Deputy Ward Manager - Birmingham

St Andrew's Healthcare; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Blue Light Card discounts

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Life cover

Electric car lease scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Healthcare cash plan

Free parking

Paid DBS application

Access to vocational qualifications

Job summary

St Andrew’s Birmingham is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary ward team in a busy psychiatric setting in Birmingham. The role focuses on delivering safe, patient-centred care and ensuring high standards across clinical services.

You will support the Ward Manager, supervise nursing staff, and contribute to continuous quality improvement within a 125-bed site. The role offers a full-time, on-site position with enhancements on top of salary.

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing leadership and clinical governance.
• Ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and manage wards.
• Commitment to patient-centred care and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ward team to deliver safe, compassionate care.
• Line manage and develop nursing staff.
• Deputise for the Ward Manager when required.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Nursing care

Job description

If you are keen to develop, are passionate about patient care and looking for your next position in nursing leadership then this role is for you!

Deputy Ward Manager

Location: Birmingham

Salary from £40,447 + Enhancements

Hours – Full time 37.5

A Bit About Us

We are St Andrew’s a mental health charity with a clear purpose: to inspire hope for people living with complex mental health needs. Our Birmingham site is on an ambitious improvement journey.

St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 125 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport

We provide safe, effective, patient-centred care in line with national standards set by the Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services, essential standards from the CQC, and best practice guidance relevant to secure care from the National Institute of Health and Social Care Excellence (NICE).

We ensure our patients consistently get the best possible outcomes, and local teams gain more control and responsibility. At St Andrew’s you can enjoy a special sense of pride and belonging – by helping transform the lives of patients, while shaping the future you want for yourself.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a confident, passionate individual who wants to make a difference to the lives of the individuals we support.

If you would like to be part of working with an innovative and dynamic team and add to our supportive work environment, then this is the place for you! This will be a personally and professionally rewarding role.

Main Duties of the Role

You will lead your team by example and work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. There will be a degree of flexibility in shifts allowing direct links with your colleagues across our expert Multi-Disciplinary Teams with the aim of delivering high standards of care through continuity and consistency.

You Will Need To

• Co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary team/s to ensure all clinical services provided to the ward function effectively and efficiently to meet individual patient needs.
• Collaboratively contributing towards providing visible and strong clinical leadership that sets the appropriate culture for effective team working, clinical outcomes and patient engagement.
• Responsible for line managing and developing designated nursing staff in order to maintain high standards and lead clinical care, resulting in high levels of engagement.
• Lead by example; acting with honesty, respect, commitment and consistency
• Supporting the Ward Manager in motivating, assessing, training, developing, appraising and retaining appropriate staff enabling them to have the skills, expertise and discretion to function effectively in their roles, and to deliver high-quality care.
• Ensure that patients receive quality care in a safe and least restrictive manner by monitoring and ensuring adherence to least restrictive practice.
• Ensures the clinical environment is clean and safe for all and is fit-for-purpose for delivering quality care.
• Implements evidence-based standards of clinical care that are safe, person-centred and effective. Ensure that charity standards, policy, procedures and protocols are adhered to and that concerns are identified and immediately managed or escalated. Be professionally responsible for compliance with quality standards.
• To ensure ward staff are engaged in continuous quality improvement that supports the ongoing delivery of effective and efficient clinical services
• Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence or as required.

Reward

• Pension
• Sickness policy on par with the NHS
• Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes
• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 33 days after 10 years' service
• Life cover
• Electric Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Free parking
• Paid DBS application
• Access to free vocational qualifications

Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.