Deputy Ward Manager/Charge Nurse

Job overview

As a Deputy Ward Manager on Ash Ward, you will be a role model, leader and clinical lead. A Deputy Ward Manager is an exciting role where you will take leadership responsibilities and develop your clinical leadership, while maintaining your hands-on nursing skills. The emphasis of this role is about promoting clinical expertise and teaching, whilst being a key member of the ward leadership team.

Ash Ward is a dynamic 15 bedded Male Medium Secure and Forensic ward. We have to consider a complex picture for our service users of victims of significant trauma and abuse, but also perpetrators of violence. We explore through a multi-disciplinary approach including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists how to support our service users. We use different professionals’ expertise to analyse the needs of our service users including exploring the trauma, minimisation of risk, coping strategies, positive behaviour plans etc.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

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Ash Ward is a dynamic work place and requires nurses to manage an ever-changing environment. As a Deputy Ward Manager, your responsibilities will be;

• Up hold the values of the ward promoting openness, transparency and learning

• Supervision of junior staff

• Enthusiastic mentor to new staff, newly qualified nurses and junior staff

• Oversee certain areas of clinical expertise such as medication management and physical health provision on the ward

• Support the Ward Manager with HR tasks such as return to works and sickness monitoring

• Accurate and timely clinical documentation

• Manage shifts as a nurse in charge

• Work a mixture of shifts including Long Days (07:00 – 19:30) and Nights (19:00 – 07:30)
• Conducting thorough assessments of risks and risk management plans to support incidents on the ward

We are looking for an individual who is resilient, driven and passionate to provide high quality nursing care to our patients, whist supporting the leadership on Ash  ward.

Working for our organisation

 

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

Our organisation is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

This post offers a Golden Hello, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document).