Deputy Ward Manager

Job overview

Ward 27 is an established trauma and Orthopaedics comprising of 24 beds we have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy ward Manager to join our team.

Experience with trauma patients is essential.

An ongoing training programme is currently in place supported by the Clinical Nurse Educator teams and you will be pivotal in the ward-based learning with staff.

Candidates must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, organized and be prepared to support the ward manager in the everyday running of the ward

Main duties of the job

It is expected that the Deputy ward Manager will deputise in the absence of the ward manager and ensure a positive patient experience through the delivery of high standards of patient care.

Candidates must have excellent communication skills, IT skills and experience with electronic patient records is desirable, however training will be given.

The applicant must be able to exhibit their commitment to developing the service by demonstrating the ability to work independently as well as within a dedicated team to provide a high quality patient experience.

We offer a supportive environment within a new and developing specialty team, where you will have the opportunity to develop both personally and professionally.

Good Leadership skills are required as you will provide clinical and managerial leadership to the nursing team and liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team, regularly taking charge of this complex and busy ward.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Aseessment

Essential criteria

• · Significant previous experience within an acute setting at B5
• Initiative to plan future career development
• Experience of change management
• Ability to apply a range of management skills, principles and practice, including ability to work to agreed departmental standards

Desirable criteria

• Completion of B5 management or equivalent management experience
• Experience of working in Orthopaedics

assessment

Essential criteria

• Significant previous experience within an acute setting at B5
• Initiative to plan future career development
• Ability to apply a range of management skills, principles and practice, including department standards

Desirable criteria

• Completion of B5 management or equivalent management experience
• experience in orthopeadics

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