Deputy Ward Manager

Reporting to the Endoscopy Unit Manager, the individual will be responsible for day to day supervision of the Endoscopy Units; support to the Unit Managers; support the training for the Endoscopy team; provide Senior Nurse Site cover; provide advanced pre-assessment; provide and plan nursing care; and provide effective communication across the multi-disciplinary team.

In addition, a contribution to the attainment of JAG Accreditation and operational delivery of the key performance indicators within the Endoscopy Unit will be expected. The individual will be expected to undertake, in the absence of the Unit Manager, key operational management duties such as HR and day to day unit supervision.

The Endoscopy Deputy Manager will be expected to attend a number of key meetings, such as the Endoscopy User Group, Endoscopy Governance Group and the Senior Nurse Group.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.

We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate.High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.