Ward Manager
Spire Healthcare Ltd
The closing date is 20 January 2025
Job summary
Ward Manager | Full Time | Permanent | Surgical Wards | Private Hospital
The Montefiore hospital have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Ward Manager to join our dynamic and forward thinking team.
The successful candidate will look after pre and post op surgical patients from a variety of specialities. Your role will be to manage both the inpatient and Day care wards. You will provide excellent clinical and managerial leadership and appropriate advice and support to other colleagues in the department, as well as supporting the Director of Clinical Services in the overall management and leadership of the healthcare environment. We are seeking someone currently working as a ward managerexperienced to cover wards & day care who is clinically hands on.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the service to deliver against Spire key performance indicators, ensuring the efficient and safe running of the department.
- Line management and leadership of the in-patient services team including recruitment, induction, mandatory training, identification of learning and development needs through performance review and personal development planning, matters of discipline and grievance. Responsible for maintenance of staff personal files ensuring these are complete and up to date e.g. annual leave, training, sickness and any other absence.
- Resolve and manage complaints and patient feedback in line with Spire Policy.
- To ensure that effective systems are in place to manage stocks according to financial instructions, efficient utilisation, intelligent ordering and to work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure compliance with the above.
- Ensure all audits/reviews of the departments and their performance are undertaken and implement and complete action plans in response to findings.
- Working in line with the Business Development Team, develop the service and deliver against targets. This will include attracting Consultants to the service.
- Promote and maintain a close working relationship with external organisations to ensure standardisation and sharing of best practice.
- To ensure that Clinical Governance and risk management are embedded within daily practice.
- Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.
About us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
Date posted
17 December 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
20740
Job locations
2 Montefiore Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1RD
Hove
BN3 1RD
Employer details
Employer name
Spire Healthcare Ltd
Address
2 Montefiore Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1RD
Hove
BN3 1RD
Employer's website
https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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