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Site: St Bernards Town Southall
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa inc of all allowances
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/2025 23:59
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
Job overview
West London Forensic Service provides comprehensive multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment & rehabilitation services for male & female mentally disordered offenders, plus those with challenging behaviour & specialist rehabilitation needs. We are looking for an enthusiastic & capable Ward manager to join our team on Parkland Ward & help provide the highest quality care to meet the therapeutic needs of our patients.
Parkland Ward is part of Women’s Forensic Services, it is a Medium Secure admission ward.
The central function of Parkland Ward is to assess & address the therapeutic needs of patients & provide individual tailored programmes with an acknowledgment of specific gender needs of women. The ward aims to reduce risk, promote development of insight & enable patients to progress through their care pathway.
Main duties of the job
1. To establish and maintain communication with various individuals and groups of patients, carers and staff on complex potentially stressful topics in a range of situations.
2. To develop knowledge and practice on the ward and across the service.
3. To promote best practice in health, safety and security.
4. To develop and improve services.
5. To enable people to exercise their rights and promote their equality and diversity.
6. To ensure the ongoing assessment of people’s care needs on the ward.
7. To ensure that the planning, delivery and evaluation of care programmes addresses the complex and changing needs of all patients.
8. To develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.
9. To lead the ward team in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice.
10. To allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess the work of the team and individuals.
11. To adhere to NMC Code of Professional Conduct guidelines and requirements, promoting the highest standards of conduct and maintaining knowledge of current issues and changes in professional practice.
12. To plan, obtain and deploy physical and/or financial resources.
13. To ensure the recovery approach is embedded in day to day clinical practice.
14. To promote the Trust values (Togetherness, Responsibility, Excellence and Caring).
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK. Our 6,000 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
Covid-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users and we will therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job description is attached for the post of Clinical Nurse Manager. Further information can be obtained via email or telephone.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered on the NMC register, parts 3, 4 or 13.
* Relevant post-registration health care and/or management qualifications.
* First or higher degree in appropriate subject area.
* NVQ Assessor.
* Recovery training.
* Non-Medical Prescriber.
Experience
* Two years’ at Clinical Team Leader Band 6 or above.
* Budget and resource management understanding.
* Experience of providing management supervision and appraisal.
* First line management & leadership experience.
* Competent in receiving and providing clinical supervision and reflective practice.
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance.
* Knowledge and understanding of the recovery approach.
* Awareness of nursing agendas, i.e. NHS plan and National Service Frameworks.
* Demonstrate a clear understanding of contemporary forensic issues.
* Knowledge of risk assessment.
* Understanding of audit processes.
Skills
* Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire others.
* Excellent team player and ability to facilitate partnership working.
* Capable of leading and managing change.
* Ability to manage under pressure.
* Ability to manage staff team/MDT and competing priorities.
* Effective written and verbal communication and positive interpersonal skills.
Other Requirements
* Maintain standards of organisational and professional conduct.
* Effective and credible role model.
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks.
Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.
We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.
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