Ward Manager - Butterfly Ward in London

Are you looking for a dynamic leadership role? An exciting opportunity has arisen within International and Private Care for a Ward Manager to join our Butterfly Ward team. Butterfly Ward predominantly caters for patients with Haematology/Oncology/Immunology conditions and provides Bone Marrow Transplants, Thymus transplants, Gene Therapy and many of the newer immunotherapy treatments.

As Ward Manager you will work closely with our Senior Nursing and Education Teams to ensure the provision of excellent care to our cohort of mixed speciality patients, with support from the speciality teams and the infrastructure based here at GOSH. This post will enable you to be instrumental in the leadership of a team to work within a developing ward environment and provide a wide range of specialist care to children and their families from the UK and across the world.

Main duties of the job

• To provide effective leadership, expertise, advice and support to ward/department team to ensure the provision of high-quality care to children, young people and their families.
• To ensure the safe, effective and efficient management of the department within allocated resources.
• To take overall responsibility for standards of cleanliness within the clinical area.
• To act as a role model and expert practitioner, promoting a high standard of holistic family centred care to children, young people and their families.
• To recruit and retain a skilled nursing workforce.
• To facilitate the development of all staff within the team.
• To plan and implement innovative and progressive ways for continuous improvement of patient care through research evidence-based practice.
• To foster and maintain a professional and positive working relationship with external sponsors (national embassies, overseas health ministries, insurance organisations).
• To undertake delegate responsibility for the ward/unit in the absence of the Matron.

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person specification

Academic/Professional Quals/Training

• Essential criteria

• NMC registration in the relevant branch
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Assessing and mentoring qualification
• Systematic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) competent
• Intravenous drug administration competent

• Phlebotomy and cannulation skills competent
• Advanced study in clinical speciality (ongoing or completed)
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) / European Advanced Paediatric Life Support (EPALS)

Experience/Knowledge

• Essential criteria

• Expert working nursing knowledge of clinical speciality
• Demonstrable experience of taking charge of a clinical department
• Experience of leading and managing a team of nursing staff
• Experience of private treatment pathways and billing processes
• Experience of change management and problem solving

• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints

Skills/Abilities

• Essential criteria

• Expert specialty paediatric nursing skills
• Excellent leadership, managerial and organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent delegation and prioritisation skills
• Ability to teach, train, advise and support preceptorship of nurses
• Ability to motivate and develop team members
• Ability to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
• Able to create and sustain good rapport and working relationships with external sponsors
• Able to appraise staff and utilise this in management and development of staff

GOSH Culture/Values

• Essential criteria

• Our Always values • Always welcoming • Always helpful • Always expert • Always one team