Ward Manager - Sexual Health

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ward manager will be professionally and managerially responsible for the overall governance, quality and safety of patients within a designated area. Ward managers will lead a multi professional team appropriate to speciality and ensure that specific care pathways are established maintained and evaluated according to need. They will operate in a supervisory capacity and will be highly visible within the clinical area to patients staff and relatives. They will work alongside staff as a role model, mentor and develop clinical competencies and leadership skills within the team. Overall governance responsibility will include compliance to evidence based best practice standards, inextricably linked to the Health & Community Services (HCS) quality agenda, including the Jersey Nursing Assessment & Accreditation System (JNAAS). Clinical supervision models will be integral to the overall support and wellbeing of staff.

1. Identify, establish and ensure compliance to all legislative, HCS policy, procedures and professional practices in line with professional regulatory and statutory requirements. Ensure that all staff are aware of their individual responsibilities in line with their relevant Codes of Practice including Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Jersey Care Commission (JCC), to enhance best practice.

2. Appraise and monitor the professional and clinical performance of the team. Identify individual staff training and development needs as well as developing an annual team business and training plan, to achieve optimum outcomes for patients within defined budgets. Contribute to the overall Care Group and HCS business planning cycle.

3. Ensure effective assurance mechanisms are in place to measure care outcomes linked to evidence based standards. Individual care plans and associated records will be contemporaneous and incorporate measurable metrics. Lead on and manage risk, developing appropriate risk management strategies and promote a culture of patient safety.

4. Responsible for budget management, ensuring cost effective and efficient use of resources. This will involve budget setting, budget monitoring and budget re-alignment. Create a value for money culture which encourages self-sufficiency and flexibility of working practices to provide the most cost-effective deployment of staff, matching skill mix to service needs.

5.. Responsible and accountable for effective rostering of the ward team, in line with the key performance indicators as specified in E-roster and HCS Rostering policy. Ensure that the ward has effective skills and safe staffing levels to meet demand, in line with the Safecare acuity tool. Integral to this, staff rosters will take into consideration staff health and wellbeing in line with best practice.

6. Ensure the patient journey is optimised and that patient flow is effective and timely from admission to discharge. Effective communication must be established with all disciplines and agencies who are involved in the patients care plan. This will include active engagement with community and primary care providers, where care is continued in the patients preferred place of care and should be aligned to the expectations of the Government of Jersey Our Hospital initiative and the implementation Jersey Care Model.

7. Lead and manage the overall multi-disciplinary team to identify, report and escalate issues of concern relating to patient safety, identified risks and compromise in care. Ensure appropriate safeguards are in place and advocate for the patient, communicating to appropriate agencies when there are any concerns regarding potential/actual risk to any patient or their dependents e.g., safeguarding, domestic violence, protection of the vulnerable adult/child, mental capacity and Significant Restriction of Liberty (SRoL).

8. Lead, manage and promote the HCS quality agenda, to include JNAAS and other key evidence-based care standards, in line with legislative and professional regulatory requirements. Standards will be embedded into all operational delivery of care and monitored continually. Where required, action plans will be developed and addressed by all staff to ensure compliance and delivery of optimal standards of care. Ward managers will be accountable for establishing, maintaining and respectfully challenging/taking appropriate action when care falls below the expected standard

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with the NMC as a first level registered nurse/registered midwife
• Degree (or level 6 qualification) in Nursing or Midwifery or equivalent.
• Recognised Management qualification
• CMI Level 5 or equivalent
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Desirable

• Masters level qualification in appropriate speciality
• Intermediate Life Support
• Recognised Teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 4 years relevant post qualification experience
• Proven post-registration experience and evidence in leading a multi-professional team
• Demonstrable knowledge of Safeguarding
• Evidence of leadership
• Experience of implementing, managing and achieving changes in clinical practice
• Provide relevant training/education programmes to colleagues at all levels
• Experience of working in a multi professional environment
• Evidence of effective staff management and running a ward/area/department.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

General Hospital

St. Helier

Jersey

Channel Islands

JE1 3QS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)