Ward Manager

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Ward Manager to join our inpatient team within the Learning Disabilities and Autism care group. As part of the development of Water Meadow View, our new state-of-the-art 14-bed facility for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health, you will be a key member of the mobilisation project team and take the lead on specific work streams, recruitment, and operating procedure development. Once the hospital opens, you will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of high-quality care, reporting to the Modern Matron.

One of the Trust's aims is to deliver the best possible care to our patients, and this new inpatient unit will do just that. Water Meadow View will offer clinical excellence, support, and safety, with patient-centred care at its heart. Working with the Modern Matron, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality care and patient experience within the care group's inpatient settings through proactive clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary staff at all levels within their clinical area of responsibility.

The post holder will ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, compassionate, person-centred care and ensure that care delivered is in a safe and clean environment. This is an exciting post that allows for close working and collaboration with senior management and clinicians and will be an integral part of the Nursing and Quality Team.

Main duties of the job include:

• Using flexible and innovative approaches to practice that are appropriate to the needs of the client group and which are in line with the goals of the Trust.
• Promoting and developing a safe clinical area for patients, staff and visitors.
• Being visible to all staff within the area, providing strong clinical and practice-based leadership.
• Ensuring supervision and co-ordination of the professional work of nursing staff, complying with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Ensuring the provision of planned individualised care, complying with Trust policies, procedures, locally agreed standards and NMC guidelines.
• Ensuring the provision of a robust Named Nurse framework of care delivery in keeping with locally agreed standards.
• Ensuring systems are in place to regularly monitor the budget within area of responsibility.
• Being involved in the recruitment and selection, deployment and supervision of staff within area of responsibility.
• Ensuring that appropriate staffing levels and skill mix are available to meet the changing needs of the service.
• Reporting any incidents, complaints and risks in the appropriate format and escalating when required.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks.

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Qualifications Essential criteria include NMC Registration and RNLD knowledge. Essential experience criteria include post registration experience in Learning Disability inpatient setting, experience in clinical management, and a commitment to personal development.

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