Ward Manager

North West Borough Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registered mental health nurse to manage Alt Ward, a busy inpatient unit for adults.

The post requires leadership of a multidisciplinary team, delivery of high-quality patient care, and robust engagement with carers and partner agencies.

The successful applicant will receive regular supervision and development opportunities to advance clinical practice.

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse with post-registration experience.
• Minimum of 3 years post-registration experience in mental health.
• Evidence of post-registration study / CPD.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate nursing staff on Alt Ward.
• Provide high-quality, patient-focused care on the ward.
• Engage with carers and external agencies to support service users.

Skills

Communication

Active listening

Leadership

Teamwork

Mentorship supervision

Education

Nurse registration

Tools

NHS IT systems

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Identity verification

Candidates attending interview will be required to provide original photographic identification where available. Where suitable photographic identification is not available, a photograph will be taken at interview for identity verification purposes. Successful candidates will also be required to complete digital identity and right to work checks via TrustID, including facial recognition and image matching technology, to verify their identity throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Identity verification will also be undertaken on the first day of employment in line with NHS employment check requirements.

Job overview

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

Alt 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 Alt 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.

Working for our organisation

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 we can and work alongside service users, …

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main 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

Essential criteria

• Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services
• Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of working within inpatient setting

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and nonverbally
• Possess good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff

Desirable criteria

• Able to use systems that include computer literate
• Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

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