Job summary
Are you a Registered Mental Health/Childrens/Learning Disability nurse who is interested in CAMHS inpatient services? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated, team player to apply for a Deputy Ward Manager post within the CAMHS inpatient service for young people with complex mental health and emotional needs.
The CAMHS inpatient team is multidisciplinary including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and dieticians. The post holder will be part of a growing team of clinicians with a special interest and expertise in working with young people, who are presenting with complex psychiatric and emotional disorder.
We are looking for candidates who are interested in taking the next step in their career to become a ward nurse leader, joining the inpatient nursing leadership team and wider MDT in delivering high standards of clinical care and treatment for young people. They will also take part in team and service development, audit and quality improvement projects, and develop interest in specific link roles.
Main duties of the job
To assist the ward manager & nurse specialist in the provision of clinical leadership and to be a clinical role model to the team. To act on behalf of and deputise as directed by the ward manager & nurse specialist in their absence and provide quality evidence based nursing advice support and care for young people with mental health needs and their carers within a multidisciplinary setting.
PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES WITHOUT FULL AND CURRENT UK NMC REGISTRATION.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Mental Health/Child/Learning Disability
- Degree level training
- Training/Education relevant to CAMHS nursing
Desirable
- Recent attendance at external training/conference
- Leadership Training
Knowledge and Nature of Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at working at band 5 or above in inpatient CAMHS
- Providing clinical supervision
- A mentor to nursing students
- Must be solution-focused and able to problem solve
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential
- Problem solving in the moment
- Solution-focussed throughout each shift
- Making decisions from incomplete information
- Making unpopular decisions with clear rationale
- Taking charge when appropriate to do so
oPeople Management/Leadership/Resources
Essential
- Responsible for the safety of young people and staff on the unit in the absence of Band 7 nurse, in and out of hours
- Responsible for budgets in terms of use of bank staff, taxi bookings and use of petty cash
- Responsible for leading the team on an ongoing basis
oPlanning & Organisational skills
Essential
- Organising time allocation by shift
- Organising own time and that of others
- Ensuring shift runs to time
- Planning education/training sessions
- Planning supervision/mentoring sessions
- Planning off duty
- Planning in times of crisis
Communication/relationship skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate to an advanced level with other professional colleagues, young people with social communication difficulties, parents/carers, professionals from other agencies - social care, education, police etc.
- At times passing on distressing news, sharing difficulty information with young people and parents/carers
- Addressing issues with junior colleagues, in the moment and in planned sessions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Mental Health/Child/Learning Disability
- Degree level training
- Training/Education relevant to CAMHS nursing
Desirable
- Recent attendance at external training/conference
- Leadership Training
Knowledge and Nature of Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience at working at band 5 or above in inpatient CAMHS
- Providing clinical supervision
- A mentor to nursing students
- Must be solution-focused and able to problem solve
Analytical and judgement skills
Essential
- Problem solving in the moment
- Solution-focussed throughout each shift
- Making decisions from incomplete information
- Making unpopular decisions with clear rationale
- Taking charge when appropriate to do so
oPeople Management/Leadership/Resources
Essential
- Responsible for the safety of young people and staff on the unit in the absence of Band 7 nurse, in and out of hours
- Responsible for budgets in terms of use of bank staff, taxi bookings and use of petty cash
- Responsible for leading the team on an ongoing basis
oPlanning & Organisational skills
Essential
- Organising time allocation by shift
- Organising own time and that of others
- Ensuring shift runs to time
- Planning education/training sessions
- Planning supervision/mentoring sessions
- Planning off duty
- Planning in times of crisis
Communication/relationship skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate to an advanced level with other professional colleagues, young people with social communication difficulties, parents/carers, professionals from other agencies - social care, education, police etc.
- At times passing on distressing news, sharing difficulty information with young people and parents/carers
- Addressing issues with junior colleagues, in the moment and in planned sessions
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Parkview Clinic
60 Queensbridge Road Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8QE
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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