Ward Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time secondment opportunity for a Ward Manager within the Children's Burns Ward at Broomfield Hospital. The role involves maintaining a safe and healthy environment, coordinating shifts and staff, mentoring junior colleagues, and performing clinical duties. The successful candidate will provide excellent patient care, promote interdisciplinary working, and act as a role model for professional practice and leadership.
Essential criteria
- RN/RSCN to degree level
- EPLS/APLS qualification
Desirable criteria
- Relevant paediatric experience
- Demonstrate substantial relevant experience in a relevant clinical setting at band 6 level
- Experience in mentoring, assessing, coaching
- Experience of change management
- Communication
- Leading a team
- Excellent personal and communication skills
- Demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the Trust values
- RN/RSCN to degree level
- EPLS/APLS qualification
- Relevant paediatric experience
- Demonstrate substantial relevant experience in a relevant clinical setting at band 6 level
- Experience in mentoring, assessing, coaching
- Experience of change management
- Communication
- Leading a team
- Excellent personal and communication skills
- Demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the Trust values
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £49,387 — matches the national scale.
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Ward Manager
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for the position of a full time Ward Manager within the Children's Burns Ward at Broomfield Hospital.
St Andrew's Regional centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery is a world renownedservice, promoting an excellent standard of care and professionalism within this speciality.
The duties involves maintaining a safe and healthy environment for staff and patients and ensuring a family friendly setting is maintained. Co-ordinating and being in charge of shift and staff, mentoring junior colleagues and students and clinical duties in the ward.
Empowering patients, provide and promote health education and advise on the prevention of ill health.
Main duties of the job
Provide excellent patient care to children and their families ensuring that it is evidence bases and compliant with best practice recommendations for children's hospital services.Provide clear feedback to team members in a way that is conducive to maintaining and improving performance, Promote interdisciplinary working, with outcomes aimed at the best interests of patients and cohesive service delivery.
Work closely with Matron, Deputy Director of Nursing and Clinicians in embedding the principles of Clinical Governance in order to maintain / improve and d
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