Ward Manager

Job responsibilities

Practice Plus Group is one of Englands largest independent providers of self-pay, insured and NHS healthcare.  Practice Plus Group Hospital Plymouth has a CQC Good rating and provides excellent healthcare to the population of Plymouth and the south west region, including Cornwall, Isles of Scilly and all of Devon. We are an elective surgical centre providing arthroplasty surgery, orthopaedics, general surgery, endoscopy and cataract surgery.

The clinical services include Outpatients, Day Surgery Unit, Inpatient Ward, Theatres, Endoscopy suite, Radiography, Physiotherapy and Pharmacy with care provided by a multidisciplinary team.

The ward is 30 bedded and staffed 24/7 by nurses, nurse associates and healthcare assistants. We are looking to recruit an experienced, dynamic and inspiring nurse leader as our inpatient Ward Manager. This is an exciting time to join PPG Plymouth as we are increasing our clinical activity and growing our teams. The inpatient ward primarily cares for our post-operative arthroplasty patients with some general surgery and other orthopaedic surgery patients.

Contact Thomas.Quirke@practiceplusgroup.com for further information

Qualifications

Essential

• We are looking for a RN Adult nurse with extensive post registration practice in a surgical setting and substantial experience in a senior nursing role band 6 or above, confident with leading nursing team and delivering the full spectrum of ward management responsibilities. Link to person spec

Desirable

• Orthopaedic qualification will be an advantage
• A qualification in teaching and assessment or coaching.
• Immediate or Advanced Life support qualification.
• Safeguarding level 3 training.
• Established and experienced Ward manager.
• Clinical Leadership or Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post registration experience in a surgical setting.
• Nurse management experience.
• Working knowledge of CQC standards and framework.

Desirable

• Clinical practice experience in an Orthopaedic Ward will be an advantage.
• Level 1 experience will be an advantage.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Ability to maintain and enhance effective working relationships
• Ability to plan, allocate and evaluate own work and develop self to enhance performance
• Ability to plan the work of a team
• Ability to teach/train nursing staff
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to monitor and control resources
• Excellent time management skills
• Able to meet the needs of the patients
• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Ability to contribute to, monitor and implement changes and improvements to the service
• Ability to set and audit standards
• Experience of change management
• Experience of leading / participating Clinical Governance processes.
• Working Knowledge of PSIRF

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.

UK Registration

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