Deputy Ward ManagerNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Northumbria Critical Care. Northumbria Critical Care is 15 bedded Critical Care unit within a Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

Critical care is a busy, progressive unit with a clear patient-centred focus. We have made a strong commitment to quality. The team have a strong emphasis on developing health care practice through ownership, research/evidence-based practices, commitment and multidisciplinary involvement.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• To co-ordinate and organise all staff within the department to provide quality nursing care and management for critical care unit.
• To share skills/knowledge with colleagues and learners.
• To contribute towards development within the critical care unit.
• Internal rotation day and night day

Job description

To provide and facilitate quality nursing care to the critically ill patient Rostered to take charge regularly of department and deputies for team leader To facilitate the process of education and development of nursing and non-nursing staff within the team Provide specialist advice for multidisciplinary staff working within the unit and as an Outreach resource To contribute to the overall development of clinical practice within critical care To support Modern Matron and Senior Sisters in the effective management of resources and personnel issues over a 24 hr period To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.