Ward Manager - Ward

There is an exciting opportunity to support Ward 26 on a secondment basis.

The ward cares for predomintalty gynaeoncology patients with some gynecology and general surgery patients.

Responsible for the patient's clinical journey along agreed patient care pathways, supported by evidence based practice.

Responsible for the effective and efficient operational management of the ward/dept

To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice in line with agreed local and national standards and the NMC Code.

To provide a continuously improving service in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework

To provide clinical leadership, expertise, advice and support to the nursing and multi
-professional team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to patients at all times.

To support and continually develop staff to ensure they have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/specialty requirements.

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE;
Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme  to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Please see main duties of the job description. This is oversee the Ward Manger roles and responsibilities

• RN (Adult) qualification with current NMC Registration
• A degree in nursing or health related subject
• A minimum of 2 years' experience at band 6
• Experience and management within Gynae Oncology
• Facilitating learning and assessment in practice qualification or equivalent
• Understanding of pre-registration curriculum
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Experience of effectively managing people and resources
• Experience of change management
• Evidence of involvement in innovation in clinical practice/service development
• Experience of involvement in audit
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills.
• Mentorship/Coaching skills
• Strong leadership and team working skills.
• Ability to assess and benchmark quality care
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
• Expert knowledge, clinical skills and experience in the area of practice.
• Thorough understanding of contemporary nursing issues.
• Work as part of MDT.
• IT skills/knowledge appropriate to the role
• Counselling skills.
• Specialist post registration nursing qualifications / university modules.
• Previous experience at Band 7 level.

• Junior sister role over two years
• NMC registration
• Junior sister role less than 2 years Experience

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.