Ward Manager

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in the UK seeks a Ward Manager with leadership skills to oversee clinical operations and improve care standards. The role requires an NMC Registered Nurse with significant experience and expertise in managing mental health needs. Join a dedicated team focused on delivering better mental health outcomes for patients, families, and communities.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience at band 6/band 7 in relevant settings.
• Management of violence and aggression/challenging behaviour.
• Experience of multi-agency/professional working.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing and managerial leadership to the ward.
• Lead in recruitment, selection, and retention of staff.
• Ensure the ward is adequately staffed and safe.

Skills

Management of self-harm

Robust risk assessment

Ability to gain trust

Knowledge of legislation

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Evidence of CPD

Job description

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Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:

• Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high‑quality care across all our services.
• Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/

Job overview

This post requires a candidate with management and leadership skills in order to lead the ward clinically and operationally, and provide the highest level of care to their client group. The post holder will be supported by five Band 6 Deputy Managers and will be working closely with the senior management team in CYPS to deliver care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families and carers

Applicants will need to possess knowledge and skills of caring for both the physical and mental health needs of young people with enduring mental illness, and be able to ensure that staff are providing care to the standard expected.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clear nursing and managerial leadership to the patients and staff of the ward, managing the daily affairs of the ward to improve standards of care to patients.
• Lead in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff in the clinical area.
• Co‑ordinate bed management for the ward, ensuring good planning arrangements for admission and discharge of patients.
• Ensure the ward is adequately and safely staffed from within the agreed establishment by adopting a flexible approach to duty patterns using e‑rostering in accordance with Trust policies and guidelines.
• Ensure the efficient use of nursing resources to meet identified needs and manage this within agreed annual budget. Participate in budget setting with Service Manager.
• Ensure a safe and therapeutic ward environment, making efforts to reduce the numbers of Patient Safety Incidents. In the event of Patient Safety Incidents, ensure they are dealt with swiftly and in line with policy. Organise support to patients following incidents and debriefing of staff. Draw out learning points and areas for practice development.
• Investigate complaints, accidents and Patient Safety Incidents in accordance with agreed procedure and prepare reports.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high‑quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We’ll offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and a managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

The post holder will be aligned with our Values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

see Job Description for detailed information the main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Evidence of CPD

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at band 6/band 7 in relevant settings to post.
• Management of violence and aggression/challenging behaviour.
• Management of self‑harm and knowledge about suicide prevention and patient safety.
• Experience of supervision and appraisal of nurses/healthcare profession.
• Experience of multi‑agency/professional working. Knowledge of agencies to support patients and their families.
• Working knowledge of all relevant legislation associated with acute mental health inpatient care, including MHA, CPA procedures, Human Rights Act, NSF, Child Protection and NHS Plan.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential criteria

• Recognition of own limitations, strengths and weaknesses and an ability to seek advice when necessary.
• Ability to easily gain the trust, confidence and respect of clients, their relatives and staff of a variety of levels and disciplines.
• Robust risk assessment and risk management skills.

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.

Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.

Please be aware that your documents e.g. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

All non‑medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust’s satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Beacon Centre Ward Manager JD/PS (PDF, 288.2KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 525.8KB)
• A comprehensive guide for candidates (PDF, 875.7KB)