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Job overview
Are you an experienced nurse leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and can lead teams through change?
We are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Band 7 Ward Manager to join our Graham Ward Team on a 3-month fixed-term basis. This exciting opportunity has arisen to provide leadership during a period of temporary service reconfiguration while essential fire safety improvement works are undertaken across our inpatient wards.
As Ward Manager, you will provide visible, compassionate and effective leadership, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based patient care while supporting staff through a complex operational change programme.
During the fire safety works, patient care will be temporarily reconfigured, with patients from several specialties being cared for within Graham Stroke Unit. This will require exceptional leadership to coordinate patient flow, maintain patient safety, support multidisciplinary working, and ensure excellent communication between nursing teams and multiple consultant teams.
You will work closely with the Matron, multidisciplinary teams, operational managers and clinical colleagues to ensure the service continues to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care throughout the transition.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the ward on a 24-hour basis, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.
- Provide strong clinical and operational leadership during a period of significant service change.
- Coordinate patient flow, staffing and bed management across multiple specialties.
- Support staff through change while maintaining high standards of quality, safety and patient experience.
- Monitor workforce, quality, performance and governance metrics.
- Lead incident management, risk mitigation and continuous quality improvement.
- Promote multidisciplinary collaboration and effective communication between clinical teams.
- Ensure effective discharge planning and patient-centred care.
- Manage resources effectively while supporting delivery within budget.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- A level of nursing knowledge consistent with required post registration experience and specialist knowledge where appropriate
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Understanding of human resources issues
- Understanding of budget management
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
Experience
Essential
- Substantive experience as an Band 6 staff nurse in an acute setting
- Experience of managing a team
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Preparation for Mentorship course (or ability to complete)
- Relevant post registration specialist course or significant relevant experience
Skills / Abilities
Essential
- The ability to effectively function as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- The ability to assess patients; develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care
- The ability act as a clinical leader
- The ability to communicate effectively in difficult situations
- The ability to motivate
- The ability to support professional development and create a learning environment
- The ability to effectively prioritise own workload, and the workload of others
- The ability to safely administer medicines in accordance with NMC Guidelines for the administration of medicines (2002).
- The ability to keep accurate records in accordance with NMC Guidelines for records and record keeping (2002).
Trust Values, Equal Opportunities and Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
- Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
- Able to work flexibly to meet service needs
- Ability to be punctual and efficiently manage time
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This advert is for Interim Ward Manager with Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. inc.. The contract type is 3 months (Fixed Term Contract). The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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