We have an exciting opportunity for a Ward Manager to join our inpatient team within the Learning Disabilities and Autism care group.
As part of the development of Water Meadow View, our new state-of-the-art 14-bed facility for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health, you will be a key member of the mobilisation project team and take the lead on specific work streams, recruitment, and operating procedure development. Once the hospital opens, you will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of high-quality inpatient care, reporting to the Modern Matron.
One of the Trust's aims is to deliver the best possible care to our patients, and this new inpatient unit will do just that. Water Meadow View will offer clinical excellence, support, and safety, with patient-centred care at its heart.
Working with the Modern Matron, the post holder will lead and be responsible for the delivery of high-quality care and patient experience within the care group's inpatient settings through proactive clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary staff at all levels within their clinical area of responsibility.
The post holder will ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, compassionate, person-centred care and ensure that care delivered is in a safe and clean environment.
This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians and will be an integral part of the Nursing and Quality Team.
The successful candidate will have leadership experience, exceptional communication skills, motivational and influencing skills, and be able to encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.
The post holder will deliver on key responsibilities within the inpatient service:
• Being visible and leading by example
• Data collection and collation, including patient feedback, to evaluate performance, share learning, and improve standards
• Allocation and auditing of staff and equipment to ensure the “right staff can deliver the right care at the right time,” which would also involve HR recruitment, attendance, sickness, line management, and staff support
• Overall patient flow of the hospital, including discharges
• Clinical judgement and observations
• Clinical teaching, upskilling, and assessment of staff and student nurses
• Resolving problems for patients and their relatives by building closer relationships
• Leading and coordinating staff meetings
• Ensuring consistent support for patients
• Driving up clinical standards
• Implementing existing legislation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Apr 2025