Clinical Ward Manager

Job summary
The post holder will have management responsibility for the ward/department over the 24hr period, ensuring a high standard of nursing care. Key responsibilities will include the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, effective leadership and staff management/development. The post holder will always work within the NMC's Code of Professional Conduct.

Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities will include the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, effective leadership and staff management/development.

About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Details

• Date posted: 27 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year, weekend, bank holiday and night AFC enhancements
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 287-RMED-439-26
• Job locations: Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Road, Liverpool, L7 8XP, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
AMU 3 are looking for a dynamic Clinical Band 7 to deliver high quality nursing care and transformational leadership to the department.

Clinical responsibilities

• Co-ordination of the ward on a day to day basis including planning, allocation and evaluation of work carried out by teams or individuals and self.
• Provide specialist knowledge to all Nursing staff on the ward.
• Will promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care ensuring that the ward environment is responsive to current issues.
• Ensure that all existing procedures and protocols relating to the care of patients are reviewed and updated as required.
• Develop methods for identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking.
• Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients/clients.
• Explore and undertake expanded practice to optimise patient care as required within specialist area, in accordance with Trust policies.

Management/leadership responsibilities

• Exercise strong and effective leadership acting as an exemplary role model for the ward/department team.
• Maintain adequate staff cover and skill mix on the ward through effective use of staffing rotas. Ensure staff compliance with mandatory training and maintain current records.
• Ensure effective communication with patients and their carers.
• Liaise with nursing, medical and allied health professional colleagues to ensure that all facets of the patients' care are covered.
• Ensure effective communication with relatives, community nursing staff, other hospitals and local agencies to facilitate the smooth transfer and after-care of patients/clients.
• Lead ward team meeting to ensure appropriate information is communicated to all team members.
• Ensure that the ward participates in maintaining standards relating to clinical governance.
• Responsible for the implementation of risk management policies within the ward/department, including the development, implementation and monitoring of action plans to address identified risks.
• Responds within appropriate timeframes to patient complaints and concerns and ensure outcomes and action plans are implemented and monitored.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with Trust policies and procedures.
• In collaboration with the matron, implement the Trust grievance/disciplinary policy with the aim of ensuring early identification of performance issues.
• Monitor and manage staff sickness/absence following the Trust guidelines, and liaise with the Matron as necessary.
• Participate in recruitment and selection of staff within the nursing team ensuring appropriate policies are adhered to.
• Support the implementation of the Trust's Human Resources Strategy including the principles of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People.
• Monitor performance of staff ensuring that learning needs are identified through personal development plans, appraisal systems and supervised practice.
• Contribute to planning, monitoring and control of resources.
• Contribute to nursing developments across the organisation via appropriate forums as required. Support the implementation of the Trust's Strategy for Nursing at ward/department level.
• Participate in Senior Nurse Directorate cover as necessary.

Education responsibilities

• Identify staff training and development needs via personal development plans ensuring that this informs the Trust's annual Training Needs Analysis.
• Ensure appropriate allocation of study time for professional development and staff compliance with Trust's study leave policy.
• Ensure dissemination of information from individuals undertaking professional development to the ward team, patients and carers; inclusive of the link nurse network.
• Collaborate with the clinical practice facilitators and Institutes of Higher Education to develop and promote an effective and responsive clinical learning environment.
• Ensure that nursing care is wherever possible evidence based. Encourage and initiate nursing audit and research, assisting with the implementation of findings where appropriate.
• Develop competency based training packages for use within the ward/department; inclusive of preceptorship, pre and post registration nurses.

Professional responsibilities

• Act at all times in a manner that upholds the reputation of the Trust and safeguards the wellbeing and dignity of patients and their relatives. Act always in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Guidance documents and maintain active status on NMC Register.
• Take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge.
• Identify objectives within a PDP that support the delivery of high standards of clinical care.
• The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
• The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.

Person specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nurse, current NMC registration; Teaching and assessing qualification; Post registration qualification in specialty.
• Desirable: 1st level degree or studying towards.

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrable experience at Band 6 level; Evidence of staff development, including pre and post registration students; Evidence of application of current nursing issues and developments; Evidence of managing a change; Evidence of developing standards of nursing care through clinical benchmarking.

Knowledge

• Essential: Understanding and application of clinical governance.

Skills

• Essential: Excellent communication skills; Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing.

Other

• Essential: High level of personal and professional credibility; Supportive of colleagues; Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.

Disclosure and Barring Service check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Road, Liverpool, L7 8XP, United Kingdom
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Matron Mark Myers, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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