Deputy Unit Manager & PBS Lead

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Nurse to join our Multidisciplinary team within the Assessment and Treatment Units at the Kingswood Centre in the London borough of Brent. This is an ideal opportunity for a Band 6 Nurse who would like to gain experience in Learning Disability Inpatient unit in London. This is a unique opportunity to develop specialist skills and knowledge in the areas of Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma Informed Care within learning disabilities, in addition to working collaboratively with the wider MDT in embedding these approaches across our units. The post holder will play in integral role within the MDT, providing specialist assessment and treatment services on our adult ward. All service users have a dual diagnosis of learning disabilities, mental illness and/or behaviours that challenge.
This is a front-line post which involves face to face work with services users. The post-holder will require a degree of professional autonomy and the ability to work well in a team. We recognise that Band 6s are often the backbone of our clinical teams and we will therefore support your development both clinically and managerially. You will have regular supervision, have opportunities to supervise staff, be a student educator and have access to both internal and external training.
The post holder will work collaboratively with professional colleagues, families and external agencies to deliver person-centred care for the adults.
Positive Behaviour Support Leadership
To contribute to the development, monitoring and evaluation of Positive Behaviour Support Plans in partnership with referred person and MDT .
To ensure the effective implementation of Positive Behaviour Support plans while the person is an inpatient on the unit, ensuring all parties are working towards shared person centred goals, including skills developments and environmental changes that can improve the person’s quality of life.
To ensure that Positive Behavioural Support Plans focus on improvements in quality of life as both an intervention and an outcome
Deputy Ward Manager
To assist the unit manager in providing first line management in order to fulfil the operational objectives of the unit
To assist the manager in providing clinical leadership to the nursing team
To provided supervision to junior staff
To assist the unit manager in ensuring that the operation of the unit is within existing policies and procedures
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to involve staff at all levels in the development of the organisation.
Managers should ensure that staff are encouraged and involved in organisational and service developments including business planning and they are able to influence discussions, which affect them and their working conditions.
All managers should engender a culture of openness and inclusion so that staff feel free to contribute and voice concerns. They should develop and implement communication systems that ensure staff are well informed and have an opportunity to feedback their views.
Positive Behaviour Support Leadership
To contribute to the development, monitoring and evaluation of Positive Behaviour Support Plans in partnership with referred person and MDT .
To ensure the effective implementation of Positive Behaviour Support plans while the person is an inpatient on the unit, ensuring all parties are working towards shared person centred goals, including skills developments and environmental changes that can improve the person’s quality of life.
To ensure that Positive Behavioural Support Plans focus on improvements in quality of life as both an intervention and an outcome
Deputy Ward Manager
To assist the unit manager in providing first line management in order to fulfil the operational objectives of the unit
To assist the manager in providing clinical leadership to the nursing team
To provided supervision to junior staff
To assist the unit manager in ensuring that the operation of the unit is within existing policies and procedure

Please refer the Job description for details