Deputy Ward Managers

Eput; Wickford; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Pension up to 14.5%

Relocation package £8K

Season ticket loans

Job summary

EPUT is recruiting Deputy Ward Managers for Brockfield House, a 7-ward in-patient mental health unit. These roles are Full Time and Permanent, serving adults aged 18–65 detained under the Mental Health Act or court order.

You will act as a role model, supervise nurses and HCAs, work with external agencies, and ensure high-quality care while delivering audits and adhering to Trust policies.

Qualifications

• Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN with current registration.
• Experience in mental health settings and working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to supervise and develop junior staff and maintain audits.

Responsibilities

• Work independently as part of a clinician team providing 24/7 mental health access.
• Act as a role model, supervising nurses and HCAs to ensure high-quality care.
• Collaborate with partner organisations (MAPPA, MOJ, Parole Board, Probation) and service users.
• Complete clinical audits and ensure compliance with Trust policies.

Education

Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN

Job description

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Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for Deputy Ward Managers to join our Team here at Brockfield House.

These roles are Full Time & Permanent.

At Brockfield House we are a Multidisciplinary team that provides individualised care aimed at reducing risk, recovery and rehabilitation to prevent further offending.

We work closely with external agencies such as MAPPA, MOJ, Parole Board, Probation Services, and Border force. Our Service is covered by 7 wards across the site that supports people between the ages of 18-65 who are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 or court order.

There are 7 wards, 5 Medium Secure and 2 Low Secure.

Main duties of the job

To work independently and accountably as part of a team of clinicians offering 24 hr mental health access and information in the locality of the Trust. The service will be 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for 365 days a year working shifts in an in-patient low secure forensic setting.

To act as a role model to other Nurses and HCAs, supervising them to ensure high quality care is provided.

Work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.

To deliver a high quality and effective operational service to patients with complex needs, in accordance with the principles and objective of the Trust and its vision as identified in the service.

To work collaboratively with others within the new organization to provide an exemplary level of care to service users and their Carers.

To complete the required clinical audits, ensure compliance with Trust and local Policies and Procedures

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to attached Job Description & Person Specification for full list of Responsibilities and Requirements for the role.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person specification

Education

• Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN

Experience

• Requirement to undertake carers assessments
• Understanding of / and the ability to conduct assessments and reviews of care.
• Understanding of the nature of mental health conditions and how they can affect people’s day to day life and impact upon recovery
• Previous Band 6 experience
• Previous experience with the assessment of Students

Knowledge

• Deliver training to colleagues and lower banded staff
• Ability to support the team to meet their key performance indicators and contractual targets
• To assess and treat own caseload of service users in accordance with Trust clinical pathways
• Working knowledge of the Paris Clinical Information System

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note -staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.