Ward Manager

Do you want to lead a demanding acute care unit that combines multidisciplinary cooperation, a jointly built operational culture, and continuous development? We are seeking a Ward Manager for a permanent position at the Meilahti Emergency Ward. The Emergency Ward provides a versatile operating environment where adult patients requiring emergency hospital care are treated in close cooperation with the joint emergency department, various specialties, and other partners. Our unit was formed by the merger of two previous emergency wards. Together, we have successfully built a common operational culture emphasizing open cooperation, strong professionalism, staff participation, and continuous operational development. We develop our activities together with the staff and invest in open interaction, a psychologically safe work community, continuous learning, and high-quality, safe patient care. Multidisciplinary cooperation and shared responsibility for smooth patient care pathways are central strengths of our operations. Our unit is known for its good community spirit, staff commitment, and attractiveness as a workplace. As the Ward Manager, you will serve as the immediate supervisor for the nursing staff and be responsible for managing the unit's operations, personnel, finances, and the quality of nursing care in close cooperation with the chief physician. You will work in active cooperation with other supervisors, physicians, and partners in the emergency area. In this role, you will lead: * staff competence, occupational well-being, and success at work * daily operations in a goal-oriented manner * the quality of nursing care, patient safety, and operational effectiveness * the planning of personnel resources * operational development utilizing principles of data-driven management and operational key figures. We hope that you are a development-oriented and solution-focused leader who: * builds trust and good cooperation * strengthens a psychologically safe operational culture * leads changes participatively * makes decisions and takes responsibility for the whole * utilizes data-driven management principles and operational key figures to support decision-making * promotes the development of staff competence, a good working atmosphere, and continuous learning. We value experience in acute care, supervisory work, and evidence of operational development in a changing operating environment. Good interaction, cooperation, and IT skills will support success in the position. We offer the opportunity to lead a well-functioning, attractive, and developing emergency ward as part of the HUS Acute competent supervisor network. In our work community, staff actively participate in operational development, and cooperation is seen as the foundation of success. You will be supported by competent and committed staff and close cooperation with the chief physician, head nurse, and other immediate supervisors. We invest in the development of our supervisors' competence and offer diverse opportunities for training and professional growth. Comprehensive HUS Group personnel benefits and diverse recreational events for HUS Acute employees are available to you. If you want to be part of developing high-quality acute care and leading a competent work community, we warmly welcome you to apply. As an HUS employee, we expect commitment to our shared values: Encounter – Pioneering – Equality. Salary is according to the SOTE agreement 4559.96 €/month plus possible years of service increments or a personal salary supplement. Start date: 1.10.2026 or by agreement. Interviews will be conducted in weeks 34-36. Welcome to our pleasant and cozy work community to complement the HUS Acute top supervisor team with your expertise! At HUS, you are in the work of a lifetime! Apply by the end of the application period. Eligibility requirements A suitable higher university degree and suitable experience, or suitable studies in management and administration and suitable experience, or previously approved ward manager qualification and suitable experience, and additionally a licensed healthcare professional. Language requirements: good oral and written skills in Finnish and satisfactory oral and written skills in Swedish, or good oral and written skills in Swedish and satisfactory oral and written skills in Finnish. We require vaccination protection in accordance with the Communicable Diseases Act for those working in customer and patient areas, and a health certificate regarding pulmonary tuberculosis for those working in healthcare units.