Deputy Ward Manager - Mental Health

Care Categories: This service provides support for people with complex mental health needs, * Identify service needs and employ advanced communication, negotiation, and collaboration with various stakeholders, including senior managers, commissioners, primary care, general adult, forensic and substance use services, prisons, probation services, and other independent providers as deemed appropriate, to create flexible, integrated, and comprehensive services.

• Collaborate closely with service users to explore the aforementioned issues, aiming to enhance understanding, insight, and motivation, emphasizing self-management of risk as an integral aspect of the recovery process.

• Work in partnership with service users to recognize early signs of mental state and behavioral deterioration, as well as potential triggering factors that may contribute to recurring risk behaviors.

• Assist service users in developing skills for self-managing their medication through structured self-medication programs.

• Support users in reconnecting with family and friends, promoting engagement or re-engagement.

• Assess situations by gathering information from patients, their families, and other pertinent sources, considering the patients’ strengths, limitations, risks, and vulnerabilities.

Company and Facility information:

• This Service provides comprehensive rehabilitation services, providing support for people with complex mental health needs.

• Mde up of CAMHS, Acute, PICU, Rehabilitation & recovery and Adult ED wards.

• One of the UK’s leading, multiple award-winning Care providers.

• An experienced Registered Nurse (RMN or RNLD) The service welcomes applications from Mental Health Nurses and Learning Disability Nurses as full training and support will be given with your own designated mentor

• Registered with a valid NMC Pin and full eligibility to live and work in the UK.

• Experienced in delivering and receiving supervision

• Ability to access and prioritise clinical situations

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Team player

• The post holder must be experienced in delivering and receiving supervision

• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to be able to assess and prioritise clinical situations.

• The management of effective communication between medical and nursing staff both verbal and written is a key element of this role.

• Free on-site parking

• Supplemented meals on duty

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your Birthday as an extra day!

• Enhanced maternity pay

• Contributory pension scheme

• Reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare

• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

• Long service award

• Refer a friend bonuses

• Fully funded DBS & NMC registration

• Return to Practice support

• Mentoring experience

• Management and Leadership development opportunities, plus CPD top up

• • More!

For more information, please contact Lily Chandler on 07392085289