Clinical Nurse Manager

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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.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

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 highest quality care to meet therapeutic needs of our patients. As a service we will provide you with supervision, ongoing personal development, a stimulating & challenging working environment and opportunities for career development.

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 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

Overview of Main Duties and Responsibilities

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 improve quality.

6. To enable people to exercise their rights and promote their equality and diversity.

7. To ensure the ongoing assessment of people's care needs on the ward.

8. To ensure that the planning, delivery and evaluation of care programmes addresses the complex and changing needs all patients.

9. To develop and sustain partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies.

10. To lead the ward team in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice.

11. To allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess the work of the team and individuals

12. 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.

13. To plan, obtain and deploy physical and/or financial resources.

14. To ensure the recovery approach is embedded in day to day clinical practice.

15. 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.

We're rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

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

Essential criteria

• Registered on the NMC register, parts 3, 4 or 13
• Relevant post registration health care and/or management qualifications
• Mentorship/Teaching & assessing qualification

Desirable criteria

• First or higher degree in appropriate subject area
• NVQ Assessor
• Recovery training
• Non-Medical Prescriber

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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
• Competent in operating CPA systems.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
• Knowledge and understanding of 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

Essential criteria

• 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 Ability to manage competing priorities.
• Effective written and verbal communication and positive interpersonal skills.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• 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 . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

• Candidate Pack (PDF, 992.2KB)