Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the service to deliver against Spire key performance indicators, ensuring the efficient and safe running of the department.
- Line management and leadership of the in-patient services team including recruitment, induction, mandatory training, identification of learning and development needs through performance review and personal development planning, matters of discipline and grievance. Responsible for maintenance of staff personal files ensuring these are complete and up to date e.g. annual leave, training, sickness and any other absence.
- Resolve and manage complaints and patient feedback in line with Spire Policy.
- To ensure that effective systems are in place to manage stocks according to financial instructions, efficient utilisation, intelligent ordering and to work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure compliance with the above.
- Ensure all audits/reviews of the departments and their performance are undertaken and implement and complete action plans in response to findings.
- Working in line with the Business Development Team, develop the service and deliver against targets. This will include attracting Consultants to the service.
- Promote and maintain a close working relationship with external organisations to ensure standardisation and sharing of best practice.
- To ensure that Clinical Governance and risk management are embedded within daily practice.
- Carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the post.
Who we are looking for
- You will be a Registered Nurse with NMC pin
- Have experience of working in an acute environment.
- You will be an experienced Clinical Manager, ideally having experience on a busy surgical ward.
- You will have competence across a range of skills, supported by professional and clinical knowledge acquired through state registration and additional training.
- Ideally have experience working in a similar private hospital setting
- Experience of working at Ward Manager level as you will need to hit the ground running
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Benefits:
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
- 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
- Free Bupa wellness screening
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver at
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
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