Job summary
The Chichester Centre is a modern unit providing low secure services for men and women. The service is configured around two male wards and one female ward, with 15-17 service users on each of the wards. Each ward has a well-established MDT led by a ward manager. The MDTs include nursing, OT, social work, psychiatry and psychology. There is an in-reach pharmacy, SALT and GP service. We have a working together group (WTG) which meets fortnightly and includes service user representatives from each ward as well as staff. The WTG take a lead on service improvement across the unit.
This is a challenging but incredibly rewarding role. Pine Ward is a 17 bedded male low secure forensic ward. As Ward Manager, you will be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team leading on the care and delivery for our service users. We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA. Experience of working within a forensic service is desirable, however, not essential.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the management and leadership of a team of health professionals providing care over a 24-hour period, including responsibility for assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of care for the patients within their sphere of responsibility.
To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business.
To provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities. The Trust's success will be dependent on all managers playing an active role to make sure the existing areas of good employment practice are universally embedded within the organisation.
To deliver a service within the agreed budgets and resources ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness.
About us
Forensic mental health is a unique and fascinating field which provides both challenge and opportunity in abundance.
Being curious, creative, self-aware and assertive are important skills that you will build on, as you are often required to think 'outside the box'.
We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA and of public protection.
Our Trust:
We provide mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We'd love you to join our organisation, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% recognising patient care as our top priority in our staff survey.
Other key survey results include:
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team.
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will, at all times, support the Trusts reputation and that of all senior colleagues, maintaining a positive attitude with strong commitment to results.
You will be working with service users who may have committed criminal offences, but have often also been victims themselves. Service users regularly experience stigma for both mental health and offending history, so our role is to develop trusting and safe relationships which balance being collaborative and supportive with sound risk management skills.
We are committed to investing in staff and offer regular quality supervision, reflective practice, in-depth training and development opportunities.
The Forensic Healthcare Service supports nurses to undertake both academic and professional development opportunities including nurse prescribing, advanced clinical practice and multi-professional responsible clinicians. We are keen to offer staff the support to progress through a clinical career pathway and have nurses undertaking MSc programs and degree modules.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will, at all times, support the Trusts reputation and that of all senior colleagues, maintaining a positive attitude with strong commitment to results.
You will be working with service users who may have committed criminal offences, but have often also been victims themselves. Service users regularly experience stigma for both mental health and offending history, so our role is to develop trusting and safe relationships which balance being collaborative and supportive with sound risk management skills.
We are committed to investing in staff and offer regular quality supervision, reflective practice, in-depth training and development opportunities.
The Forensic Healthcare Service supports nurses to undertake both academic and professional development opportunities including nurse prescribing, advanced clinical practice and multi-professional responsible clinicians. We are keen to offer staff the support to progress through a clinical career pathway and have nurses undertaking MSc programs and degree modules.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree/diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
- Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health/adult) appropriate to the job role.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of acute care in the care group and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice.
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff.
- Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance.
- Experience of managing staff.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
- An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives.
- An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risks.
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree/diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
- Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health/adult) appropriate to the job role.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of acute care in the care group and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice.
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff.
- Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance.
- Experience of managing staff.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
- An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives.
- An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risks.
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
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).
