Ward Manager

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated mental health nurse to manage Bridge Ward, a male adult acute inpatient ward. The role necessitates leadership and interpersonal skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality patient care in a supportive environment. Ideal candidates should have a minimum of three years of mental health nursing experience and possess a Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification. Flexible working requests will be considered, enhancing work-life balance without compromising service quality.

Benefits

Flexible working requests considered

Regular supervision and developmental appraisal

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services.
• Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care within community settings.
• Registered healthcare professional with Band 6 level experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage Bridge Ward, ensuring high standards of care are delivered.
• Engage with carers and outside agencies.
• Lead and motivate nursing staff in providing quality patient-focused care.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Mentorship

Negotiation

Flexibility

Leadership

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification

Evidence of post-registration study

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Local Service Division to manage Bridge Ward which is a male adult acute inpatient ward.

Bridge Ward is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated family of staff who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.

The range of skills you can learn and develop while working on Bridge Ward is wide and varied, working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.

This opportunity will be both challenging and rewarding, and the successful candidate will receive regular supervision and developmental appraisal, thus enhancing current practice and future career prospects. This post will suit a pro-active practitioner who wants to make a difference for service users who have complex needs will be able to lead and motivate nursing staff in the provision of high quality patient focused care.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels, and have an understanding of leading and managing a service. You will be expected to demonstrate good clinical assessment skills and to ensure a high standard of care is delivered on the ward. It is imperative that you can engage with carers and outside agencies as one of our main objectives is to support are service users to be able to participate confidently in the community with a variety of services.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities

Applicants should be a registered healthcare professional with experience at Band 6 level or above and have inpatient/post registration experience, together with evidence of post registration study and continuing professional development.

Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification.
• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services
• Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development.

Knowledge/Experience

• Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care within the community setting.
• Evidence of experience working with older people in a variety of health care settings

Personal Attributes

• Professional attitude.
• Flexibility
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the community team.

Skills

• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally
• Possess good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff
• Knowledge of developments in community care and of health legislation
• Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit

Values

• Accountability
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.