of role
- Knowledge of IT systems and computer literate
- Act as role model
- Provide expert advice to team
- Ability to critically analyse relevant information
- Understanding of professional issues
- Understanding of budget & resource management
- Recruitment, Retention, Interview and Appraisal skills
- Understanding of Band 7 role with a vision for the development of this role
Personal qualities
Essential
- Has initiative and innovation
- Good time management
- Flexible approach to working hours and duties
- Team Player
- Role model
- Leadership skills
- Effective communication skills
- Organisational skills
- Able to work under pressure
- Commitment to delivering high quality service
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
7 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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