Ward Manager

Job overview

Service/Ward/Department Summary:

Summers is a 11 bedded Organic Assessment Ward within Older People’s Services for Tameside & Glossop which is situated in the Etherow Building at Tameside Hospital.

Role Summary:

An opportunity has arisen in Older Peoples Mental Health Services at Tameside General Hospital for an enthusiastic, self motivated Band 7 Ward Managers role.

The post holder will have the responsibility for overseeing the assessment treatment and delivery of care to patients within Older Adults Services and provide a high standard of nursing care to patients. This will be in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team. The post holder will have responsibilities for supporting the team through clinical and management supervision.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities of the Post:

• The post holder will be responsible for the ward budget and ensuring that this is monitored in conjunction with the Service Manager & the Finance department. They will be involved in forecasting for the year ahead and being involved in assessing the impact on service delivery.
• Work with the wider health care teams to enable a multidisciplinary/multi-agency team approach to care to be adopted with the involvement of the Transfer Team.
• Supervise and support a team of staff, initiate induction programmes for newly appointed staff working within the competency framework/complete IPDR’s and staff supervision on a regular basis.
• To ensure responsibility of staff performance and sickness reviews
• The post holder will have responsibility for overseeing assessment and treatment for the delivery of care to patients within Older Peoples Service and provide a high standard of nursing care to the patient.
• Responsibility for ensuring that they reach standards expected for CQC inspections, benchmarking and productive ward implementation and monitoring.
• Be involved around quality agendas in regards to risk management of patients and regular audits, e.g. health and safety, infection control.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all patients on the ward receive the highest standards of care and that practice is delivered safely in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct. To lead on ensuring that the provision of nursing care is to the optimum standard achievable within allocated resources. To ensure that patients, their families and carers are directly involved in decisions which affect their care. To act as a resource to junior members of staff. To promote high standards of patient care by the application of a systematic care planning approach which utilises an appropriate nursing model. To initiate patient focussed interventions and developments, which reflect social, cultural and spiritual needs. To ensure that accurate and legible patient care records are maintained. To ensure that each patient has a comprehensive and holistic assessment of their care needs with a mutually agreed plan of care between the patient and the nurse. To be a visible and proactive clinical leader and role model within the multidisciplinary team and actively participate in the delivery of clinical care on the ward .

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.