Job Description:

Unit Manager (Cardiac Ward)

Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, SW5 0TU

Full Time (37.5hrs)

£55,320 - £64,252pa + Fantastic Benefits

We make health happen.

The cardiac unit manager is a new role and will lead and oversee all activity and operations within the new cardiac ward at the Cromwell Hospital.

This is an excellent opportunity for nurse with proven clinical expertise, leadership experience, and demonstrable background in cardiac/thoracic medicine and surgery.

They will manage the nurses across their areas, supporting the Clinical Team Leaders to provide safe staffing levels and high-quality nursing care. They will be role models to their staff and be highly visible in their areas ensuring a high level of professionalism is maintained.

Reporting to the modern matron for medicine, the cardiac unit manager is an influential role and will be easily identifiable, accessible and a key figure to whom patients and their families can turn to for assistance, advice and support.  You will support initiatives to improve the services to our customers, and make sure there is complete adherence to clinical compliance and regulatory/governance requirements as relevant for your specialisation.

How you'll help us make health happen.

• Provide strong leadership all teams within the cardiac ward and ensure senior clinical presence on the ward/unit.

• Manage quality improvement initiatives to drive up high quality clinical care.

• Manage the audit process to improve patient care delivery and implement tools to improve the quality of care, ensuring that staff receive feedback and implement action as directed.

• Ensure that Clinical team leaders identify poor performance, manage conduct issues and provide appropriate support to individuals as required. Manage formal HR processes.

• Manage teams effectively, delegating appropriately and holding staff to account for the delivery of specific objectives and targets, maximising their performance through regular performance coaching and review, reflective practice and ensuring staff meet the required standards in their current job whilst developing their skills and knowledge.

• Work with the Matron in the financial management of the service being aware of budgets and working within them.

• Investigate complex incidents & complaints and identify and implement corrective action.

• Manage the delivery of a consistent, safe service in all aspects of the patient journey and instil a culture of customer service throughout the nursing team.

• Foster a culture within the wards that ensures consistent compliance with internal policy and external regulatory standards, through monitoring and driving improvements on clinical indicators for nursing.

• Facilitate the cascade of information as a 2-way flow by ensuring awareness of Directorate and Hospital initiatives, support staff discussion and respond to feedback.

• Manage compliance of safeguarding and ensure the correct procedure are followed.

Key Skills / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Adult/ RN (essential)

• Previous cardiac experience (essential)

• Proven leadership/management experience in a healthcare environment (essential)

• Significant understanding of ILS/ALS

• Exceptional communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Payment of professional registration fees

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

If you would like more information on the role, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact jack.mccool@bupa.com

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