Ward Manager (Same Day Emergency Care)

We are looking for a highly skilled and outstanding Nurse Practitioner to join the Same Day Emergency Care Unit at Friarage Hospital as our ward/ unit manager. This role will involve 60% management of the service and 40% clinical contribution., The Ward/ Unit manager within SDEC will also practice as a nurse practitioner within the department. They will continuously evaluate their role supporting the service and staff, alongside patients with complex and urgent care needs. They will work with the clinical service lead and area professional leads in partnership with local consultants, GP practices and the local PCN's to further develop services which are of value to the commissioners and meet the local needs of the population.

The post holder will be the responsible ward manager for Same Day Emergency Care unit and Outpatient Home Parental Antimicrobial Therapy service (60% time), alongside working autonomously as part of the SDEC to provide an assessment, diagnosis and undertake treatments/ interventions and care for patients with differential diagnosis by following agreed pathways (40% time). They will provide the hospital at night out of hours service, giving support to the junior medical team and the hospital site with advanced clinical skills.

The ward manager alongside the management and leadership skills will have advanced clinical skills (minimum level 6 clinical skills) in assessment and will evidence management of acute/chronic clinical conditions, multiple co-morbidities and polypharmacy, within the acute or urgent treatment centre environment, ensuring an optimum standard of patient centred care.

You will have significant post-registration experience, leadership and management experience, be a non-medical prescriber and have advanced clinical skills to help you effectively manage patients in the Same Day Emergency Care Unit.

Experience of working within an emergency assessment unit or urgent treatment centre would be an advantage and we encourage informal visits to the area.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS


• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours


• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills


• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role


After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.