An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, dynamic individual to join the team responsible for the Community Inpatient Wards in East Berkshire.

Our Rehabilitation Wards provides discharge to assess, medical optimisation, sub-acute medical and rehabilitation care to older patients across the East of Berkshire.

We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having an 'Outstanding' rating overall, having an 'Outstanding', well-led, organisation, and having an 'Outstanding' Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.'

Working in a passionate and caring team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.

We are pioneers in compassionate leadership and Quality Improvement, which is about creating a culture where everyone has a voice and where service users and staff collaborate to have a direct impact on the things that matter most.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical - Work autonomously ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and evidenced based practice and actively support colleagues within this field.

• Professional - development of own advanced nursing skills and specialist knowledge providing mentorship of nursing staff in their skills acquisition. To act as a role model to all staff, demonstrating a high level of patient care, clinical leadership and effective interpersonal skills.

• Management - Working alongside the ward manager in ensuring patient flow, a safe environment, staff well being and to provide guidance and advice in both basic and complex issues surrounding patient and staff needs.

• Financial, Performance and Resource Management - Identifying any financial risk relating to providing services and developing partnerships with the Inpatient Services Manager and contributing to strategies in reducing risk associated with this.
  
• Service Development - Contribute to the development of the service ensuring mechanisms are in place to involve staff, stakeholders and service users.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job description

Job responsibilities

The 3 must haves for you to be considered for this role:

• 1st Level current NMC registration (RGN or RN (adult)

• Leadership/ management qualification, or willing to complete

• Previous experience at band 6 working within a ward environment

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Clinical Qualification with current NMC registration
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Recognised mentorship teaching or assessing qualification

Desirable

• Management qualification or willing to complete
• Recognised mentorship teaching or assessing qualification Nurse prescribing qualification
• History taking module at level 7

Training

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Infection control
• Management & Leadership

Desirable

• Equality and Diversity Training
• Recruitment and selection

Previous experience

Essential

• Previous experience at band 6 working within a ward environment
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams and partnership working with other services
• Coaching and supporting staff
• Leading staff appraisals, inductions, mentorship and preceptorship.

Desirable

• Budgetary management
• Recruitment and selection
• Demonstrable experience of change management

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Evidence of leadership and change management skills
• Use of evidence-based practice
• Mentorship of students and junior staff
• Demonstrable leadership skills and understanding of leadership style
• Commitment to ethical and professional values
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• IT literate
• Ability to lead and work as part of a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS structure, health and social care, with particular reference to the development of services for the care of adults and older people
• Time management skills
• Ability to grasp critical issues and distil into clear and manageable priorities
• Strategic awareness and understanding

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work under pressure
• Enthusiasm
• Commitment/ flexibility
• Reasonable level of fitness (patient manual handling required)
• Ability to conform with bare below the elbows dress code to enable adequate hand hygiene

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Jubilee Ward

Slough

SL1 2BJ

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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