Deputy Ward Manager

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated Band 6 nurse to join our team, you will be: flexible, motivated, an excellent communicator and a team player.  Led by the Ward Manager/Matron on our Nurse Practitioner-led ward, we are a fast paced surgical ward caring for elective patients and those who require further investigations/treatment following admission to The Northumbria Hospital.  The ward provides holistic care for several surgical specialities including breast and reconstruction surgery, bariatric, upper and lower GI surgery as well as gynaecological surgery.

We collaborate with practitioners across other departments to ensure continuity in patient care such as Occupational Therapy, physio, specialist nurses, social work, medical staff, theatres/recovery and our other Trust hospital sites.

Full time  or Part time hours maybe considered

Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

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

To provide nursing care to a case load of patients and to provide verbal and written  handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.

Support the Ward Manager in her accountability for the management of staff and budgets.

To provide nursing care to an advanced level.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.

To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/department in the absence of Manager on a regular basis.

To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.

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.

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