Job summary
MSDEC Ward Manager

The MSDEC Ward Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, management, and day-to-day operation of the ward. The role involves ensuring that patients receive safe, effective, compassionate, and high-quality care, while supporting staff to work within professional and organisational standards.

Main duties of the job
To ensure a high standard of nursing care at all times through the effective management of staff and resources within acute medical directorate.

To demonstrate strong clinical leadership in stressful and challenging situations.

To promote a positive approach to new challenges and creative ways of working.

To act as advocate for their designated area and liase with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to co-ordinate all aspects of patient care in the best interests of the patient.

About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities
Key Working Relationships:
Internal:

• General Management
• Senior And Junior Medical And Nursing Staff
• Ward Clerks
• Facilities Staff
• Other Health Care Professionals

External:

• Social Workers
• Other Care Providers
• Service users
• Volunteers.

Risk Assessment:
This post involves manual handling activities and exposure to body fluids and chemicals. It involves VDU work and individuals may be exposed to violence and aggression.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Professional/Clinical Leadership

• Accept personal responsibility and accountability for your infection prevention and control practice. Ensure that you are familiar with, and comply with, all relevant policies. Ensure that you receive mandatory updates in infection control.
• Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs.
• Develop practice in addressing individuals health and wellbeing needs.
• Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.
• To assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care, co-ordinating the holistic needs of the patients. To be responsible for the organisation of nursing care of the patients who have been assigned to the team.
• To take measures to ensure the safety of patients, which includes delegation of patient care to nurses with the appropriate levels of skills at all times. To report any untoward incidents/accidents to Matron.
• Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters, overcoming any problems in communication.
• Lead work teams in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice.

1. Clinical Governance

• Promote best practice in health, safety and security.
• Contribute to quality improvement.
• To facilitate research based practice within their Ward and ensure appropriate implementation.
• To ensure that nursing procedures are implemented and maintained in accordance with the Policies of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
• To ensure good standards of practice in the Ward through effective quality assurance measures such as clinical audit programmes.
• To ensure all staff are conversant and comply with Trust Policies and regulations, and attend compulsory lectures as instructed.
• To monitor the safe and effective use of all equipment and the economic use of supplies, ordering replacement equipment together with maintenance of that equipment.
• Accept personal responsibility and accountability for your infection prevention and control practice. Ensure that you are familiar with, and comply with, all relevant policies. Ensure that you receive mandatory updates in infection control.

2. Management

• To ensure that a duty rota for the staff within the unit will provide effective and well-balanced cover to meet with the requirements of a 24-hour service and ensures the presence of a suitably qualified and experienced nurse at all times. Taking into account the budgetary constraints.
• To liaise with other Ward/Department Managers within the Directorate and other Directorates as necessary, to place workload and skill mix as effectively as possible. To inform and discuss with Matron any problems regarding nurse management.
• Allocate, co-ordinate, monitor and assess the work of teams and individuals.
• To manage the Unit allocated budget effectively to remain within financial constraints.
• To ensure effective two-way communication with all disciplines so that patients receive optimum care.
• Plan, obtain and deploy physical and/or financial resources.
• To provide information for and participate in studies to determine workloads, patient dependency and quality assurance.
• To maintain accurate records relating to all aspects of management.
• To participate in a rota of cover in the absence of Matron.
• Contribute to the development of services.

3. Staff Development

• To ensure all staff reach their full potential by enabling them to develop professional, clinical, managerial and communication skills, which will be identified through the use of PDR.
• To plan and participate in the teaching programmes of learners in accordance with their objectives, working closely with the University.
• To develop the role of nursing and undertake training and assessment to extend clinical skills as appropriate to the area.
• To identify areas for development of skills in accordance with the NMC guidelines.
• Develop knowledge and practice in an area of work.
• To ensure effective training and educational programmes are available by liasing with appropriate personnel to meet the training and educational needs of staff in the clinical area. This post carries continuing responsibility for the management of the clinical area, including the deployment and supervision of staff.

4. Professional

• To maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the nurse in the best interest of the patient and professional in accordance with the NMC Code.
• To promote a positive attitude for the profession and the Trust within which you are working.
• To be aware of personal and professional development. To attend courses and conferences as appropriate to the service and individual development.
• To be conversant and comply with Trust Policies and regulations, and attend compulsory lectures as instructed.
• Participate in research projects where appropriate, reporting findings within a multi-disciplinary framework.
• Implement research where appropriate.

5. Personnel

• To participate in the selection, interviewing and induction of new members of staff. To be involved in manpower requirements in line with identified service developments.
• To monitor staff performance and organise staff appraisals.
• To be responsible for the maintenance of day to day discipline within the environment and to initiate, when necessary, the disciplinary procedure.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• First Level Registration
• APPS 3059/3060.
• Evidence of professional Development.

Desirable

• Degree level study.
• ALS, PALS, TNCC
• Nurse practitioner course

Experience
Essential

• Minimum of 5 years experience in Acute Medicine - 2 years at band 6
• Evidence of management experience/training.
• Clinical expert.

Desirable

• Involvement in nursing research.
• Experience in change management.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.