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Job overview

We now have an opportunity for a full time  Ward Manager position at the Intermediate Care Unit  which is a 34 bedded unit in Peterborough, to work alongside our current Ward Manager. 

We are looking for a dynamic Registered Nurse, Paramedic or Therapist to provide leadership and clinical expertise to  manage our team of Nursing and Therapy staff. 

We have collectively four Physical Health inpatient rehabilitation units across Cambridgeshire who work closely together to ensure standardised quality care to our patients.

The Team has a passion for improvement, innovation and delivery of high quality care  to patients on our rehabilitation unit, which also includes Early Stroke Discharge patients. 

We work closely with the wider MDT team to ensure patients are safely and effectively discharged to their identified place of residence.

Main duties of the job

To provide leadership and have operational oversight of the inpatient services within Cambridgeshire, delivering safe and effective high quality services, within the available resources, to achieve the patient’s outcomes.

The post holder will deliver services within an agreed service model, working with patients and carers, and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships.

The post holder will deliver and establish effective multi-disciplinary working within the bedded unit , this will include overseeing the smooth running of the MDT, admission and discharge procedures, delayed transfers of care, length of stay, clinical audit, standards and outcomes for patients and other quality aspects of ward environments which includes PLACE, and other forms of quality checking. 

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. 

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.