Deputy Ward Manager/Charge Nurse

☞ Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 07-05-2024

Location: Hailsham South East

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Mental Health Care

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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As a Deputy Ward Manager on Blossom ward, you are a role model, leader and experienced clinician. You have opportunities for management responsibilities, to develop your clinical leadership and maintain your hands-on nursing skills.We are a 15 bedded female Medium Secure and Forensic ward. We support our service users on their individual pathways through a multi-disciplinary approach. We are are a motivated and responsive team managing an ever-changing environment.The Hellingly Centre is a Secure Hospital, comprising of three Medium Secure Wards and one Low Secure Ward. Situated in rural East Sussex, close to Hailsham, Eastbourne and Lewes, we enjoy the benefits of both beautiful countryside and the convenience and amusements larger town links provide.As a Band 5 or 6 Nurse at Hellingly, you will receive:
  • £2k Golden Hello Payment or relocation support
  • Additional 5% Salary Premium
  • First year pin paid for newly qualified nurses
  • Additional £4 per hour for bank shifts
As a Deputy Ward Manager, you will;
  • Uphold our core values of openness, transparency and learning
  • Supervise and mentor new/ junior staff and newly qualified nurses
  • Oversee areas of clinical expertise such as medication management and physical health provision
  • Support the Ward Manager with HR tasks
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
  • Conduct assessments of risks and risk management plans to support incidents on the ward
You will be working with service users who 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. No two days are the same; while we have structure and set boundaries, there is always a need to be able to adapt to what is a dynamic ward environment.Working In The Forensic Healthcare ServicesForensic mental health is a unique and fascinating field which provides both challenge and opportunity .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 TrustWe 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
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kat Wailes Job title: Ward Manager Email address: kat.wailes@spft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07876865741(We are happy to arrange informal visits – currently Covid dependant)
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Deadline: 21-06-2024

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