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: Staffing Recruiting Health Wellness Fitness Hospital & Health Care
Position: Mid-Senior level
Job type: Full-time
Job content
As a Deputy Ward Manager on Ash Ward, you will be a role model, leader and clinical lead. A Deputy Ward Manager is an exciting role where you will take leadership responsibilities and develop your clinical leadership, while maintaining your hands-on nursing skills. The emphasis of this role is about promoting clinical expertise and teaching, whilst being a key member of the ward leadership team.Ash Ward is a dynamic 15 bedded Male Medium Secure and Forensic ward. We have to consider a complex picture for our service users of victims of significant trauma and abuse, but also perpetrators of violence. We explore through a multi-disciplinary approach including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists how to support our service users. We use different professionals’ expertise to analyse the needs of our service users including exploring the trauma, minimisation of risk, coping strategies, positive behaviour plans etc.
Ash Ward is a dynamic work place and requires nurses to manage an ever-changing environment. As a Deputy Ward Manager, your responsibilities will be;
- Up hold the values of the ward promoting openness, transparency and learning
- Supervision of junior staff
- Enthusiastic mentor to new staff, newly qualified nurses and junior staff
- Oversee certain areas of clinical expertise such as medication management and physical health provision on the ward
- Support the Ward Manager with HR tasks such as return to works and sickness monitoring
- Accurate and timely clinical documentation
- Manage shifts as a nurse in charge
- Work a mixture of shifts including Long Days (07:00 – 19:30) and Nights (19:00 – 07:30)
- Conducting thorough assessments of risks and risk management plans to support incidents on the ward
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
Other Key Staff Survey Results Include
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 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: Loraine Hamilton Job title: Ward Manager Email address: loraine.hamilton@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk Telephone number: 013234441893
Deadline: 21-06-2024
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