We are recruiting for a Deputy Ward Manager who wishes to join our team on Seagrove Ward. Seagrove Ward is a six-bed mixed sex Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU); which forms part of the wider mental health acute care pathway within the integrated Isle of Wight NHS Trust. The team aim to provide collaborative and individualised patient care in a safe and therapeutic environment.
The right candidate will be imaginative, enthusiastic, and able to demonstrate excellent clinical and operational leadership skills. You will also be able to demonstrate the attributes necessary to support junior members of the team through supervision, appraisal, and clinical expertise.
We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our supportive nurse led Multi-disciplinary Team. You will receive a full induction, regular supervision, and opportunities for continuing professional development as well as support to develop within this role.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity, please contact Fiona Cleary on (01983) 534074.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to aid staff development and demonstrate sound leadership skills. You will promote and maintain high standards of care, whilst supporting and assisting to implement local and national improvement strategies and initiatives.
Inpatient wards/units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the ward/unit through:
1. Actively promoting teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.
2. Demonstrating clinical leadership and oversight in terms of the clinical practice of others.
3. Delivering Clinical Supervision to Junior Staff, acting as the shift lead and carrying out clinical audits where necessary.
4. Providing nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensuring the effective assessment, formulation, planning, and monitoring of care given to inpatient service users; including the implementation of meaningful activity for inpatient service users and to analyse the effectiveness of these activities.
About us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.
The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.
Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 1st level registered nurse, RN(MH), RN(LD) with current NMC Registration
* Mentorship registered with NMC
* Independent/non-medical prescriber
Experience
* High level knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care including experience of delivering CBT based interventions
* Knowledge and working experience of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs
* Current national legislative and professional requirements relating to social and health care and the processes implemented locally (Community Care Act, Mental health Act)
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.
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