Do you want to work for a Trust that C.A.R.E.S?

Here at POWCH we are passionate about delivering outstanding care to our patients and continually strive to provide a seamless transition from a hospital environment back into the community.

Cottage ward are looking for an experienced, courageous, ambitious, and responsive Registered Nurse to join our team as Ward Manager.

Cottage ward provides care for patients requiring rehabilitation. The ward works with a Multidisciplinary team approach to providing excellent patient care for patients, offering support to families time to talk to your patient, build relationships, and be part of their recovery from admission to discharge.

If you have excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills and would like a new challenge within a community setting this would be an ideal post . Full support and induction would be given to the successful candidate.

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

Main duties of the job

• Behave consistently with values and beliefs of the organization, promoting these at all times.
• Act as a role model to colleagues, seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
• Lead & manage hospital ward. Responsible for ward budget and overall responsibility for line management of staff within the ward. The role will require a high level of leadership and utilisation of motivational, innovation and change management skills.
• Be an experienced clinician/therapist and be responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior members of the team and the provision of more complex care planning and care provision.
• Be an integral member of the ward team, work collaboratively with all services and agencies, to facilitate patients in achieving maximum independence.
• Have continuing responsibility for the designated ward

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN1),
• Registered Mental Nurse (RMN), Registered Nurse (Mental) (RN(M)), Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
• Degree / Diploma and working towards a first level degree
• Mentor award
• Evidence of on-going continual professional development
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Desirable

• Masters degree
• Management and leadership qualification
• Practice educator

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• Role modelling good behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• High level of clinical skills
• Leadership skills
• Innovative and creative approach to care and management
• Enthusiastic and forward thinking
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others
• Able to manage and prioritise a wide variety of, often conflicting, demands
• Clear analytical, decision-making and budgetary monitoring skills
• Ability to manage budget and help improve productivity and cost effectiveness.
• Excellent communication skills
• Time management and organisational skills
• Teaching skills
• Team player
• Assertive
• Reliable
• Flexible attitude
• IT skills

Desirable

• Advanced assessment skills
• Counselling training
• Ability to use Electronic Patient Record System, Ulysses, ESR, Framework I, Carenotes, Erostering
• Quality Improvement Methodology

Experience

Essential

• Significant acute / community hospital experience at band 6 level
• Management of staff / teams
• Caseload management
• Clinical audit / project work
• Experience of change management

Desirable

• Broad range of clinical experience
• Ward / Unit management and previous experience at band 7
• Conflict management
• Workforce planning

Knowledge

Essential

• High level of clinical knowledge and skill
• Clinical governance
• Understanding of personal contribution to the achievement of organizational objectives within the business plan
• Health improvement
• Good knowledge of community services and care pathways

Desirable

• National and local health and social care strategies
• Changes within community hospital care, CQC, PEAT

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Princess Of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

B61 0BB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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