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Are you looking to take a step up into leadership or move into an adult-focused mental health setting?
We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative nurse with a real passion for in-patient nursing to be our next Ward Manager.
You should have a positive attitude and exceptional skills to work with patients with enduring mental illness and within a multi-disciplinary team. The team is positive, friendly, and supportive with a strong commitment to providing high-quality, evidence-based patient care in an acute setting.
Sapphire Ward provides a care environment for 20 male patients who require support in an acute phase of illness. Sapphire Ward aims to provide the highest standard of care in a safe, caring, and excellent way, ensuring that care provision is collaborative, holistic, and individualised.
This role is eligible for an incentive scheme of £3,500 paid at intervals over an 18-month period. All payments are pro-rata, non-pensionable, and subject to a clawback clause. Please note that only employees external to Oxford Health NHS are eligible for this scheme.
Responsibilities include:
1. Oversee the ward as part of the acute inpatient pathway, ensuring 24-hour managerial responsibility and maintaining high standards of nursing care.
2. Ensure the ward meets safety, security, quality, and governance standards in line with Oxford Health, QNWA, CQC, and HEALTHWATCH standards and procedures.
3. Develop multidisciplinary relationships, engage with patients and their families, demonstrate clinical expertise, and maintain accurate records.
4. Articulate a clear vision for inpatient service development, act as a role model, and lead clinical responses to incidents.
5. Manage care effectively with the Multidisciplinary Team, responsible for time management, recruitment, appraisals, and ensuring infection control policies are applied to all staff in your team.
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.
Oxford Health is a great place to work. To showcase the best of yourself when making an application, please read the candidate guide to making an application and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team.
Our values are: Caring, safe, and excellent.
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers
* Competitive pension scheme
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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