We are looking for an individual who is motivated to make a real difference with a caring and compassionate attitude excellent team-working, communication and leadership skills on our Surgical ward. Our focus is our patients and ensuring their comfort and providing quality care along with the well- being and professional development of our workforce. This is at the forefront of our thinking and we are constantly working to develop the service's we offer to the people we care for. The surgical ward is fast paced and care for complex post-operative patients, so no two days are ever the same.

If you have passion and are flexible in your approach to the clinical specialist area of surgery ensuring safe and effective staffing, acting as a professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and leading we would value your interest in joining our team.

Applicants will be expected to lead and facilitate delivery of the high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery and develop programmes of care as part of the wider multi-disciplinary teams, in line with local and national targets. Experience in managing risks across the immediate and wider working environment and make appropriate decision's autonomously ensuring statutory requirements are met in relation to patient safety incident response framework.

Main duties of the job

Ward manager for 40 ward beds. Working alongside the existing ward manager.

This will incorporate clinical assurance, infection and prevention control measures, human resources, finance and procurement, patient experience, safeguarding and patient safety initiatives.

Provide professional and operational leadership, demonstrating expert nursing knowledge and advice to the multi-disciplinary team, promoting and maintaining standards of professional practice that enhance the quality of care for patients, carers and relatives.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with NMC
• Diploma in Nursing
• Teaching and assessment qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Degree in Nursing
• Evidence of further education in a relevant field.
• Management development training

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration clinical experience, including in the specialty
• Management/leadership experience in clinical area
• Audit and/or research in clinical area
• Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice guidance, clinical governance and quality
• Awareness of broader issues in the Trust, the wider NHS and an understanding of the professional nursing agenda
• Understanding management and leadership theory and practice, together with people management procedures
• Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
• Able to perform all nursing activities specific to specialty
• Staff management & appraisal
• Able to problem solve, use own initiative and plan, organise and prioritise own and others' workload
• Able to facilitate and support learning
• Proven communication skills

Desirable

• Project management/project team participation
• Involvement in recruitment and selection
• Contribution to policy development and changes in practices
• Budgetary management
• Negotiating and influencing skills

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

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