Deputy Team Manager - Bures ward

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Mental Health/Adult Registered Nurse to join our newly established Bures Team as a Deputy Team Manager.

Bures is a new peripatetic team who supports RN staffing gaps across Colchester Hospital and Enhanced Therapeutic Observation and Care Service ETOC for vulnerable patients who are at risk to themselves or others, including patients with Mental Health, Dementia, Learning Disabilities and withdrawal from alcohol or drugs.

The team of highly trained Senior Healthcare Support Workers provide 1:1 care for these patients. Following a successul pilot The Bures Team is due to expand significantly in 2026/2027.

This leadership role plays a vital part in supporting the Bures Manager in the seven-day coordination of this valuable service.

Duties will include providing specialist review of patients referred into the team and coordinating deployment of Bures ETOC Staff, Liaising with multi multidisciplinary team and the complex health team.

We are looking for a highly professional individual currently working as a Band 6 who has excellent clinical and organisational ability with previous experience in managing staff and skill mix. You will be key to implementing this exciting project in its next phase of development.

Main duties of the job

• Day to day coordination and deployment of Bures staff in collaboration with site team/Quality Matron.
• Providing pastoral support and care during each shift to Bures staff.
• Responding to and supporting the mitigation of staffing risk.
• Reviewing requests for one to one enhanced observations to ensure they are appropriate and deploying Bures staff accordingly (supported by the Safeguarding Team).
• Contributing to the quality agenda in relation to enhanced observations and patient safety and experience.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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