B7 Ward Manager  – Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

Job Title: B7 Ward Manager

Department: Continuing Care – Specialist Nursing Home

Salary range: £41,891 - £53,148 (dependent on experience)
Incremental reviews take place on an annual basis

Responsible to: Matron for Continuing Care

Hours of work: 150 hours over a 4 week period (approximately 37.5 hours per week). A long shift is 12 hours. You also have the opportunity for enhanced payments for additional hours worked, and to join our ‘Flexible Workforce’ (Putney Bank).

Location: Putney, Southwest London

Benefits:

• 262.5 hours annual leave per year
• Free parking
• Situated outside the ULEZ and Congestion Zones
• On-site accommodation provided at extremely reasonable rates
• Blue Light Card and Discounts
• On-site cafeteria

Please note, to be eligible to apply for this role, you must have received both Covid-19 vaccinations, unless medically exempt, and have the Right to Work in the UK.

Summary of position and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability

We are seeking a Ward Manager to join our Specialist Nursing Home within our Continuing Care Service at the RHN. Your key responsibility is to deliver a high standard of professional clinical care to patients and residents of the hospital, and provide effective and specialist leadership of the ward including clinical, operational, and people management.

The RHN has a capacity of 230 patients and residents; 107 of these are cared for in the Continuing Care services in the specialist nursing home. We provide short and long-term specialist services for adults with profound or complex neurological injuries. We have 4 specialist continuing care wards which range in different skills and areas of expertise such as PDOC (prolonged disorders of consciousness), respiratory and slow stream rehabilitation.

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) is one of the oldest independent hospitals and medical charities in the UK. We provide person-centred care that focuses on enhancing dignity, independence and quality of life for our patients and residents. Our services span the entire care pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care, for people with complex Neuro-disability and their families, underpinned by a strong research and education programme.  

Main Objectives of the role

1. To deliver a high standard of care to the patient and residents of the hospital.
2. To provide leadership and direction to the nursing workforce in your ward.
3. To participate in complaints management within the framework of the hospital complaints policy; this will include undertaking investigations, incident reporting and investigating and root cause analyses including reviewing trends and reporting and monitoring
4. To actively contribute to creating a culture where quality is at the centre of everything we do and is delivered on all occasions to the highest level, in accordance with the appropriate CQC regulations and professional standards including the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code.
5. To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:

• Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and residents
• Assessment of care and health and social care needs
• Development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for individual patients and residents

Experience and Qualifications Required:

• Relevant Nursing degree
• NMC Registered
• Experience in a Sister / Charge Nurse role.
• Teaching / Assessing / Mentorship qualification
• Evidence of high level of nursing evidence based practice to support patient care delivery
• Experience in teaching, assessing and supervising others including Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants
• Understanding of clinical audit, CQC, and Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOE)
• Knowledge and application of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

Desirable experience:

• Experience in rehabilitation of people with neuro-disability

The Recruitment Team at the RHN will review your application and look to shortlist candidates for interview during May-June 2022. Please do not contact the hospital directly to enquire about your application as we are unable to give individual feedback due to the high volume of applications. We will endeavour to be in touch soon. Thank you for your interest and application with the RHN.