Deputy Ward Manager in Liverpool

This is a very exciting opportunity for a Deputy Ward Manager to join the team on this busy 29 bedded General Medicine Ward. We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our Multi-disciplinary team, providing high quality nursing care within this busy ward.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, team working skills and a dedicated commitment to improving the patients' experience. You will need to demonstrate continuing professional development and a strong commitment to develop others and work closely within a Multidisciplinary team. Applicants must be able to evidence or demonstrate experience of working as a Band 5 or previous experience as a Band 6 within Medicine.

• You will support the ward manager to lead, provide and supervise a very high standard of compassionate care to our patients.
• You will be supporting the safety and quality agenda of patient care and staff management, ensuring that the values and objectives of the Trust are met, whilst improving patient outcomes.
• You will support the journey of the patient from admission to discharge, identify risk and formulate actions to reduce this risk and ensure patient throughput is effective.
• You will display excellent leadership and effective communication skills and be able to demonstrate a proactive, collaborative and innovative approach to the clinical environment, passionate about excellence in patient care.

• Qualifications: Registered Nurse, current NMC registration, Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent.
• Experience: Evidence of management experience, Evidence of change management, Application of evidence-based practice, Evidence of developing high standards of patient care, Lead role in education of staff and patients.
• Knowledge: Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance.
• Skills: Ability to work in changing environments, Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing.
• Other: Supportive of colleagues, High level of personal and professional credibility, Well motivated.

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The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community.

All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.