# Acute  Medical Unit (AMU) Ward manager

**Company**: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Isleworth, Middlesex
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Ward Manager to lead our busy Acute Medical Unit. As a Ward Manager, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality patient care.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Provide visible leadership and operational oversight of the ward with 24-hour accountability.

- Promote a culture of patient-centred care, safety, compassion, and continuous improvement.

- Support workforce planning, rostering, recruitment, retention, and staff wellbeing.

- Ensure resources are managed effectively within agreed budgets.

- Lead discharge planning and patient flow initiatives to optimise length of stay and patient experience.

- Maintain a safe, clean, and compliant care environment.

- Deputise for the Modern Matron as required.

**Clinical Practice:**

- Maintain expert knowledge of acute medical nursing and delivery of evidence-based care.

- Ensure patients receive safe, effective, and high-quality care.

- Lead by example and act as a role model for professional practice.

- Support staff development and clinical competency through education and supervision.

- Ensure compliance with agreed care pathways, standards, and clinical protocols.

- Promote effective multidisciplinary communication and collaboration.

**Quality, Safety and Governance:**

- Lead quality improvement, audit, patient safety, and risk management activities.

- Investigate incidents, implement learning, and promote a culture of openness and continuous improvement.

- Monitor performance against quality indicators and develop action plans where required.

- Ensure compliance with infection prevention and control, medicines management, safeguarding, health and safety, and Trust policies.

- Support appraisal, mandatory training, clinical supervision, and professional development for all staff.

- Use patient, family, and staff feedback to improve services and patient outcomes.

**Communication:**

- Communicate effectively in complex, sensitive, and challenging situations.

- Ensure information is delivered clearly and appropriately to patients, relatives, staff, and stakeholders.

- Develop positive working relationships across professional groups and services.

- Promote collaborative working, inclusion, and shared decision-making.

**General:**

- Undertake duties in accordance with Trust policies, professional standards, and the NMC Code.

- Participate in training, service development, and organisational initiatives.

- Carry out any other duties appropriate to the grade and responsibilities of the post.

**Key Working Relationships:**

- Modern Matron and Senior Nursing Team

- Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)

- Directorate Management Team

- Clinical Site Managers

- Specialist Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

- Discharge Hub, Social Care and External Partners

## Skills

### Required
- Registered Nurse (adult)
- cannulation
- venepuncture
- NGT insertion
- catheterization (male/female)
- leadership skills
- Change management skills
- clinical governance
- computer literacy
- acute medical nursing

### Nice to have
- Nursing Degree
- Project management
- Relevant post registration qualification in Acute care/Respiratory course
- Working towards Masters
- ILS/ ALS training

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