Band 7 Ward Manager - Blackberry Hill Hospital

at  Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Secure Services are looking to appoint a B7 Ward Manager for Wellow ward at Fromeside Medium Secure Unit.
The successful candidate would be working closely with within a wide ranging MDT, Modern Matron and an experienced Wellow nursing team.
This is a demanding and rewarding post where the ward manager is pivotal in ensuring standards and performance are maintained at the highest levels. The person we are looking for should be able to demonstrate key leadership skills to empower the nursing team as they strive to achieve standards of care in line with both the Trust and National guidance.
We are currently working hard to develop and improve our services in Secure and we require outward thinking and innovative approaches from our staff whilst remaining committed to maintaining safety and security.
The role will incorporate managing and developing inpatient staff, being involved with clinical complex care reviews and decision-making, championing new ideas and facilitating them into practice. We are also looking for someone motivated and interesting in continuing the reducing restrictive practice work this team has achieved.

THIS ROLE INVOLVES:

Planning and co-ordinating the quality and management of nursing care, patient care and the clinical environment
Roster management
Quality improvement objectives
Ensuring the ward complies with statutory regulations, current legislation and meets quality standards
Responsibility for efficient and effective use of nursing resources
The role will incorporate managing and developing inpatient staff, being involved with clinical complex care reviews and decision-making, championing new ideas and facilitating them into practice. We are also looking for someone motivated and interesting in continuing the reducing restrictive practice work this team has achieved.

THIS ROLE INVOLVES:

Planning and co-ordinating the quality and management of nursing care, patient care and the clinical environment
Roster management
Quality improvement objectives
Ensuring the ward complies with statutory regulations, current legislation and meets quality standards
Responsibility for efficient and effective use of nursing resources
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.
Fromeside is medium secure unit for people with a mental illness who also have a criminal history, or have risks and behaviours that mean they cannot be treated in mainstream mental health services. Fromeside provides both short term and longer-term care and we have an ethos of recovery, and service user and carer involvement. We have five wards for men, one male LD&A specialist ward and one Female specialist ward, supporting those who are acutely unwell through to those preparing for discharge. People returning to life in the community are supported by our community nurses who work alongside mainstream community mental health services.
If you wish to find out more about the posts or arrange a visit to the unit please contact Matron Daniel Walker on 0117 354 6948 or via email on at danielwalker1@nhs.net