Job Description

Spire Healthcare, Thames Valley, | Slough | Nursing Manager | Surgical Ward| Full Time

At Spire Thames Valley Hospital, our Ward Managers don’t just lead teams—they shape patient experiences. In this role, you’ll be at the heart of delivering exceptional care, guiding your team to provide safe, compassionate and outstanding clinical outcomes. Every day, your leadership will make a real difference to patients and their families, ensuring they feel supported, respected and cared for throughout their journey.

As Ward Manager, you’ll be responsible for leading and inspiring a high-performing nursing team, ensuring the highest standards of clinical quality and patient safety. You’ll play a key role in driving service excellence, managing resources effectively, and creating a positive, collaborative working environment where your team can thrive.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of planned care for patients
• Display effective management of clinical teams, in a safe and caring environment, in the most efficient and clinically effective way
• Develop own knowledge and practice and assist others to continually professionally develop
• Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas, and work practices
• Develop and improve services
• Support the Head of Clinical Services in the overall management of the healthcare environment.

Who we're looking for

• NMC registered Nurse with no restrictions on practice
• Minimum of 5 years nursing experience gained within acute settings
• Experience of working at Sister/Charge Nurse level in a Surgical unit
• Substantial post-registration CPD in management and other clinically related subjects would be advantageous

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:

• 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Free on-site parking
• A supportive team within a leading independent healthcare provider
• Private health insurance for your peace of mind
• Gym and wellbeing benefits to support your lifestyle
• Ongoing professional development and career progression

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.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your leadership career and make a meaningful impact, I'd love to hear from you.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about career opportunities with Spire, please contact Alison Roberts at alison.roberts@spirehealthcare.com.

Closing Date: If sufficient applications are received, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Please submit your application as soon as possible.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care' Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.