Ward Manager - #1673731

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

About

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UKs leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.

Our flagship specialist cancer hospital was opened in central Liverpool in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.

Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseysides district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the regions Teenage and Young Adult Unit, (supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust).

Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before.

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Key details

Location

SiteThe Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - LiverpoolAddress65 Pembroke PlaceTownLiverpoolPostcodeL7 8YAMajor / Minor RegionMerseyside

Contract type & working pattern

ContractFixed term: 12 months (or until postholder returns, whichever is earlier)HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary£46,148 - £52,809 per annumSalary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main areaWard Manager

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Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.[email protected]

We operate a Values Based Recruitment (VBR) approach when recruiting new colleagues. VBR helps us to attract and select employees whose personal values and behaviours align with the values of the Trust. For more information on our vision, mission and values please see here -Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk)

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Job Overview

Ward Manger 12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover , Day Ward Liverpool - Monday - Friday 08:00-16:00.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, compassionate, and results-driven healthcare professional to join our dynamic organisation as a Ward Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of patient care during an exciting period of structural change.

The successful candidate will be a motivated leader, with excellent proven managerial and leadership skills, who has the drive and passion to create an inspirational learning and working environment.

You'll lead and support a talented multidisciplinary team while actively participating in structural changes within the ward. This role requires effective collaboration and communication with other members of the trust to ensure smooth transitions and successful outcomes.

The candidate will be expected to continuously strive for the highest standards of quality care at CCC and has patient safety at the forefront of the services and care provided. You will be supported in your role by the Division Nurse Director, Matron, and a team of nursing staff.

The candidate will have significant experience in the delivery of all Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments (SACT). Experience will be required to lead and manage multiple teams to deliver excellent cancer care services.

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The Ward Manager will be accountable and responsible for ensuring the safe and effective day to day management of all clinical services within the day ward. They will work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) across the Trusts sector hub model to ensure safe delivery of all patient pathways, as the service delivers complex treatments, it is essential that the Ward Manager can operate in a changing environment, enabling and sustaining excellent performance, creating a culture of high quality, compassionate care that strives to continuously improve. They will be responsible for managing the performance of all the KPIs within the department and managing and developing the performance of the team and ensuring that systems and processes are in place for the completion and management of staff rotas and allocation of staff annual leave. They will provide daily visible clinical leadership, to ensure high quality excellent patient care and effective team work. They will ensure that the CQCs five key questions are embedded and incorporated into the day to day management of the day ward: ? Safe ? Effective ? Caring ? Responsive ? Well-led

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

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
  
  

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited for an interview via email. Please ensure you regularly check your emails (including junk folders) following your application and let us know if you have any problems. If you would prefer for us to communicate with you in a different way, or need adjustments to the interview process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 556 5176 or .[email protected]

The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team. It is a Trust recommendation that candidates requiring a DBS check subscribe to the DBS Update Service - further details are available here - . Candidates who withdraw post-DBS submission will be invoiced for the full cost of the check including administration fee.https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk.

The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' and our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'.

We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks for LGBTQ+, disability and long terms conditions, international and ethnically diverse staff and a menopause network. The Trust also hold Disability Confident Level 2 Status and provide supporting policies and processes to enable staff with disabilities and long term conditions to work in a way that best meets their needs.

Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level Registered General Nurse part 1 NMC Register
• First level degree in related subject.
• Evidence of continued professional development .
• Advanced Communications Skills Training or prepared to work towards.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Management/Leadership qualification.
• Working towards a Masters degree or equivalent experience.
  
  

Knowledge And Expertise

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of Cancer, treatment modalities and services.
• Evidence of innovation in practice
• Evidence of participation in audit & research
• Knowledge of the NHS structures and functions.
• Knowledge and application of current professional issues
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant post registration experience, at Band 6 or above, in cancer, or other speciality.
• Experience of teaching.
• Demonstrable post-registration experience in a leadership position, with evidence of clinical practice
• Previous leadership and management experience
• Experience of multi- professional working
• Demonstrable experience as an assessor/mentor
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit and research.
  
  

Documents

• Job Description and Person Specification (, 472.6)PDFKB
• OH Risk Assessment (, 272.6)PDFKB
• CCC Green Plan (, 2.0)PDFMB
• CCC Recruitment Pack (, 4.6)PDFMB
• CCC EDI (, 923.7)PDFKB
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

NameClaire BennettJob titleChemotherapy MatronEmail address [email protected]Telephone number0151 556 5082Additional information

Please contact Claire Bennett, Chemotherapy Matron

0151 556 5082