Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the nursing team on Ward 1 at Wansbeck General Hospital as Ward Manager. Ward 1 is a Cardiology and General Medicine Speciality with a fast pace and a multi skilled approach to care provided.
This post will provide the successful applicant the opportunity to lead a team in developing their skills and their knowledge of cardiology and/or general medicine and aid their development in their nursing career. This nursing speciality provides opportunities to work alongside the wider Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) to provide comprehensive care for patients in Cardiology and General Medicine.
Ward 1 at Wansbeck general Hospital provides nurses with an opportunity to play a key role in the patient's journey with good opportunities to build relationships with both the MDT and community colleagues to help facilitate discharges home. We have a friendly and flexible team of nurses already within the ward and would look to recruit a forward thinking individual who will continue to foster, demonstrate and encourage moral leadership and innovative practice within the multidisciplinary team.
This post may require Assessment Centre or Psychometric Testing
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job

• Providing leadership to the multidisciplinary team
• Planning and implementation of flexible staff rosters and annual leave
• Maintenance of adequate staff levels and skill mix
• Environmental assessments
• Encourage and support innovative practice and multidisciplinary teamwork
• Lead in development of clinical audit and guidelines
• Lead in incident investigation and care reviews
• Development of staff
• Monitoring of staff wellbeing at work
• Budget management

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Details
Date posted
22 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
47,810 to 54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
319-7491836PM
Job locations
Wansbeck General Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ
Job description
Job responsibilities

• To be responsible for coordinating the provision of continuous clinical care within allocated resources, providing a quality service and high clinical standards for all patients in your area.
• To be responsible for the management of all human resources issues relating to the staff employed in your area.
• To act as Budget Holder, accountable for the management of the ward budget, and for the management of the wards charitable fund.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC code of Professional Conduct.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organizational boundaries.

Job description
Job responsibilities

• To be responsible for coordinating the provision of continuous clinical care within allocated resources, providing a quality service and high clinical standards for all patients in your area.
• To be responsible for the management of all human resources issues relating to the staff employed in your area.
• To act as Budget Holder, accountable for the management of the ward budget, and for the management of the wards charitable fund.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC code of Professional Conduct.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/ departments and across organizational boundaries.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Registered Mentor

Desirable

• Managerial qualification
• Leadership course
• ENB 730
• Degree or Diploma
• ECDL qualification

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience at Band 6 equivalent level
• LEO or equivalent experience
• Experience of relevant specialty
• Experience of coordinating a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential

• 1st Level Registered Nurse
• Registered Mentor

Desirable

• Managerial qualification
• Leadership course
• ENB 730
• Degree or Diploma
• ECDL qualification

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience at Band 6 equivalent level
• LEO or equivalent experience
• Experience of relevant specialty
• Experience of coordinating a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Skills Required