Deputy Ward Manager - Mental Health

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse. This role offers a chance to provide essential care in a supportive environment while developing your skills through various training opportunities. We value staff wellbeing and encourage flexible working arrangements to suit your lifestyle.

Benefits

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working options

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in a mental health setting.
• Ability to manage and mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to patients requiring mental health interventions.
• Lead and support ward teams in delivering complex patient care.

Skills

Effective leadership

Communication skills

Empathy

Resilience

Job description

It’s an exciting time to join us at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a Band 6 Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurse to join us in our inpatient services and take on the role of Deputy Ward Manager.

We are looking for caring, empathetic, enthusiastic individuals who have a passion to improve the lives of our patients. This role will be to provide care and support to patients who require mental health interventions, guidance or monitoring.

At LSCFT we will support you in your personal and career development. You will have access to lifelong learning with a great range of training opportunities including a comprehensive preceptorship, leadership and coaching.

Staff wellbeing is important to us and that’s why we have our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, along with our Resilience Hub offering wellbeing support covering emotional, psychological and financial issues. We also offer flexible working options.

We are seeking a confident individual who are keen to contribute to the delivery of high quality nursing care and service development. You should have a strong interest of working with patients with mental health needs and substantial experience of working in a challenging environment. You should have a high level of resilience and patience and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to demonstrate a warm, patient centred approach to care.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills and engage in multi-disciplinary team working. You will be expected to facilitate and coordinate the delivery of a mental health service, taking a lead in, and supporting the ward teams with complex patient care, for those with mental health needs. You will have direct line management and supervision responsibilities providing support and leadership to junior staff whilst taking on the role of mentor/assessor as well as deputising for the ward manager as and when needed.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Joanne Waterston Job title: Modern Matron Email address: [e-mail]

If you like to apply for this exciting vacancy, please complete your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

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If you would like to discuss this post further please contact Joanne Waterston, Modern Matron – [e-mail]