Ward Manager Spring Ward

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic inspiring Ward Manager, someone who is enthusiastic, innovative and wants to work in a service that is committed to providing individualized evidenced based care.

The ward aims to promote recovery and rehabilitation with service users, preparing them to progress on the forensic pathway. The multidisciplinary team focus on providing compassionate care and a safe and therapeutic environment. Team working and collaboration is therefore imperative in the smooth running of the ward. A good ward manager needs to be able to communicate effectively, be a good listener and show strong leadership skills. They need to understand the needs and demands of the nursing team and ensure there is a good balance of skill sets and personalities to work alongside the demands and needs of the service users. They need to have skills to liaise with outside agencies such as community mental health teams, MAPPA, probation, police, family and carers.

Achieving a safe and successful pathway for our service users is the overall goal for Spring Ward and the appointment of a ward manager who can effectively assist with this aim is paramount.

Main duties of the job

Spring Ward is part of forensic pathway which is managed byCroydon and Behavioral & Developmental Psychiatry Operations Directorate.

The whole pathway includes medium secure beds for both male and female patients, an offender personality disorder unit, a low secure unit, an open rehabilitation ward, and four community forensic teams. The individual services support each other and meet weekly to plan care transition. Spring ward accepts admissions from prisons, high security, medium security, low security, acute wards and community. Patients receive treatment and support to enable them to achieve a safe and successful discharge to the community.

We believe that frontline clinical leadership is essential to improving patient experience and outcomes, and offer opportunities for development, training and support. We are a forward-thinking service and welcome new ideas and improved ways of working to enhance the service user experience.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits fromkeyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will lead the dedicated multi-professional team in providing care for female service users. The candidate will need to be passionate about high quality patient care and have experience in leadership and Quality Improvement. The post holder will be able to work autonomously as well as part of a multi professional team.

Spring Ward is located in River House at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham. Spring Ward is a 15 bedded medium secure ward that caters for female adults.

The team benefits from having an experienced Consultant, Speciality doctor, dedicated OT, Psychologist and social worker. Research opportunities are abundant. We have a large number of students from all disciplines.

Person specification

education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RMN - Certificate
• Mentorship Training - Certificate
• Continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Diploma/Degree course

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in managing inpatient clinical practice at a band 6 level
• Significant experience in managing clinical practice at a band 6
• Significant experience in managing and monitoring clinical standards at a band 6
• Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students

Desirable criteria

• Experience of /involvement in project work
• Experience of recruitment and selection of staff

skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
• Ability to analyse and manage complex issues
• Ability to Manage Change
• Ability to delegate appropriately
• An ability to develop a therapeutic relationship
• Ability to appreciate the Role of the Ward Manager and how to balance clinical and non-clinical responsibilities.
• Ability to nurse patients with care and compassion
• Skilled in the communication of sensitive issues
• Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
• Ability to present information both written and oral and communicate this effectively
• Ability to role model, reflect and provide evidence of conflict resolution
• Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
• Clinical skills relevant to the post applied for
• Skilled in the assessment and monitoring of common physical health problems and able to deliver appropriate care

Desirable criteria

• Ability to use computerised information and communication systems
• Ability to facilitate groups
• Research and audit skills
• Ability to provide relevant training to the service

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• A knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems.
• Experience of racial awareness/diversity training
• Current up to date knowledge of relevant legislation

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

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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

• Job Description (PDF, 512.6KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)