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Deputy Ward Manager

Employer
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Epsom,
Salary
£37,162 to £44,629 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Closing date
26 Nov 2023
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
  • To provide person centred care with the ability to be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in accordance with the Care Programme Approach.
  • To take an active role in leadership and the clinical development of practice within the ward in collaboration with the Ward manager and responsibility for the management of the care area in the absence of the ward manager, ensuring the safety of the patients and staff are maintained and available resources are used effectively.
  • To assist in setting standards, monitoring and maintaining agreed standards of nursing care and will take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve their knowledge and professional competence and that of their nursing team. To be responsible for developing effective working relationships with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.


Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to build on existing key relationships with People who use services and Carers the Clinical Commissioning Groups Local Authority internal social care staff, Older People's Community Mental Health Teams and Acute Care Services and colleagues from other Trust services as required.

Work with governance structures within the Directorate and Trust wide to ensure learning from incidents is effective.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within MDT
  • Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience
  • Experience working within an acute inpatient unit


Desirable

  • Experience of working within older adult mental health inpatient ward
  • Experience of working within older adult mental health


Qualifications

Essential

  • Membership of a professional body (NMC)
  • A mental health/general nurse qualification to degree level or equivalent i.e. RMN/RGN/RNLD
  • Practice assessor and/or practice supervisor or mentor


Desirable

  • Leadership training


Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Meadows, West Park Hospital

West Park Road

Epsom,

KT19 8GT

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

325-5661475-HOSP

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