We are currently recruiting for a Ward Manager to join our outstanding team. This is an excellent and rare opportunity to lead our Inpatients team.
In this position you will be professional, and managerial leadership, clinical expertise, financial accountability, advice, and support across all areas of responsibility – wards, clinical nurse specialist, surgical care practitioner and physio lead. This position is also the organisational Deputy Lead for safeguarding, dementia, and prevent.
The department comprises of 38 beds across two wards. and is run by 49 staff nurses including 4 senior staff nurses.
Shifts may include evenings, weekends, and bank holidays as required by the service. The role may also be required to participate in the manager on call rota.
About us
At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to our ultra-modern private hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC. We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have a beautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.
Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions and facilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance. We are committed to professional development and have excellent training and education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone at Benenden Hospital feels involved and shares our values and vision for the future.
About the role
- Provide clinical, professional, and visible management across all areas of responsibility, and provide line management for the surgical care practitioner role(s)/nurse specialist role(s), clinical skills facilitator role(s) and physio lead.
- Be accountable for the safe and effective day to day running of the Ward, and to ensure all patient areas and the ward and the environment in all areas of responsibility are safe.
- Be accountable for delivering excellent governance, ensuring that all staff across areas of responsibility are legally compliant.
- Provide specialist and excellent clinical knowledge, ensuring all staff and services are legally compliant and adhering to all regulatory (CQC) requirements and clinical standards.
- Ensure service provison is delivered in line with cost efficiency, planned activity and regulatory compliance in the ward/department and areas of responsibility.
- Be a positive role model for staff and a patient advocate, ensuring a positive patient experience.
- Assume responsibility as deputy lead for safeguarding, dementia and prevent, ensuring policies are in place and staff training is completed and compliance is maintained
- Be accountable for ensuring clinical supervision is in place for all clinical staff within area of responsibility.
Skills and experience required
- First level Registered Nurse
- Post registration education in a relevant speciality, Degree in Healthcare, or 5+ years equivalent experience.
- Significant post registration experience with surgical experience.
- Safeguarding trained to level 4
- Significant experience of managing teams.
- ILS
- Previous experience or knowledge of coaching/managing preferred.
- People and resource management.
- Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills.
- Experience of presenting information to an audience is essential.
- Ability to manage incidents effectively is essential.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to build and support team(s) working in a positive and challenging culture.
- Strong patient-centred approach.
- Financial and budgetary awareness and knowledge of appropriate measures to plan, monitor and control costs is essential.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to progress own tasks/workload without direct supervision is essential.
- Guiding and motivating others to achieve agreed goals and standards.
- Sound computer skills e.g. MS Office Suite and web-based reporting systems.
- Foster a culture of professionalism and a positive working team environment.
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, and ethics in the workplace.
Being quality/results driven is essential
Benefits include
- Competitive salaries
- 27 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%
- Membership to Benenden Health which offers a wide range of benefits, discounts and activities
- Excellent Life Assurance benefit
- Free parking
- Subsidised eye tests
- Free Flu vaccinations
- Subsidised on site Restaurant
“I love working at Benenden Hospital, it’s a beautiful location in the countryside”, “the whole organisation is supportive”, “it’s the team, the team are amazing”, “Benenden is a bit like a family”, “the whole atmosphere is brilliant”
These are just some of the reasons why more than 400 people work at Benenden Hospital which has a long history of caring since it was founded in 1907.
How to apply
If you wish to apply for this position, please complete our application form.
Then please send this application form, and your most up to date CV to kentcareers@benenden.org.uk
Closing Date: 13th January
Please note this vacancy may close prior to the closing date without notice, If a sufficient number of applications are received
Claire Mansfield – Resourcing Officer will then be in touch to discuss further.
Together, we work hard to maintain a safe, comfortable, patient-focused environment for the people in our care.
All our vacancies are therefore subject to either a Standard or an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service as well as satisfactory reference checks. These procedures need to be completed before all new member of staff can join the hospital.
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