Ward Manager - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Main area Nursing Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time hours per week (Mon- Fri) Job ref 310-MOPAC

Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Intermediate Care Unit Town Peterborough Salary £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 07/05/2024 23:59

Ward Manager Band 7 Job overview

We now have an opportunity for a full time Ward Manager position at the Intermediate Care Unit which is a 34 bedded unit in Peterborough, to work alongside our current Ward Manager.

We are looking for a dynamic Registered Nurse, Paramedic or Therapist to provide leadership and clinical expertise to manage our team of Nursing and Therapy staff.

We have collectively four Physical Health inpatient rehabilitation units across Cambridgeshire who work closely together to ensure standardised quality care to our patients.

The Team has a passion for improvement, innovation and delivery of high quality care to patients on our rehabilitation unit, which also includes Early Stroke Discharge patients.

We work closely with the wider MDT team to ensure patients are safely and effectively discharged to their identified place of residence.

Main duties of the job

To provide leadership and have operational oversight of the inpatient services within Cambridgeshire, delivering safe and effective high quality services, within the available resources, to achieve the patient's outcomes.

The post holder will deliver services within an agreed service model, working with patients and carers, and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships.

The post holder will deliver and establish effective multi-disciplinary working within the bedded unit , this will include overseeing the smooth running of the MDT, admission and discharge procedures, delayed transfers of care, length of stay, clinical audit, standards and outcomes for patients and other quality aspects of ward environments which includes PLACE, and other forms of quality checking.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• Provides expert clinical knowledge and advice in the field of Intermediate Care In-patient services to professionals across health and social services and the patients/and carers.
• To take the Lead Professional role in the service, with clinical and practice development of the staff and service.
• To be responsible for the effective delivery of care within the service by ensuring there are robust service frameworks and operating mechanisms in place to facilitate admission, treatment planning, discharge planning and onward referral.

Person specification Education / Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience
• NMC registration/HCPC registration
• Management/Leadership qualification and experience

Experience

• Significant relevant postgraduate clinical experience in a variety of settings.
• Advanced understanding of clinical conditions and clinical experience managing long term conditions and frailty.

Skills & Abilities

• Support junior staff and professional staff
• Advanced communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Understanding of clinical supervision
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
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Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.