Deputy Ward Manager

Transformation Unit; Maidstone; Híbrido; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Join Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust as a Deputy Ward Manager in a 16-bed acute older adult female mental health ward. You will support admission, leadership, and family engagement, with access to NHS leadership academy courses and in-house leadership development.

You will mentor students and work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, high-quality care. The role emphasises safeguarding, effective communication, and supervision of staff, with probation and DBS checks in

Formación

• Post-qualification RMN with mentorship training to mentor students.
• Ability to support the needs of people with acute mental illness, their relatives and carers.
• Excellent communication and liaison skills.

Responsabilidades

• We will act with care, kindness, compassion and inclusivity.
• Collaborate with you and listen to you.
• Your voice will be central to your care.
• We strive to continually improve ourselves and our service.

Conocimientos

RMN experience

Leadership

Career passion

Educación

NMC registration

Descripción del empleo

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range ofongoing benefitsto our valued workforce. From an activehealth and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

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Job overview

We are looking for a Deputy Ward Manager to join our team. You will have a passion for supporting Older Adults during admission to inpatient services - supporting them and their families in their recovery.

If you have a keen interest in developing your leadership skills then we have the support for you to develop them: We offer access to NHS leadership academy courses, our own in-house leadership courses, coaching and mentoring as well as regular team days, reflective practice and management and clinical supervision!

In order to be shortlisted you will need:

• Post-qualification experience working as a RMN
• Strong leadership skills
• Care and passion for the people that we serve

Main duties of the job

We commit to you that we will act with care, kindness, compassion and inclusivity.

• We will work beside you and collaboratively with you.
• We will listen to you.
• Your voice will be centre to your care.
• We strive to continually improve ourselves and our service.

If you feel your values align with our teams then we would love to hear from you. We are an 16 bedded acute older adult female mental health ward caring for people during a mental health crisis. The work can be challenging and very rewarding.

You will be working with people to support them with their mental and physical health, learning new skills to cope with distress and keeping people safe.

A key part of our role is working with family and loved ones, as well as part of our wider multidisciplinary team (Doctors, nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and more).

Working for our organisation

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.

Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• You must have post-registration experience and have completed mentorship training to be able to mentor students.
• You must also be able to support the needs of people with acute mental illness, their relatives and carers.
• This requires excellent communication and liaison skills.
• You will need to have a good knowledge of MHA and safeguarding.
• You will also have excellent interpersonal skills to manage and supervise staff effectively.
• You will be working with a wide range of experienced and friendly professionals providing high quality care with compassion.
• We offer regular clinical supervision and management supervision.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

Person specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Good working knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
• Effective organisational /planning and decision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Good knowledge and practice of IT skills.
• Enhanced leadership skills e.g. taking charge, delegation of duties, supervising others.
• Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.

Training, Qualifications and Registration

• Maintain NMC registration through agreed CPD.
• Be on the live register of mentors and participate in student mentorship and preceptorship.

Experience

• Leadership Experience
• Experience of working in an inpatient setting
• Up to date knowledge and clinical leadership on all aspects of mental health and learning disability nursing
• Previous experience as a Band 6

Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.

To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.

Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter

The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.