Are you:
A qualified healthcare professional with experience of working within mental health?
Ready to gain some experience for the next step in your carer development?
Passionate about providing high quality compassionate care to the population of Nottinghamshire?
Rowan 1 is a 16 bedded male Acute Ward based at Highbury Hospital in Nottingham. The MDT work closely together to provide high quality. The ward has a keen focus on therapeutic activity and engagement and as Ward Manager you would be key in ensuring positive experiences for patients and staff alike.
You will become part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, with focus on assessment of need, treatment, and recovery, while placing the patient at the centre of care planning. We provide inpatient care for men aged between 18-65 years old.
Highbury Hospital provides high quality care 24 hours a day 7 days a week to people from Nottingham City and County who are experiencing a range of mental health and emotional difficulties. This role is within adult mental health services, additionally on site there are services from MHSOP and SSD Mental Health services.
Main duties of the job
*Please note this is a fixed term contract for 9 months.*
We are seeking a proactive, compassionate, caring and recovery focused Ward Manager with excellent communication skills to lead a male Acute Ward based at Highbury Hospital.
As the Ward Manager you will be overseeing care approaches and systems of delivery. You will be pivotal in providing strong leadership throughout the wider team ensuring that high standards are maintained and improved upon.
This excellent opportunity also provides the successful candidate to attend a variety of professional meetings, working collaboratively with the MDT and develop knowledge of clinical governance.
You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to deliver a challenging agenda, including the management and leadership of a nursing team delivering high quality nursing services.
Our core values of honesty, compassion, trust, respect and teamwork are very important to us, both in terms of patient care and staff care, and as such this is an exciting opportunity in a unique field of nursing.
You must be a Registered Healthcare professional who has extensive experience of working with people with complex mental health preferably within inpatient settings.
In return, we offer you a supporting professional network of colleagues, opportunities for career development, access to high quality clinical supervision, and an employer who is supportive of your own physical and mental wellbeing.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Job description
Job responsibilities
* As the Ward Manager you will be pivotal to the leadership throughout the wider MDT ensuring that high standards of care are maintained.
* The Ward Manager will be responsible for the management and leadership of clinical ward staff ensuring patients receive effective services and that performance targets are met.
* The Ward Manager will ensure that the staff teams wellbeing needs are supported.
* The Ward Manager will work closely with medical colleagues and others to ensure strong MDT clinical leadership and to manage team resources and budgets.
* The Ward Manager will work closely health and social care partner agencies as well as the independent sector to ensure timely discharge and effective community follow up, signposting where necessary.
* There is an expectation of participation with the on call rota providing management and leadership support out of usual hours to AMH services.
* To ensure the development of services in line with the business plans particularly the implementation of the Trust aims and objectives developed in line with National Targets.
* To understand and appreciate organisational structures, business strategy and the work of other departments for the development of the service.
Person Specification
Training
Essential
* Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities) plus further specialist knowledge/post registration experience to diploma level or equivalent underpinned by theory within physical healthcare or other formal training
* Maintain current registration on a professional register
* Demonstrates continuing professional development within their specialism
* Management and leadership qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrate satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding
Desirable
* The ability to deal with and resolve conflict
Knowledge
Essential
* Advanced knowledge of the principals of medication management and concordance
* Knowledge of education of others and identification of training requirements
* Advanced knowledge of the Care Programme Approach, Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty and Safeguarding etc.
* Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
* Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's
Desirable
* Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care.
* Knowledge of management theories
Skills
Essential
* Demonstrate leadership and management skills and qualities
Desirable
* A high level of emotional intelligence
Values and Behaviours
Essential
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Employer details
Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Highbury Hospital
Highbury Road
Bulwell
NG6 9DR
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