At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead inpatient care services and manage nursing staff at Whitchurch Community Hospital.
- Company: Join Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, a community-focused health service provider.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Work in a supportive environment with a strong focus on work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient care while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Must have a professional clinical qualification and substantial management experience.
The predicted salary is between 49387 - 56515 £ per year.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust are looking for a dedicated and dynamic Registered Professional to take on the role as Ward Manager for our inpatient ward at Whitchurch Community Hospital. The post holder will be responsible for leading inpatient care services, working in conjunction with therapy, non-clinical, and corporate service leads to ensure that we provide the very highest staff and patient experience, supporting best clinical outcomes.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the day to day operation of the inpatient nursing services within the hospital, taking overall responsibility for the line management of nursing staff and the provision of high quality services. They will be responsible for providing professional leadership and support to the MDT bringing expertise in theory and practice to the ward and demonstrating compassion and inclusivity with a collaborative approach.
We expect the very best from our staff - in return we can offer you the opportunity to work alongside experts to help you further develop your clinical and leadership skills, contributions towards CPD including external opportunities as service delivery allows, and an exceptionally rewarding job opportunity in one of the most beautiful yet dynamic parts of the UK.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
- Training and Qualifications
- Essential: Professional clinical qualification/NMC
- Evidence of CPD and completion of portfolio.
- Knowledge and expertise through a combination of in depth experience and post graduate study.
- Experience
- Essential: Substantial post graduate experience.
- Substantial line management and supervision experience.
- Recent experience of community working.
- Use of evidence based practice.
- Sound knowledge of the roles within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Essential: Highly developed leadership skills.
- Ability to triage referrals.
- Knowledge of skills and roles of other professionals.
- Ability to delegate tasks to appropriate professionals/team members.
- Able to manage unpredictable nature of caseload.
- Knowledge of audit and research.
- IT literate.
- Expertise in treating patients with a broad spectrum of complex clinical conditions and social situations.
- Other
- Essential: Ability to meet travel demands of the job.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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