Job summary
Ward Manager, Band 7 Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
This is a ward manager position for Atlas House, providing an 11 bedded specialist inpatient service for people with learning disabilities and mental illness/autism/challenging behaviour.
Key elements of the role include:
- Operational management of the clinical area.
- Lead and effectively manage the ward nursing team (including HCAs).
- Ensure high standards of evidence-based, patient centred care are maintained.
- Establish and maintain systems for clinical governance.
- To effectively and efficiently manage ward budget and resources.
- To promote good communication within the team and with external agencies.
Main duties of the job
The ward manager role is fundamental to the successful provision of safe inpatient care, in this case, for people with learning disabilities who meet mental health act criteria. The people admitted to Atlas House have a variety of needs, requiring different approaches that include positive behavioural support, psychiatric intervention, nursing care, psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, art and music therapy.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Providing nurse leadership for the nursing team and HCAs.
- Effectively managing the electronic health rostering system, ensuring safe staffing levels for each shift.
- Ensuring there is effective recruitment and retention of staff on the ward.
- Offering nursing staff appropriate support and development opportunities.
- Ensuring the systems for maintaining patient and staff safety are effective (incident reporting, clinical record keeping, medication management & staff adherence to relevant ward policies).
- Ensure high standards of evidence-based, patient centred care are maintained.
- Monitoring the team/service informatics dashboard to maintain effective oversight of team performance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Providing nurse leadership for the nursing team and HCAs.
- Effectively managing the electronic health rostering system, ensuring safe staffing levels for each shift.
- Ensuring there is effective recruitment and retention of staff on the ward.
- Offering nursing staff appropriate support and development opportunities.
- Ensuring the systems for maintaining patient and staff safety are effective (incident reporting, clinical record keeping, medication management & staff adherence to relevant ward policies).
- Ensure high standards of evidence-based, patient centred care are maintained.
- Monitoring the team/service informatics dashboard to maintain effective oversight of team performance.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification RNLD or RNM
Desirable
- Management qualifications (or working towards)
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in a managerial/supervisory capacity
- Inpatient care
Desirable
- Learning Disability/Autism inpatient care
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of key issues/challenges relevant to the field of learning disability and mental health/autism
Desirable
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification RNLD or RNM
Desirable
- Management qualifications (or working towards)
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in a managerial/supervisory capacity
- Inpatient care
Desirable
- Learning Disability/Autism inpatient care
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of key issues/challenges relevant to the field of learning disability and mental health/autism
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
