An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen on Meadow Ward one of our Older Adults Mental Health inpatients wards. For a highly motivated individual to join our amazing team of nurses and AHP's who are passionate about the care and treatment of the service users on our ward. We are proud of the excellent feedback we receive from patients and families, which contributed to the Trust's current CQC rating as 'Good'

The Deputy Ward manager will work as part of an enthusiastic and supportive ward management team to shape the delivery of care and patient experience. Managerial and clinical responsibilities will include:

Main duties of the job

To act as a deputy to the ward manager in their absence.

- Provision of and participation in clinical and managerial supervision

- Clinical leadership in a dynamic and sometimes challenging environment

- Clinical governance/assurance

- Shared responsibility for qualitative auditing and use of findings to support development of the team

- Shared operational responsibilities, such as safe staffing and performance management

- Contribution to service planning and quality improvement initiatives.

- Role modelling, in particular, demonstrating self-awareness in the context of a senior role

-Supporting in the DSN role on Penn hospital site

About us

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen on Meadow Ward one of our Older Adults Mental Health inpatients wards. For a highly motivated individual to join our amazing team of nurses and AHP's who are passionate about the care and treatment of the service users on our ward. We are proud of the excellent feedback we receive from patients and families, which contributed to the Trust's current CQC rating as 'Good'

Job description

Job responsibilities

To act as a deputy to the ward manager in their absence.

- Provision of and participation in clinical and managerial supervision

- Clinical leadership in a dynamic and sometimes challenging environment

- Clinical governance/assurance

- Shared responsibility for qualitative auditing and use of findings to support development of the team

- Shared operational responsibilities, such as safe staffing and performance management

- Contribution to service planning and quality improvement initiatives.

- Role modelling, in particular, demonstrating self-awareness in the context of a senior role

-Supporting in the DSN role on Penn hospital site

Person Specification

see bellow

Essential

• NMC registration
• Registered Mental health Nurse
• Inpatient experience

Desirable

• Leadership experience
• Older adult inpatient experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadow Ward Penn Hospital

Penn Road

Wolverhampton

WV4 5HN

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285-5821-MH