Ward Manager - C20 and Women's Outpatient Services

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join our team as Ward Manager.

The successful candidate will provide visible clinical and operational leadership across a 14-bedded inpatient ward alongside responsibility for the Gynaecology Assessment Unit and Women's Health Outpatient Services.

This is a varied and rewarding role requiring a strong leader who can balance the demands of inpatient care, ambulatory assessment services and outpatient activity while maintaining high standards of patient safety, quality and experience.

Main duties of the job
As Ward Manager, you will:

• Provide effective clinical and operational leadership across the inpatient ward, assessment unit and outpatient services.
• Ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care across multiple specialties.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary workforce, promoting professional development and staff wellbeing.
• Manage patient flow, capacity, discharge planning and service performance.
• Monitor quality indicators and implement improvements to enhance patient outcomes and experience.
• Lead on clinical governance, risk management, audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure safe staffing, workforce planning and effective resource management.
• Work collaboratively with medical colleagues, allied health professionals, site teams and corporate services.
• Support service transformation and contribute to the development of responsive, efficient patient pathways.

About us
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.

Job responsibilities
The Ward Manager is responsible for providing effective clinical, professional and operational leadership across a 14-bedded inpatient ward, Gynaecology Assessment Unit and Women's Health Outpatient Services. The inpatient ward cares for a diverse patient population including orthopaedic, gynaecology, medical and surgical patients, requiring the post holder to lead and coordinate care across multiple specialties and pathways. The Ward Manager will ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care, maintaining compliance with Trust policies, professional standards and national quality requirements. They will be accountable for workforce management, patient flow, budgetary and resource management, clinical governance, patient safety, risk management and service performance. The post holder will act as a visible and approachable leader, fostering a culture of compassion, continuous improvement and staff engagement, while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and experience. They will lead qualityimprovement initiatives, support service development and transformation, manage complaints and incidents, and ensure that all staff are supported to achieve their professional and developmental objectives within a positive and inclusive working environment.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with current NMC registration
• Degree in Nursing or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Practice Assessor qualification or equivalent experience supporting learners in practice.

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification.
• Practice Assessor qualification or equivalent experience supporting learners in practice.

Experience
Essential

• Significant post-registration experience within an acute hospital setting.
• Experience of leading and managing a clinical team.
• Experience of managing staff performance, recruitment, appraisal and attendance.
• Experience of clinical governance, risk management and patient safety.
• Experience of clinical governance, risk management and patient safety.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical governance, risk management and patient safety.
• Experience of managing outpatient or assessment services.
• Leadership or management qualification.

Skills
Essential

• Experienced in staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict
• Ability to motivate and develop teams.
• Experience of budget management.
• Strong clinical leadership skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of, and participation in, financial management within the clinical setting
• Experience of developing care pathways relevant to the speciality

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of professional nursing standards, NMC Code and current healthcare legislation.
• Understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and risk management processes.
• Knowledge of workforce planning and resource management.
• Understanding of quality improvement methodologies and performance management.

Desirable

• Understanding of quality improvement methodologies.

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.

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).

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