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Job summary

Main area
Care of the plus sized patient, the semi acute and rehabilitation patients
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Secondment: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
267-CH7191860
Employer
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Linfoot Ward Witney Community Hospital
Town
Witney
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Ward Manager

Band 7

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.


 

Job overview

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge?  Linfoot ward is looking for a courageous, ambitious registered nurse with excellent leadership skills to join our fantastic, dedicated team as Ward Manager.

Linfoot ward is a multifaceted ward providing care for patients with a plus sized background, clinically unstable community patients requiring semi acute care and rehabilitation patients from our acute partners within Oxfordshire.

If you have excellent communication skills, are compassionate, innovative and equitable then this is your ideal post.

Main duties of the job

  • Behave consistently with values and beliefs of the organisation at all times.
  • Act as role model to all colleagues, treat everyone fairly and indiscriminately seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
  • Lead the ward; be responsible for the ward budget and overall responsibility for the line management of the staff on the ward.
  • Provide high levels of skilled leadership and utilisation of motivational, innovation and change management skills.
  • Be a skilled and experienced clinician and be responsible for providing expert knowledge and skills to more junior members of the team and the provision of more complex care planning and care provision.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

•    Excellent opportunities for career progression
•    Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
•    27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
•    NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
•    Competitive pension scheme
•    Lease car scheme
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Employee Assistance Programme
•    Mental Health First Aiders
•    Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
•    Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Deliver safe and effective health care within the organisation.
  • Take 24 hour responsibility for the delivery of care needs for individual and groups of service users.
  • Ensure patient information is collated, monitored and fully accurate maintaining complete and contemporaneous records in line with the NMC / professional bodies of the Trust.
  • Manage and lead safe and effective discharge planning working in collaboration with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team within the community and community hospitals.  Work collaboratively and ensure maintenance of effective multi-disciplinary communication and with other professionals / agencies / other stake holders to ensure needs are met in relation to care input, support for ongoing care needs and safe discharge.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. 

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • Range of clinical experience
Desirable criteria
  • Completion of or application pending Post graduate level Leadership and Management module

Team development

Essential criteria
  • evidence of working with multi-disciplinary teams and other professionals
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of completion of or working with a QI project

change management

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of managing change
Desirable criteria
  • Completion of coaching and mentoring level 7 module

Flexibility

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working flexibly and encouraging others to do the same
Desirable criteria
  • working with plus sized patients

Compassion

Essential criteria
  • Ability to provide compassion and fairness across all platforms (staff and patients)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthNHS 75th BirthdayDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dawn Roberts
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07920470463
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