An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 ward manager to lead the dedicated nursing team on Ward 20 (18 beds) and Acute Frailty Unit (12 beds) which is part of the Older Peoples Services and predominately treats acute medical and older adults.
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and dynamic individual to take on the role of the Ward Manager to provide leadership, management and support to the ward team and is responsible for the provision of patient care, ensuring that it is evidence based and of a high standard and to maintain 24-hour responsibility for the clinical area.
The post holder will ensure that patients receive the necessary care and treatment to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. This will be achieved through the application of specialist knowledge, skills and practice.
This role requires close working relationships with a wide range of the multi-disciplinary/speciality teams, the Consultants, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Managers and the Clinical Site Management team. In order to succeed in this role you will need to possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will need to have the ability to deal with challenging situations in a fast paced environment in a professional and calm manner.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
• Continually assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care in order to ensure the provision of a high standard of care.
• Personally deliver a high standard of care to a group of patients, acting as a team leader / named nurse and clinical role model at all time
• Ensure the provision of advice, support and health information to patients and their carers in order to promote a health-based service
• Transports / manages people and/or items such as equipment or specimens safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation to include accident / incident reporting, with regard to NMC, statutory and Trust polices.
• Ensures all aspects of clinical care including interventions and investigations are performed, assessed and reported upon in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with legislation, policy and procedures.
For the full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Sep 2024