Ward Manager

Location

Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex | United Kingdom

Job description

Ward Manager Job Description Role summary Reporting To: Clinical Services Manager Responsible for: Nursing and support staff on your ward Location: The Langford Centre, 55 - 65 De La Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 2JE Type: Full time, Permanent Hours: 37.5 (Working 5 days, between Monday and Friday) The company mission We aim to continually deliver quality, innovation, and value for money for our service users and their family members. We ensure that our services are safe and effectively regulated. We measure our success by providing objective, quantitative and auditable data that measures outcomes, effectiveness, and user experience to continually drive improvement. Our aspiration is to be a beacon of consistently good practice for other health and social care providers by being transparent about safety, quality, compliance, and governance. About the hospital The Langford Centre is a highly acclaimed 76 bedded mental health hospital, which provides low secure, high dependency inpatient rehabilitation and acute services. We support our patients from the point of admission to engage in their recovery pathway to promote successful reintegration back in to the community. Ward Name Beds Description Pevensey 16 bed male Low secure mental health unit Fairlight 16 bed female Acute mental health unit Cooden 15 bed male Acute mental health unit Arlington 10 bed male Acute mental health unit Balmoral 11 bed female High dependency rehabilitation service with complex and enduring mental health conditions Seaford 8 bed male High dependency rehabilitation service with complex and enduring mental health conditions About the role As a Ward Manager you will lead from the front and play a key role as a member of the Langford Centres leadership team. You are responsible for the day to day running of the ward, ensuing staff are appropriately trained and equipped to meet the needs of our service users, and ensure compliance and delivery of care that meets the CQC regulations. Key responsibilities will include: General: Manage the day-to-day running of the Ward and coordinating its operations Train, supervise, appraise, line manage and retain all nursing and support staff for the Ward Coordinate the staff rota and ensure clinical cover remains compliant and in accordance with the service specification Contribute to clinical governance meetings Clinical: Monitor the day-to-day clinical care of all residents in the service Ensure the completion of necessary CPA, Managers Panels and Mental Health Tribunal reports by members of the clinical team Provide out of hours cover on an ''on-call'' basis in accordance to company's policy Ensure the appropriate communication and liaison with referring clinicians care coordinators or other clinical staff involved in patients care Ensure care programme approach meetings, ward rounds, managers panels, mental health review tribunals and multidisciplinary care planning meetings happen as scheduled by making sure clinical staff is able to attend Effectively coordinate the review of patients in at regular intervals as clinically indicated To ensure medication is administered as prescribed and that it is reviewed at appropriate intervals by medical staff Facilitate and coordinate treatment plans using the care programme approach and good clinical practice within the MDT setting, ensuring effective use of resources and the updating of plans within agreed time limits Alongside the consultant psychiatrist the Ward Manager is responsible for coordinating the smooth flow of care from admission of discharge Some shift work will be required on a regular basis to support the nursing team with their duties About you Experience and skillset: Relevant qualifications and NMC registration Experience working as a Ward Manager in a Mental Health setting Solid people management experience with the proven ability to build and support multi-disciplinary teams Confidence, resilience, a professional approach and the ability to balance quality and commercial considerations About us Bramley Health is a specialist health and social care provider based in South London and the South East of England. Our key focus is to support individuals with complex and challenging needs to maximize their independence to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. We achieve this through outcome-focused models of care with an integrated care pathway. Our pathway spans from Specialist Hospital to Enhanced Residential services and Supported living. We focus on delivering high quality services with a clear Care Pathway in four specialist service lines: Neurocognitive Disorders Services Female Complex Needs Services (Borderline Personality Disorder) Learning Disabilities Services Mental Health Services Our employees benefit from Training and development opportunities Career advancement opportunities Retail discounts food shopping, clothes, electronics Travel discounts for holidays Energy bill savings! Online courses virtual, live and interactive upskill yourself Help the planet! 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£50k - £55k per annum