SCBU Ward Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
The SCBU Ward Manager will lead and coordinate the nursing team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. This role involves providing strong professional clinical and managerial leadership, acting as a role model, and being a highly skilled clinical expert in patient care. The manager will also be responsible for promoting high standards of nursing care and implementing trust values.
Essential criteria
- RN/RSCN/RM with current NMC registration.
- QIS trained
- Governance experience
- BSc Degree in relevant field
- Significant demonstrable experience within speciality area with evidence of professional development
- Leadership development programme
- Teaching qualification / experience and mentorship course
- Evidence of recent clinical study.
- Safeguarding level 3 or 4
- Evidence of team leadership and change management
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in Management Skills and Practice.
- Previous management experience of running a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- European computer driving licence (ECDL) or equivalent
- Physical Skills
- Clinically competent
- Clinical decision making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective leadership and team building skills
- Organisational skills and forward planning
- Flexibility
- Able to support development of others
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Critical appraisal skills
- IT literate
- Understanding of the principles and application of effective budgetary
- Abilities
- IT & Report writing skills Able to offer innovative ideas to improve patient care and working practices.
- Group work skills.
- Time Management skills.
- Understanding of budgetary responsibilities
- Able to work without supervision.
- Communication Skills
- Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates leadership skills with proven track record.
- Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
- RN/RSCN/RM with current NMC registration.
- QIS trained
- Governance experience
- BSc Degree in relevant field
- Significant demonstrable experience within speciality area with evidence of professional development
- Leadership development programme
- Teaching qualification / experience and mentorship course
- Evidence of recent clinical study.
- Safeguarding level 3 or 4
- Evidence of team leadership and change management
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
- Certificate in Management Skills and Practice.
- Previous management experience of running a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- European computer driving licence (ECDL) or equivalent
- Physical Skills
- Clinically competent
- Clinical decision making
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Effective leadership and team building skills
- Organisational skills and forward planning
- Flexibility
- Able to support development of others
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Critical appraisal skills
- IT literate
- Understanding of the principles and application of effective budgetary
- Abilities
- IT & Report writing skills Able to offer innovative ideas to improve patient care and working practices.
- Group work skills.
- Time Management skills.
- Understanding of budgetary responsibilities
- Able to work without supervision.
- Communication Skills
- Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates leadership skills with proven track record.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust
SCBU Ward Manager
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
NHS Band 7 Salary:£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours per Week: full time 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
We are recruiting for a Ward Manager for SCBU who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "working together, improving together".
- Lead and coordinate the nursing team, taking continuing responsibility on a 24-hour basis for the management and organisation of the clinical area.
- Through effective leadership ensure the clinical team deliver a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well led service where compassion is embedded, and a positive patient experience is achieved.
- Provide strong professional clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and act as a professional role model.
- A highly skilled clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for patients and their carers.
Main duties of the job
- Promote and set high standards of professional nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols, and guidelines. Implement the trust 'vision and values' ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice and evaluate their impact on the patient's ex
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