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Job summary
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England, recognised for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced registered nurse to join our team as a Ward Manager within Stroke Services at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
This is a key leadership role where you will provide visible, compassionate, and inclusive leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care to patients following stroke. You will lead a dedicated multidisciplinary team, driving improvements in patient outcomes and experience in line with national and local priorities.
Main duties of the job
Provide professional, clinical, and operational leadership to the ward team
Deliver and sustain high standards of patient care, ensuring care is Kind, Connected and Bold
Be accountable for ward performance, including quality, safety, patient experience, and flow
Lead on audit, governance, and quality improvement, supporting delivery of key performance metrics including SSNAP
Ensure effective workforce planning, safe staffing, rostering, and budgetary oversight
Support staff development through appraisal, supervision, and education, fostering a positive and inclusive culture
Work collaboratively with the wider stroke pathway and multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient care
Champion continuous improvement and innovation within stroke services
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Details
- Date posted: 09 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 304-9015714
- Job locations: Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green E, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- *Professional Portfolio which demonstrates continuing professional development, evidence of ability to maintain professional registration
- *Substantial relevant and recent clinical experience within a complex health care setting or Acute NHS setting working as a deputy Manager Band 6 position including the supervision and education of junior staff/ students .
- *Can demonstrate understanding / experience / in practice based supervision / assessment as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
- *Demonstrable current, recent experience of team leadership and management within the healthcare setting.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the management responsibility for pay and non-pay resources associated with the clinical service.
- *Evidence of effective multi-professional working.
- *Experience of being a mentor
- *Demonstration of a significant contribution to innovative practice or change management
- *Experience in interviewing and selection of staff
- *Experience in learning from incidents /complaints and supporting changes in practice
- *Demonstrate an ability, experience, passion in the following areas. (E )
- oLeadership
- oTeam building
- oManaging Resources
- oTime management
- oRole modelling
- oChange management/ clinical developments
- oClinical governance
- oAudit and research
- oWorkforce planning / management
- oNHS policy and political awareness
- oKnowledge of clinical governance
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Adult Nurse on NMC register
Desirable
- *Health care management / Leadership Qualification
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Demonstrates the key strengths and motivators for relating to others.
- *Competence in expanded clinical practice associated with the role.
- *Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- *I.T skills
- *Proven ability to analyse data and identify data trends
- *Able to effectively present information to groups /health care professionals.
- *Ability to work under pressure across competing demands /properties.
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Approachable and friendly
- *Supportive
- *Flexible
- * Well organised
- *Good communicator
- *Ability to delegate and supervise
- TBC at appointment
- *Willingness to work core shift patterns for the area Monday to Friday with occasional out of hours /weekend working
- OR
- *Undertake a range of shift patterns to cover 24/7 period when working as part of a peer group with occasions of out of hours / weekend working
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This advert is for Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Stoke (Ward 32) with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £49,387 to £56,515 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jun 2026.
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