Ward Manager - Medium Secure PICU

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated ward manager to join our nurse leadership team at Caswell Clinic - South Wales' regional Medium Secure Service - within Swansea Bay University Health Board.

The successful post holder must have significant experience of working within Secure Mental Health or Learning Disability services, with previous experience of working in a managerial capacity and posses excellent leadership qualities. The post holder will be involved in influencing/shaping the Medium secure mental health services within the division and will therefore require knowledge and skills relevant to effective change management, Forensic mental health care and the national strategic driver.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The Post-holder will be responsible for the Operational and Clinical Nurse Management of Penarth Ward - the PICU ward within our regional Medium Secure Unit.

This will include managing the daily functioning of the ward, responsibility for all staff management, resource allocation, modernisation and development of the workforce and services and overseeing patient referrals, assessments and care.

To operationally manage the ward and to lead, co-ordinate and contribute to the delivery of Medium Secure services on an operational basis via the nursing team, ensuring holistic delivery of care and multi-disciplinary/multi-agency services, which are coherent, consistently applied and in line with Operational Policies and best practice. The post holder will take responsibility to assess and make recommendations to the Responsible Clinician/Clinical Team on the suitability of patients for admission to the Medium Secure Unit. The post holder will also be responsible for providing forensic mental health nursing advice and support to other mental health settings across the service group and throughout South Wales. The post holder will provide ward management and nursing leadership to an allocated ward and routinely monitor occupancy, dependency and observation levels on the ward to ensure that these are managed within the available resources.

The post holder will participate in the Nurse on-call rota for the secure services. To deputise in the absence of the lead nurse.

About us

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

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