Job summary
Band 6- Deputy Ward Manager
To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
Responsible for monitoring the workload/patient acuity within the ward/unit on a daily basis to ensure that nursing manpower is adequate to provide a safe standard of nursing care.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced, enthusiastic nurse with a keen interest in Cardiology. You will be an organised nurse who is a role model and leads by example, whilst helping to provide the gold standard of care, our patients come to expect from us.
If you're looking for a new challenge or to progress in your nursing career, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
An exciting development opportunity has arisen with the Division of Specialist Medicine for an experienced Registered nurse to become a Deputy Ward Nurse Manager on Ward 6A Acute Medical Cardiology.
The successful applicant will:
- Provide visible and effective leadership and management
- display a positive and professional attitude
- promote and monitor safe and effective practice
- enhance the patient/client experience
- contribute to the delivery of the organisation's objectives
You will be an experienced Registered Nurse with at least 2 years post registration experience.
Please read full job description and person specification for further details.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs of evidence based care for medical patients.
Provide management and organisation of a clinical area in the presence and absence of the ward manager.
Participate in the development, line management and education of other staff members.
Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs of evidence based care for medical patients.
Provide management and organisation of a clinical area in the presence and absence of the ward manager.
Participate in the development, line management and education of other staff members.
Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in speciality
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management experience
- Evidence of change management
- Application of evidence based practice
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
- Lead role in education of staff and patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Well motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
- Post registration qualification in speciality
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management experience
- Evidence of change management
- Application of evidence based practice
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
- Lead role in education of staff and patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Well motivated
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
