Opportunity to lead a compassionate and skilled team in a specialized area of healthcare, enhancing leadership and managerial skills.
Ability to make a significant impact on patient care during emotionally and distressing times, providing critical support and improving patient experiences.
Engagement in continuous improvement processes, allowing for innovation in patient care practices and enhancing overall service delivery.
Participation in staff development through appraisals and training, fostering a culture of growth and excellence within the team.
Oversight of budget management, providing valuable experience in resource allocation and financial stewardship within a healthcare setting.
Collaboration with various healthcare professionals in a multidisciplinary environment, enhancing teamwork and communication skills.
Access to ongoing professional development opportunities, ensuring skills and knowledge remain up-to-date with the latest clinical practices.
The Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated and experienced Ward Manager for the Inpatient Gynaecology Unit at Arrowe Park Hospital. This role involves providing strong leadership across various units, including the Gynaecology Ward and Daycase Unit, while ensuring high standards of compassionate patient care, particularly during challenging times. The ideal candidate will be an innovative leader with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of creating a therapeutic environment and promoting continuous improvement in care delivery.
Key responsibilities include undertaking clinical care, addressing patient and carer complaints, conducting staff appraisals, managing the unit’s budget, and maintaining staff training compliance. Applicants should have at least five years of post-registration experience, including two years in a leadership role, as well as experience in gynaecological patient care. The role emphasises effective communication, problem-solving, and continuous professional development.
Key responsibilities include undertaking clinical care, addressing patient and carer complaints, conducting staff appraisals, managing the unit’s budget, and maintaining staff training compliance. Applicants should have at least five years of post-registration experience, including two years in a leadership role, as well as experience in gynaecological patient care. The role emphasises effective communication, problem-solving, and continuous professional development.
Opportunity to lead a compassionate and skilled team in a specialized area of healthcare, enhancing leadership and managerial skills.
Ability to make a significant impact on patient care during emotionally and distressing times, providing critical support and improving patient experiences.
Engagement in continuous improvement processes, allowing for innovation in patient care practices and enhancing overall service delivery.
Participation in staff development through appraisals and training, fostering a culture of growth and excellence within the team.
Oversight of budget management, providing valuable experience in resource allocation and financial stewardship within a healthcare setting.
Collaboration with various healthcare professionals in a multidisciplinary environment, enhancing teamwork and communication skills.
Access to ongoing professional development opportunities, ensuring skills and knowledge remain up-to-date with the latest clinical practices.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced individual to provide strong leadership in the Inpatient Gynaecology Unit based at Arrowe Park Hospital. The Inpatient Gynaecology Unit incorporates the inpatient Gynaecology Ward, the Gynaecology Daycase Unit, the Gynaecology Assessment Unit, and the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit.
We are looking for a strong compassionate leader, who is innovative and passionate about delivering high standards of quality care to our patients, sometimes these can be during emotional and distressing events in their lives. You will need to be motivated, enthusiastic, possess excellent interpersonal skills, have fresh ideas and want to be part of an evolving gynaecology service.
Your main duties will include but not be limited to:
- Undertake patient care where appropriate acting as a clinical expert.
- Create a therapeutic environment meeting the needs of patients, relatives and carers.
- Promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of care and implement changes to improve systems.
- Respond to patient and carer complaints, assisting the Directorate to respond to them within agreed timespan, ensuring appropriate action is taken to prevent recurrence.
- Participate in audits and implement change, encouraging others to become involved.
- Perform thorough staff appraisals to identify strengths and weaknesses, providing feedback and support to maximise their contribution and personal development.
- Maintain and monitor systems for ensuring staff compliance and mandatory training.
- Oversight of the unit budget and monitoring and control of expenditure and resource management.
- Maintain discipline and deal with staff problems in a supportive way, embracing all aspects of Human Resource policies and procedures.
- Continuously update own skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of clinical issues.
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills, effective problem solving and leadership skills.
Essential for this post is a minimum of 5 years post registration experience and a minimum of 2 years leadership experience or equivalent. Experience in caring for patients with gynaecological conditions and problems is also highly desirable.
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