Ward Manager - Woodlands Inpatient Unit

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Nurse as the Ward Manager of our Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Unit based at Woodlands Hospice.

The 15 bedded inpatient unit provides specialist care and support for palliative patients and their carers. Your role will involve overall management responsibility for this unit over the 24 hour period, ensuring the highest standard of nursing care.

Previous experience and knowledge of palliative pain and symptom control and management, holistic assessment and patient-centred planning and delivery of care are essential for this role. Evidence of line management and leadership skills, as well as previous experience of service development are also essential.

Advanced Communication Skills and Advance Care Planning training and experience are desirable.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities will include the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, effective leadership and staff management/development.

The post holder will coordinate the ward on a day to day basis, provide specialist knowledge to all nursing staff on the ward, and will promote a critical, analytical approach to the delivery of nursing care, ensuring the ward environment is responsive to current issues.

The post holder will exercise strong and effective leadership acting as an exemplary role model for the ward team.

The post holder will also be required to undertake clinical shifts each week as a senior nurse within the ward environment. Management days are expected to be worked 9-5 between Monday and Friday.

Job responsibilities

Please see full job description and person specification attached.

For further information, please contact Kerry Cunningham, Clinical Services Manager on 0151 529 8161.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• 1st level degree or studying towards

Experience

• Demonstrable experience at Band 6 level
• Evidence of effective ward management and leadership skills
• Evidence of staff development, including pre and post registration students
• Evidence of application of current nursing issues and developments
• Evidence of managing a change
• Evidence of developing standards of nursing care through clinical benchmarking

Knowledge

• Understanding and application of clinical governance

Skills

• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Supportive of colleagues
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a year, dependent on previous experience.