Band 7 Ward Manager - Alder Unit, Callington Road Hospital, Bristol

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

To deliver operational management, clinical leadership and supervision to designated team of staff within the Unit, making best use of resources at all times. Your responsibility is to ensure that all aspects of care provided to service users is of the highest quality, delivered in a manner that is respectful and sensitive to their needs and the needs of the carer.
We are looking for candidates who have considerable experience in inpatient settings, and who are passionate about improving services. We are committed to working in partnership with service users and carers and co-producing service improvement.
For successful candidates, we can offer you development in quality improvement skills, enhanced clinical skills and management leadership.

To act as a Clinical Leader with continuing clinical responsibility for designated clinical areas, ensuring:

• Confidential, sensitive and comprehensive, person-centred mental health nursing assessment.
• Contributing to the professional development and the clinical supervision of team members on a formal and regular basis to maintain and develop quality standards of practice in accordance with appropriate professional guidelines, Trust Policies and level of responsibility of the post.
• Assess and monitor service provision against CQC standards (e.g. healthcare, associated.

infection control, health and safety, catering and food hygiene, fire safety and emergency planning) and contribute to the development of services that meet these standards.

• Enable service users by providing accurate and appropriate information, offering choices and involving them as fully as possible in the care process.
• Ensure the ordering, storage, administration and disposal of medication ).
• Demonstrating knowledge, experience and competence specific to the area of practice.
• Enabling staff to use evidence-based strategies and person-centred/psychosocial interventions in the care and treatment of people with mental health problems.
• Leading by example, motivating and empowering others.
• Pursue legitimate patient concerns, resolving problems on their behalf in an efficient and effective manner.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
To act as a Clinical Leader with continuing clinical responsibility for designated clinical areas, ensuring that services provide high quality evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and

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