Ward Manager

Job summary
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
The successful candidate will have leadership experience, exceptional communication skills, motivational and influencing skills, and be able to encourage teams to work across organisational boundaries whilst holding patient care at the heart of their work.
The post holder will deliver on key responsibilities within the inpatient service:

• 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 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 thechanging needs of the service.
• Reporting any incidents, complaints and risks in the appropriate format and escalate when required.

About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe 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. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• NMC Registration
• RNLD

Knowledge
Essential

• Post registration experience in Learning Disability inpatient setting
• Experience in clinical management, eg standard setting, audit, Quality assurance
• Demonstrate a commitment to Personal Development
• Must be able to demonstrate a commitment to service user involvement

Experience
Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• NMC Registration
• RNLD

Knowledge
Essential

• Post registration experience in Learning Disability inpatient setting
• Experience in clinical management, eg standard setting, audit, Quality assurance
• Demonstrate a commitment to Personal Development
• Must be able to demonstrate a commitment to service user involvement

Experience
Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style

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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Water Meadow View
Preston
PR3 2JH
Employer\’s website