Ward Manager inSlough inSlough PUBLISHED 27 AUG 2024

Job Overview


An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 ward manager to lead the dedicated nursing team on Ward 20 (18 beds) and Acute Frailty Unit (12 beds) which is part of the Older Peoples Services and predominately treats acute medical and older adults.

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and dynamic individual to take on the role of the Ward Manager to provide leadership, management and support to the ward team and is responsible for the provision of patient care, ensuring that it is evidence based and of a high standard and to maintain 24-hour responsibility for the clinical area.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will ensure that patients receive the necessary care and treatment to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. This will be achieved through the application of specialist knowledge, skills and practice.

This role requires close working relationships with a wide range of the multi-disciplinary/speciality teams, the Consultants, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Managers and the Clinical Site Management team. In order to succeed in this role you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will need to have the ability to deal with challenging situations in a fast paced environment in a professional and calm manner.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.


Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Continually assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care in order to ensure the provision of a high standard of care.
• Personally deliver a high standard of care to a group of patients, acting as a team leader / named nurse and clinical role model at all time
• Ensure the provision of advice, support and health information to patients and their carers in order to promote a health-based service
• Transports / manages people and/or items such as equipment or specimens safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation to include accident / incident reporting, with regard to NMC, statutory and Trust polices.
• Ensures all aspects of clinical care including interventions and investigations are performed, assessed and reported upon in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with legislation, policy and procedures.
  
  

For the full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.


Person specification


Qualifications


Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Mentorship or equivalent teaching course
• Experience working with Older People within an acute setting
• Leadership training
  
  

Desirable criteria

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

Experience


Essential criteria

• Substantive 3 years' experience as a Band 6 staff nurse in an acute setting
• Experience of managing a team and can effectively function as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  
  

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• The ability to assess patients; develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care
• The ability to support professional development and create a learning environment
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Understanding of human resources issues
• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of finance and budgetary management
• Computer literacy experience with Electronic Records (EPIC)
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .

Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .

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