This is an exciting opportunity to join the Group in this role of Ward Manager to support the Clinical Services Manager and Centre Director in the day-to-day clinical/ nursing aspects of patients on one of our specialist nursing floors/ units.

Responsibilities:-

• Working as part of the MDT to ensure defined and assessed needs of patients on the assigned floor are met, in line with evidence-based practice and defined in the Patient’s Care Plan and to effectively manage clinical risk.
• To ensure care plans are kept up to date, reflect current care needs, are sufficiently personalised and are reviewed and updated in line with current Group and other legal requirements.
• To provide nursing leadership to the qualified nursing staff allocated to the assigned floor, acting as a role model and encouraging service development in relation to nursing practice.
• Ensuring the assigned floor/ clinical area is safely staffed in respect of skill mix, competency and numbers of staff with regards to Patient dependencies, clinical risk and appropriate resource allocation as per the Centre’s agreed Establishment Hours. Ensuring the rota system is updated in real time including the sign-off of anomalies.
• To have an overview of the medicines management system to ensure medicines on the assigned floor are ordered, stored, given and disposed of in line with the medicines management policies, and that all nursing staff are trained, competent and supervised in the administration of medicines.