Deputy Ward Manager

Job overview

We are looking for a department leader to join our dual purpose outpatient and medical day case unit at Berwick Infirmary.

We hold multiple clinics of varied specialities within our OPD department  Monday to Friday.  Due to this variety  this enables you to work with a very diverse team of staff from across the organisation teams.

Our medical day case unit provides treatment locally for patients requiring drug infusions, venesection and blood transfusion etc. We work hard to ensure that patients can have their treatments locally, bringing in new treatments with the support of specialist teams. This is a unique post as staff cover both OPD and medical day case areas with a huge variety of treatments and development of a unique skill set.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we prepare to move into our new hospital with the development of additional services and treatments.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• Manage the treatment and care of patients who attend our nurse led  medical day case unit, liaising with speciality teams to provide safe and efficient care.
• Responsible for the daily running of the out patient department, ensuring safe staffing levels and supporting staff on a daily basis.
• Working closely with multiple teams, providing education and support to the local team to allow us to provide safe care in a rural location.
• Provide highest standards of clinical practice and act as a role model to others
• Adapting to the changing  environment and supporting the team during  service development
• Control workload and manage duties by identifying networks of support for yourself and other employees
• Delegates to member of the team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
• To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
• To provide senior nurse site management cover.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.