Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Ward Manager to work in Winchfield on a full-time basis.
The salary for this permanent Ward Manager job is £48,572 - £54,250 per annum.
Main Duties:
- Effectively oversees ward operations and resource allocation, ensuring optimal staffing levels and a balanced mix of nursing skills and experience. This includes managing rotas, coordinating annual leave, and arranging necessary training.
- Maintains full oversight of nursing staff scheduling as the primary authority for rota management, ensuring that rostering standards are upheld and effective.
- Ensures clinical supervision, appraisals, and CPD (Continuing Professional Development) requirements are met for all nursing staff, including the completion of mandatory training.
- Identifies and addresses gaps in development, ensuring that any training or performance issues are promptly resolved.
- Recognises and rewards nursing staff for positive performance, aligning recognition with their roles and responsibilities.
- Acts as a visible role model, mentor, and leader, fostering a culture of learning, development, inquiry, and professionalism. Promotes the sharing of achievements and lessons learned to benefit the ward, hospital, and broader division.
- Implements and monitors compliance with relevant policies and statutory requirements at the hospital, division, and group levels.
- Ensures the highest standard of patient care, taking appropriate action to maintain quality care at all times.
- Guarantees that all patients have clear, current, and evidence-based care plans that reflect their personalised needs, with appropriate engagement of family members and carers.
- Establishes clear procedures and processes to ensure the safe and effective operation of the ward, including patient nutrition, environmental cleanliness, and the use of quality assessment tools.
- Actively participates in the recruitment and retention of staff for the ward and hospital.
- Ensures accurate and prompt communication of patient-related information, including clinical communication, records, handovers, and reports.
- Develops and maintains strong working relationships with both clinical and non-clinical colleagues, promoting effective collaboration.
- Ensures comprehensive management of patients' physical healthcare needs, alongside their mental health and psychological care.
- Promotes and upholds diversity and equality requirements within the ward.
- Conducts thorough and timely clinical and HR investigations, including handling complaints, ensuring high standards are maintained.
- Ensures compliance with legislative frameworks, such as the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Deprivation of Liberty, in line with company policy and national standards.
- Manages Medicines Management within the clinical area/ward, ensuring that all registered nurses undergo competency-based assessments during induction and fostering a transparent approach to managing medication errors.
- Oversees incident reporting and corrective actions, engaging staff in the process and ensuring timely debriefs following incidents.
- Works closely with the Ward MDT (Multidisciplinary Team) to facilitate positive and efficient team collaboration.
- Deputises for the Director of Clinical Services as needed, assuming leadership responsibilities in their absence.
Requirements of the Ward Manager:
- Registered Nurse (RN) Qualification: A valid nursing qualification, as well as registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or an equivalent body.
- Clinical Experience: Significant experience as a registered nurse.
- Leadership Experience: Previous experience in a supervisory or leadership role within a clinical setting, such as a Charge Nurse or Deputy Ward Manager, is typically required.
Contact:
This Ward Manager job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
