Ward Manager

Job overview

We are offering a ward manager role on our Renal wards.

Can you Provide Clinical Expertise and visible leadership and support for the Renal acute care unit and Renal Wards. Enable staff to ensure that the fundamentals of care are correctly and actively in place and that highest standards of holistic care are achieved in the delivery of care and treatment. Directly manage the ward areas and the nursing staff. The expectations of this role will be met by professional leadership, skilled and expert practice and management, direct clinical care, education and training. Develop and update guidelines and related practice in line with current research.

Monitor standards of care, manage selection, deployment, training and development of staff and students. Assesses and develops and implements specialised nursing packages of care and is responsible for maintenance of standards by all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Create and support an environment of lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Provides highly specialised nursing advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to the patient at all times. Refers and orders specialised tests in line with agreed protocols and clinical governance guidelines To assist in the development of evidence based practice in the renal service.

Main duties of the job

To have responsibility for the following aspects of care and management:

• Ensure that all care delivered is evidence based and that guidelines are up to date.
• Monitor standards of care using fundamentals of care audit framework.
• Selection, deployment, training and development of staff and students
• Assess, develops and implement specialised nursing packages of care in collaboration

with the multi-disciplinary team to maintain standards.

• To create and support an environment of lifelong learning and continuous

professional development

• Refers and orders specialised tests in line with agreed protocols and clinical governance guidelines.
• To assist in the development of evidence based practice in the renal service.
• Delivers specialist haemodialysis treatments including HDF & SLED in acute setting.
• Delivers specialist respiratory care acute CPAP,Optiflow and Bipap
• Educational strategies that ensure patient care needs are met.
• Provides highly specialised nursing advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to

the patient at all times in line with NICE guidelines and UK Kidney association guidelines.

• Is accountable for the provision, organisation and direction of the nursing care for the patient

in his/her care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.