Ward Leader

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 ward unit leader, we welcome applications from Registered Nurses and Allied Health Professionals with relevant experience.

UHL at Ashton Lodge will be open until approximately July 2025 and will transfer across to our new Unit within the City Centre at Preston Lodge.

Please contact Sally Rollings or Keiron Fletcher if you wish to discuss this role further in more details - details further down.

Main duties of the job

Take 24-hour accountability and responsibility for the given area. Be visible, accessible and responsive to the needs of service users, patients, carers and the public.

Provide direction and effective and inspirational leadership to the nursing and multi-disciplinary team (including ancillary and clinical support staff) within the area for which they are accountable.

Act as an expert clinical practitioner providing through themselves and their ward team an excellent quality of care to patients and service users. Act as a clinical and managerial role model within the ward team, CMG and across the wider organization.

Take responsibility for the provision of a supportive learning environment for all students on placement within the ward/unit for which they are responsible.

Practice clinically in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a defined caseload.  This will determine that Ward/Unit Manager is ward based and practices clinically at least 50% of their working time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for full details

• PROVIDE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONDELIVERY OF EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE ORGANISATION
• PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND EXPERIENCEMANAGEMENT AND USE OF RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
• CLINICAL GOVERNANCE, REDUCTION OF RISK, AUDIT AND RESEARCH
• CONTINUING EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT