Overview
In this role you lead the paediatric ward, ensuring safe, family-centred care and smooth 24-hour operations. You will oversee the multidisciplinary team, patient flow, staffing and governance, while driving service improvement. The post offers Band 7 ward-management experience with strong senior leadership support. This is a development path for an experienced Band 6 nurse stepping into management, with scope to shape paediatric care across the unit.
Responsibilities
- Provide visible clinical and operational leadership to the multidisciplinary team
- Oversee daily ward operations, patient flow, acuity and escalation
- Maintain high standards of safe, effective, family-centred care
- Lead workforce development, wellbeing, performance and team culture
- Drive governance, incident review, audits, risk management and learning
- Manage ward resources and collaborate across Child Health and wider services
Key requirements
- Registered Children's Nurse/RSCN with leadership and management training
- APLS or EPLS
- teaching and assessing experience
- substantial acute paediatric experience at Band 6 or above
- strong leadership, governance, safeguarding, organisational and change-management skills
- commitment to equality, inclusion and Trust values
- leadership
- communication (verbal and written)
- team working
- APLS/EPLS qualification
- teaching and assessing experience
- computer literacy
Ward Manager in Northampton employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
