Deputy Ward Manager

The post holder will provide visible clinical leadership and be a point of escalation and role model for the other registered nurses within the department. The successful candidate will assist the outpatient department manager with managerial duties including, but not limited to, ensuring safe staffing across all three outpatient sites with consideration for skillsets; rostering and absence management; PADRs; recruitment selection; incident response etc. Additionally, the post holder will be required to support with the development and maintenance of staff clinical competencies within the department to ensure safe and effective care is being delivered, optimise service delivery and support staff professional development.

• 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Evidence of consistent professional and educational development
• BSc. Nursing, Health or management related studies or above or equivalent, or evidence of ability to work at that level
Desirable
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word & Excel
• Recognized Management Qualification or relevant management experience
Experience Essential
• Significant post registration experience across a range of clinical specialties
• Leading service development or change
• Teaching /mentorship experience
• Leadership and/or management development training
• Complex problem solving
Desirable
• Caring for patients with tracheostomy or laryngectomy
Knowledge and Expertise Essential
• Understanding of the political and strategic health agendas including the impact of such at operational level
• Innovative and enthusiastic
• High level negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to cultivate positive relationships with teams to enable effective communication at times of significant operational pressure
• Ability to develop, plan, and implement short and long-range goals
Desirable
• Ability to network and seek out best practice pathways
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• 1st level registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Evidence of consistent professional and educational development
• BSc. Nursing, Health or management related studies or above or equivalent, or evidence of ability to work at that level
Desirable
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word & Excel
• Recognized Management Qualification or relevant management experience
Experience Essential
• Significant post registration experience across a range of clinical specialties
• Leading service development or change
• Teaching /mentorship experience
• Leadership and/or management development training
• Complex problem solving
Desirable
• Caring for patients with tracheostomy or laryngectomy
Knowledge and Expertise Essential
• Understanding of the political and strategic health agendas including the impact of such at operational level
• Innovative and enthusiastic
• High level negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to cultivate positive relationships with teams to enable effective communication at times of significant operational pressure
• Ability to develop, plan, and implement short and long-range goals
Desirable
• Ability to network and seek out best practice pathways
  
  The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do. Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work. We are -
• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive