Ward Manager Adults

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Older Peoples Inpatient Team for the post of Ward Manager to support and provide leadership in Older Adult Services on Holbrook Ward in Bromley Inpatient Services.

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Band 7 manager to support and lead the delivery of high quality inpatient mental health care services.

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.

This post may close earlier if there is a high number of applicants.

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 Tasks 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.

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 Listen
• We Care

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.
• Act as Team Leader within the nursing framework and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure all staff development needs is maintained.
• Ensure adequate staffing levels and balanced cover to meet the patients' needs within the financial restraints placed on the unit budget.
• Co-ordinate 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.
• Ensure 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.
• To manage the ward's current budgets.
• Ensure 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 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 within the ward environment.
• Responsible for ward cleanliness in association with Initial Services.
• Handle complaints from…