Employer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: North Manchester General Hospital
Town: Manchester
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, (Pro Rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/02/2025 23:59
Ward Manager
Band 7
Job overview
Ward F6 at the North Manchester site of Manchester Foundation Trust is currently looking to recruit a Band 7 Ward Manager to our Trauma and Orthopedic Ward.
Our Trauma and Orthopedic department has a reputation for the highest standards of clinical care. We are looking for a suitably experienced nurse and leader who is passionate about patient safety and the delivery of exceptional quality care to trauma and orthopedic patients and those who require emergency surgery and post-op care.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated individual to undertake the role of Ward Manager within Ward F6 Trauma and Orthopedics.
Ward F6 is a 20-bedded Trauma and Orthopedic ward, which cares for a variety of orthopedic and trauma conditions.
A successful individual must be highly motivated to take on this challenge and meet head-on the pressure to maintain high standards and delivery of quality care, whilst leading the nursing team.
The post holder will manage all aspects of clinical standards and professional practice within the service and will manage and coordinate staff budget resources and the environment. You will help shape future services working and supporting the Matron and Lead Nurse within the surgical division.
To apply for this post, you must have substantial experience as a Band 6 with surgical experience. You must have excellent communication and strong leadership skills to uphold the standards and values of the trust.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Experience
* Substantial experience at Band 6 Grade in an acute hospital setting.
* Evidence of good organisational and planning skills.
* Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
* Implementation of audit/research recommendations.
* Excellent communication and leadership skills.
* Experience of change management.
* Teaching or lecturing in internal or external venues.
Qualifications
* Registered Practitioner on relevant part of professional register (RGN).
* Teaching qualification.
* Educated to diploma level.
* Evidence of level 3 studies.
* Qualified in specialty Graduate.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Gillian Shannon
Job title: Matron
Email address: gillian.shannon2@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07764536949
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