Job summary
Ward Manager, Band 7 Permanent Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Ward Manager position on Scadbury older people's inpatient ward to support and provide leadership within our Inpatient Services in Bromley.
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated leader to support and manage the delivery of high quality inpatient mental health care on a mixed sex, older adult mental health ward.
You will be responsible for promoting and developing clinical leadership by acting as a positive role model who practices evidence-based care. You will be joining a supportive senior nursing team who encourage personal development through supervision, PDR, CPD training programmes and further education.
You must also be able to provide supervision, mentorship and leadership for staff at Band 2 to 6 and student nurses as appropriate and also provide support to the Unit's Duty Senior Nurse (DSN).
Please note that Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust operate a probationary period. Further details are available on request.
Main duties of the job
Overview of the Post
- Responsible for the operational management of clinical area.
- Lead and effectively manage the ward nursing team.
- Ensure high standards of evidence-based, patient centred care is maintained.
- To establish and maintain systems for clinical governance.
- To effectively and efficiently manage ward budget and resources.
- To promote good communication within the team and with external agencies.
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To provide management and leadership of all staff and resources within the units incorporating implementation of change and deliverance of standards of care.
- Budget management authorised signatory.
- To maintain clinical role. It is expected the role will divide 25% clinical and 75% management, but this should be flexible to respond to unit needs.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
Staff Management and Supervision
- Exercise strong clinical leadership to support and inspire colleagues, improve standards and quality and to develop professional practice.
- To be visible and accessible for all team members and other Heads of Department.
- Acting as Team Leader within the nursing framework and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure all staff development needs is maintained.
- Ensuring adequate staffing levels and balanced cover to meet the patients' needs within the financial restraints placed on the unit budget.
- Co-ordinating the nursing teams in providing care for the patients with the ward.
- To ensure that all staff have yearly job development reviews.
- To monitor and manage sickness absence within the team.
- To ensure annual leave is taken and cover is maintained.
- Lead in selection and recruitment of staff within each ward.
- Ensuring safe practices are in place and to act on areas of concern e.g. Health and Safety.
- To ensure that staff rota covers the wards needs in line with need to manage resources.
Financial Management
- To manage the ward's current budgets.
- Safe and effective rostering practice
- Ensuring that all members of the ward team take into account during the course of their working day the financial constraints imposed upon the ward.
- Ensure the financial constraints are adhered to in relation to ad-hoc usage of agency/temporary staff.
- To meet monthly with the service manager to discuss budgets and identify potential cost pressures/savings.
Quality and Standards
- Responsible for infection control including audits, best practice and use of protocols with the ward environment.
- Responsible for ward cleanliness in association with Initial Services.
- Handling complaints from patients, members of the public and staff in accordance with the Trust's Policies and Procedures.
- Implement policies and propose changes to practice, procedure for own area.
- Contribute to policy and practice changes arising from eg audits and complaints.
- Investigating complaints and preparing a structured response following the investigation of complaints or clinical incidents.
- To evaluate the service against national and international benchmarks, which are characteristic of the best evidence-based practice and through networking and by comparison and sharing, promote further improvements in services provided by the team.
- To set, monitor, audit and lead on appropriate practice protocols and standards within the Trust's clinical governance framework. To undertake clinical audits and surveys in order to maintain best practice in compliance with the Trust's clinical audit programme and Essence of Care programme.
- To play a key role in clinical governance by providing expert advice, working to secure quality improvements, liaising with and influencing other disciplines, the wider organisation and across organisational boundaries.
- Participate in clinical audit and review results that affect own area and patient care.
- Provide leadership in evaluating service against national benchmarks, including essence of care, National Service Framework for Older People and the NHS plan.
- Deputise for Matron at clinical meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
Staff Management and Supervision
- Exercise strong clinical leadership to support and inspire colleagues, improve standards and quality and to develop professional practice.
- To be visible and accessible for all team members and other Heads of Department.
- Acting as Team Leader within the nursing framework and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure all staff development needs is maintained.
- Ensuring adequate staffing levels and balanced cover to meet the patients' needs within the financial restraints placed on the unit budget.
- Co-ordinating the nursing teams in providing care for the patients with the ward.
- To ensure that all staff have yearly job development reviews.
- To monitor and manage sickness absence within the team.
- To ensure annual leave is taken and cover is maintained.
- Lead in selection and recruitment of staff within each ward.
- Ensuring safe practices are in place and to act on areas of concern e.g. Health and Safety.
- To ensure that staff rota covers the wards needs in line with need to manage resources.
Financial Management
- To manage the ward's current budgets.
- Safe and effective rostering practice
- Ensuring that all members of the ward team take into account during the course of their working day the financial constraints imposed upon the ward.
- Ensure the financial constraints are adhered to in relation to ad-hoc usage of agency/temporary staff.
- To meet monthly with the service manager to discuss budgets and identify potential cost pressures/savings.
Quality and Standards
- Responsible for infection control including audits, best practice and use of protocols with the ward environment.
- Responsible for ward cleanliness in association with Initial Services.
- Handling complaints from patients, members of the public and staff in accordance with the Trust's Policies and Procedures.
- Implement policies and propose changes to practice, procedure for own area.
- Contribute to policy and practice changes arising from eg audits and complaints.
- Investigating complaints and preparing a structured response following the investigation of complaints or clinical incidents.
- To evaluate the service against national and international benchmarks, which are characteristic of the best evidence-based practice and through networking and by comparison and sharing, promote further improvements in services provided by the team.
- To set, monitor, audit and lead on appropriate practice protocols and standards within the Trust's clinical governance framework. To undertake clinical audits and surveys in order to maintain best practice in compliance with the Trust's clinical audit programme and Essence of Care programme.
- To play a key role in clinical governance by providing expert advice, working to secure quality improvements, liaising with and influencing other disciplines, the wider organisation and across organisational boundaries.
- Participate in clinical audit and review results that affect own area and patient care.
- Provide leadership in evaluating service against national benchmarks, including essence of care, National Service Framework for Older People and the NHS plan.
- Deputise for Matron at clinical meetings.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role
Desirable
- Management qualification (or working towards)
Experience
Essential
- substantial experience in managerial/supervisory capacity
Desirable
- Previously held manager position
Skills/ability/knowdledge
Essential
- Understanding of key issues/challenges in the field of Older People's Mental Health
- Experience of effective MDT working
- evidence of involvement in Qi/supporting or managing change
Desirable
- previous experience in older people's mental health
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to role
Desirable
- Management qualification (or working towards)
Experience
Essential
- substantial experience in managerial/supervisory capacity
Desirable
- Previously held manager position
Skills/ability/knowdledge
Essential
- Understanding of key issues/challenges in the field of Older People's Mental Health
- Experience of effective MDT working
- evidence of involvement in Qi/supporting or managing change
Desirable
- previous experience in older people's mental health
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
