Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health - Inpatient
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will need to be available to cover a range of shift pattern.)
- Job ref
- 267-OA6416678
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Littlemore Mental Health Centre
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Ward Manager - Littlemore, Oxford
Band 6
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
Are you highly motivated? Enthusiastic? Thoughtful?
We're looking for a nurse with excellent communication skills, and a flexible and positive attitude to lead and inspire others on Phoenix Ward.
Phoenix ward is a 18-bedded male acute ward for males of working age (18-65 years-of-age) with a diagnosis of mental illness and/or personality disorder. Phoenix Ward also has a Health Based Place of Safety of which Phoenix Ward nursing staff support in the care and treatment that is provided to patients brought in under a Section 136 and 135 MHA.
You should have a caring, non-judgmental, and inclusive attitude and be committed to the delivery of safe, high quality care to patients and their loved ones. Experience in an acute setting would be an advantage, but is not essential as we will provide you with all the training required.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to be dynamic and committed to patient care, by positively advocating for patients, actively contributing to and supporting the recovery process as well as maintaining the high standards of patient care whilst working within a safe, secure and supportive environment. You will be expected to lead and co-ordinate shifts as Nurse in Charge, along with safely dispensing and administering medication to patients, in line with the 6 Rs and safe medication management.
You will assist our dedicated members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team in implementing and evaluating individual collaborative care plans by working alongside the patient to support their recovery journey. Your duties will also include actively supporting individual clients in engaging with their local community and reducing social isolation.
Whilst practicing as a Deputy Ward Manager, you will be responsible for providing clinical and managerial supervision to a team of colleagues and will be actively encouraged to promote the further progression, training and study in others to develop professionally, as well as monitoring performance within your team including sickness absence. You will also be required to cover the ward manager on occasions which will support in the further development of your leadership skills.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our team works hard to ensure high quality, patient centred-care is at the heart of everything we do. You will be part of a motivated, supportive and cohesive multi-disciplinary Mental Health Team where your contribution is highly important. The team actively promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to the care coordination of our patients.
If you think you have the right skills and values to perform this role, please apply.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or Registered Learning Disability Nurse
- Ability to communicate with a high level of effectiveness both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work effectively in acute situations in order to maintain the safety of staff and patients.
Desirable criteria
- Have experience in a leadership and management role
- Has previous experience in working as a qualified nurse in a mental health care setting
- Has experience of facilitating teaching/learning sessions with junior staff
- Experience of supporting student nurses as a practice supervisor and/or assessor
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Theoretical knowledge of MHA legislation including the Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge of safeguarding children and adults policy
- Knowledge of neurodiversity and the impacts experienced by neurodiverse patients when admitted to mental health hospitals
- Understands and works effectively within the principles of and structures for clinical governance
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Effective leadership and motivational skills
- Excellent communication and presentational skills
- Able to take direction, instruction and appropriately delegate tasks to colleagues.
- Able to organise and prioritise own time effectively.
- Works effectively as part of MDT
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jemima Thomas
- Job title
- Interim Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 904100
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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