Ward Manager - Ward C9

Job summary

As a new way of working in the Medicine and Emergency Care, Care Group we have designated Ward C9 as an area to cohort medically optimised for discharge. patients waiting for:

Pathway 1, Home First discharge

ii) Pathway 1, Reablement, Package of Care, Package of Care restarts, Early Supported Discharge (ESD)

iii) Pathway 2 patients for residential care homes from Blackburn with Darwen only.

iv) Waiting for the delivery of specialist equipment

v) Lancashire County Council patients with a confirmed discharge date to a residential care home

This model means the ward is nurse-led, with some therapist support if required, and medical cover only an as-required in-reach support for patients who may relapse. The proposal is the patients are managed to their discharge by the nurses, therapists, and discharge support teams, depending on the patients' particular needs, with a clear focus on criteria led discharge.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the leadership and development of the ward nursing team.

It will be crucial as the ward manager that you will actively seek the support and positive engagement of key stakeholders in the discharge process: including but not limited to Discharge Matron, Discharge Lounge, Clinical Site Management, Intensive Home Support, Intermediate Care Teams, Therapists, Pharmacy, Integrated Discharge Service (IDS), Ward Managers and Ward Coordinators.

It is essential that you you will have the leadership and effective communication skills to ensure that suitable patients as per the criterion in the Standard Operation Procedure is followed with close working with the IDS Team and MEC Bed manager/Clinical Flow Team & Discharge Matron to ensure the best use is made of the Ward.

About us

Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures.

We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide strong nurse leadership,

Be a confident role model for the junior nursing team

Ensure improvements in patient outcomes and the safety, treating

patients with dignity and respect.

Ensuring best practice in infection control.

In conjunction with the Matron ensure all quality improvement work

is implemented and sustained.

Ensure an excellent patient journey, safe and effective discharge

planning to achieve a positive patient experience.

Support the provision of a clean environment

Person Specification

essential

Essential

• Registered healthcare professional with current registration (NMC )
• Education to degree level, ideally in health related subject and speciality
• Non-Medical prescriber &/or willing to under take training
• Leadership qualification or willing to undertake
• management & leadership experience post registration
• Evidence of involvement in leading change and developing programmes of care.
• work experience in a relevant professional environment
• Experience of Safety and Quality initiatives, Incident and Risk management.
• Proficiency with office systems and computers. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and power-bi
• Able to provide good quality and accurate reports
• Evidence of professional knowledge supplemented by post reg. specialist managerial / leadership training and CPD
• Demonstrate effective communication / negotiation skills is able to make operational judgements involving complex facts/situations
• Evidence of persuasive and strong influencing skills and the ability to manage conflict
• Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills & ability to consider the wider picture
• Proven leadership and organisational skills and evidence of leadership development
• Knowledge of key performance indicators for clinical governance
• Able to work hours required by the needs of the service
• Knowledge of budgetary control and Standing Financial Instructions
• Demonstrate appropriate behaviours and role model Cultural change in safety, change theory and behaviours
• Able to participate in 'on call weekday/weekend rota

Desirable

• Experience in setting establishments and using workforce toolkits
• Knowledge of workforce planning
• Evidence of proactive involvement in the development of nurses / midwives and nursing and midwifery practice
• Experience in clinical audit /benchmarking
• Quality and Safety qualification

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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