Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, highly motivated, experienced nurse leader who is passionate about delivering high quality acute care? If so we would love to hear from you.

Ward 5 is a fast paced 32 bedded Gastroenterology Ward run by a fantastic team of staff.

The team is looking for someone who will lead with compassion and clinical expertise. You will need the ability to adopt great communication skills in order to sustain and continue to develop the ward further.

As the Ward Manager you will be responsible for managing the ward, promoting a positive patient and staff experience and leading on the delivery of excellent nursing care. This role requires close working relationships with a wide range of people including the Multi-Disciplinary Team, Consultants, Heads of Nursing, Matrons and other Ward Managers.

It is essential that the successful candidate is professional, diplomatic and caring as you will be challenged with the varied demands of the unit, which at times can be unpredictable. Leadership skills and evidence of working within an acute area as a band 6 or above is considered essential.

Main duties of the job

• Ability to handle complex and difficult situations competently with patients, carers staff, and external agencies
• Ability to manage own workload, supervise work of others
• Ability to develop systems and processes to monitor and improve patient care and services
• Ability to chair meetings and lead discussions with senior staff and external agencies

Working for our organisation

MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.

The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff. An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.

With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.