Ward Manager Job Manchester area,England UK,Healthcare

Are you highly motivated, enthusiastic with excellent communication skills?

Are you looking for a job where you can lead and motivate the staff to provide high quality patient focused care?

The successful candidate will be an experienced nurse preferably with oncology experience with the vision and passion to help optimise high quality patient care.

As a Ward Manager you would bring a positive attitude and foster a supportive, friendly and encouraging work environment.

This is a demanding but very rewarding role and based within a trust that is one of the leading cancer centres in Europe.

Ward 4 and The Brachytherapy Unit is a friendly, welcoming and supportive team.

Ward 4 is a specialist head and neck ward and the designated altered airway ward.

We also provide specialist brachytherapy and molecular radiotherapy treatments.

We promote a healthy work-life balance. The trust offers a complimentary therapy service where you can access discounted on-site massage, chiropody and reiki therapy. We understand that cancer care is a challenging field but our friendly team work closely together to adopt a supportive culture. The trust also offers free and confidential counselling support.

We are dedicated to our staff development and invest in your career development with access to further education and secondment opportunities for your progression.

Main duties of the job

To coordinate and lead the team, communicating effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality evidence-based care to patients.
To advocate for patients and exercise clinical judgement about patients’ needs in terms of plans and long term goals.
To communicate openly with the team at safety huddles, cascading important information that impacts the team / patient care.
To participate in the transition of Ward 4 moving to Ward 14 and 15 and supporting Brachytherapy training and education.
Ensuring the ward is safely staffed, working in line with PSIRF principles of governance, promoting a positive culture of learning.
Oversee the teams PDRs, staffing, sickness monitoring, liaising closely with the band 6 team and clinical educator for training and education ensuring the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time.

Working for our organisation

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL

A motivated and dynamic leader, striving for improvement in care and practice, and acting as positive role model to all staff.
Demonstrate christie behaviours and values – maintains a high visibility within the clinical areas, providing support and advice to all staff.
Provide management support for the Ward 4, MR and Brachytherapy team
Liaise closely with all ward managers/nursing teams and matrons across all inpatient and outpatient settings to promote best possible care for patients requiring urgent review.
To liaise with the bed manager, triage and the hotline team to ensure optimal bed usage.
Work closely with the infection prevention and control team to reduce patient risk of infection
Liaise closely with critical care outreach team to understand needs and prioritise care of acutely unwell patients and safe escalation, including vulnerable patients with altered airways.
Foster and demonstrate creativity, energy and…