Job summary
East London NHS Foundation Trust currently provides mental health and learning disability services in Luton and Bedfordshire. The Bedfordshire Mental Health service has an exciting opportunity for the post of a Band 8a Ward Manager to lead and manage Townsend Court, Working Age Service within Bedfordshire.
Townsend Court is a 18 bedded acute female inpatient service providing 24-hour treatment and care in a safe and therapeutic place, actively engaging and involving people who are experiencing an acute mental health episode that cannot be managed in a less restrictive setting, owing to the degree of risk, clinical need or patient choice.
Many of those admitted will require detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Amendment Act 2007. Where necessary, intense supervision and support will be provided.
Patients receive individualised care and treatment based on the Care Programme Approach (CPA) which highlights crisis management and a place of safety, specialised risk assessments and risk management, intensive assessment, treatment and therapy, stabilisation of acute symptoms and relapse prevention.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a committed and passionate Band 8a Ward Manager for Townsend Court, Houghton Regis for a period of 6 months Secondment. Interested candidates will need to demonstrate previous experience in a leadership or managerial position within a multidisciplinary team.
The successful candidate will need to be passionate about providing compassionate care and must be efficient and well organised. They will need to be good role models, have excellent communication skills, and be able to work with this vulnerable patient group and support carers in time of distress. They will need to demonstrate knowledge and skills of caring for both the physical and mental health needs of this patient group, and to be able to ensure that staff are providing care to the expected standard. The individual needs to bring a proven record of leading quality care and service improvement, also development of creativity and inclusive care environments.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure and develop service user centred multi-disciplinary approach to care.
- Develop the systems, staff skills, and abilities to provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in keeping with evidence based practice.
- Lead in direct care to complex service users or groups of service users and role model to junior staff.
- Developing a learning environment and opportunities for staff to obtain specialist guidance relevant to complex care or clinical specialty.
- Ensuring that a high standard of practice is maintained in relation to the detention of mentally ill clients under the Mental Health Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Ensuring that least restrictive practices are promoted within individual care.
- Ensure that the team develops and implements specialist programmes of care which could include individual and group interventions.
- Ensure that care reflects individual and cultural needs.
- Ensuring that all practices are within the guidelines set out by the NMC and other professional groups and are in accordance with Trust policies.
A full job description is below
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure and develop service user centred multi-disciplinary approach to care.
- Develop the systems, staff skills, and abilities to provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in keeping with evidence based practice.
- Lead in direct care to complex service users or groups of service users and role model to junior staff.
- Developing a learning environment and opportunities for staff to obtain specialist guidance relevant to complex care or clinical specialty.
- Ensuring that a high standard of practice is maintained in relation to the detention of mentally ill clients under the Mental Health Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Ensuring that least restrictive practices are promoted within individual care.
- Ensure that the team develops and implements specialist programmes of care which could include individual and group interventions.
- Ensure that care reflects individual and cultural needs.
- Ensuring that all practices are within the guidelines set out by the NMC and other professional groups and are in accordance with Trust policies.
A full job description is below
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) OR Registered Nurse (Learning Difficulty) OR Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Masters qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Leadership / Management Training
Desirable
- Specialist Area Training
- Relevant teaching or assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a clinical lead in a mental health environment at band 7 level or above
- Evidence of quality improvement
- Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
- Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care
- Developing a reflective learning culture
- Experience of managing budgets
- Knowledge and experience of managing complex safeguarding practices
Desirable
- Experience of leading and working with a multi-disciplinary teams
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ensuring team/service high quality care including documentation
- Proven track record of implementation of strategy, change management and practice development
- Excellent clinical skills with complex service users and their care
- Current Developments in nursing
- Promotion of high quality supervision and reflective practice
Desirable
- Emotional Intelligence and Personal Resilience NMC Code of Conduct
Other
Essential
- Motivate team to providing the highest standards of care in a changing service
- Flexible working patterns in line with service needs
- Awareness of equal opportunities in the workplace
- Able to work within the accountability framework
- Personal Integrity
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) OR Registered Nurse (Learning Difficulty) OR Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Masters qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Leadership / Management Training
Desirable
- Specialist Area Training
- Relevant teaching or assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a clinical lead in a mental health environment at band 7 level or above
- Evidence of quality improvement
- Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
- Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care
- Developing a reflective learning culture
- Experience of managing budgets
- Knowledge and experience of managing complex safeguarding practices
Desirable
- Experience of leading and working with a multi-disciplinary teams
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ensuring team/service high quality care including documentation
- Proven track record of implementation of strategy, change management and practice development
- Excellent clinical skills with complex service users and their care
- Current Developments in nursing
- Promotion of high quality supervision and reflective practice
Desirable
- Emotional Intelligence and Personal Resilience NMC Code of Conduct
Other
Essential
- Motivate team to providing the highest standards of care in a changing service
- Flexible working patterns in line with service needs
- Awareness of equal opportunities in the workplace
- Able to work within the accountability framework
- Personal Integrity
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).
