Ward Manager

Job overview

The Medicine division at The Royal Gwent Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic and highly-motivated individual with proven clinical and managerial experience as a Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse, to motivate, inspire and lead the nursing team in achieving high standards whilst promoting patient safety in an assessment area. This post will be a Secondment post to cover Maternity

NMC Registration Required

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for the line management and supervision of all registered nurses, healthcare support workers and Nurse practitioners within their team. They must be a good and effective communicator, who can demonstrate problem solving skills with the ability to work under pressure, managing staff and delivering patient focused care. They will lead their team into ‘Clinical Futures’ and manage any changes required to ensure minimum disruption to the service provided.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge and skills in caring for patient in an assessment setting, with a range of medical conditions whilst enduring mental illness, ensuring that both their mental and physical health needs are met. They must be able to ensure that the nursing and healthcare staff on the unit are providing care to the expected standards while ensuring an understanding and knowledge of all the relevant polices and regulations within this role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for a trolley Assessment Area, Ambulatory Care and an Acute Medical Ward.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Nurse for Urgent Care, to ensure and demonstrate the delivery of a high standard of care in a safe, compassionate, responsive, effective and well led environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac