Deputy Ward Manager - Ward 6A - Acute Medical Cardiology
Job Description
Job summary
Band 6 - Deputy Ward Manager
To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
Responsible for monitoring the workload/patient acuity within the ward/unit on a daily basis to ensure that nursing manpower is adequate to provide a safe standard of nursing care.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced, enthusiastic nurse with a keen interest in Cardiology. You will be an organised nurse who is a role model and leads by example, whilst helping to provide the gold standard of care, our patients come to expect from us.
If you're looking for a new challenge or to progress in your nursing career, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
An exciting development opportunity has arisen with the Division of Specialist Medicine for an experienced Registered nurse to become a Deputy Ward Nurse Manager on Ward 6A Acute Medical Cardiology.
The successful applicant will:
- Provide visible and effective leadership and management
- display a positive and professional attitude
- promote and monitor safe and effective practice
- enhance the patient/client experience
- contribute to the delivery of the organisation's objectives
You will be an experienced Registered Nurse with at least 2 years post registration experience.
Please read full job description and person specification for further details.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.
Job responsibilities
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programs of evidence based care for medical patients.
Provide management and organisation of a clinical area in the presence and absence of the ward manager.
Participate in the development, line management and education of other staff members.
Participate in improvement of services and the quality of care provision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Post registration qualification in speciality
Desirable
- 1st level degree
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of management experience
- Evidence of change management
- Application of evidence based practice
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
- Lead role in education of staff and patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Well motivated
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
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Royal Liverpool Univserity Hospital
Liverpool
L7 8XP
