Deputy Ward Manager

Join Our Team as a Deputy Ward Manager at Baldock Manor Are you passionate about mental health care and ready to take the next step in your career? We're looking for a dedicated Deputy Ward Manager to support our dynamic team at Baldock Manor, a leading psychiatric hospital committed to delivering outstanding patient care. As a Deputy Ward Manager, you will:

• Play a key leadership role in providing high-quality, compassionate care to patients.
• Support the Ward Manager in day-to-day operations, ensuring smooth running of the ward.
• Lead and motivate a skilled team of nurses and healthcare staff.
• Contribute to clinical governance and service improvement.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and regulatory standards.
• Support Service Lead in managing sickness and absence on a shift basis and in the absence of the Ward in line with policy, in partnership with HR and the principles of safe staffing.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff, including interview panels and formal induction programme.
• Liaise with service lead when reviewing ward basic protocol
• To be scheduled for weekly on call duty at least once a month
• Attend service improvement meetings such as clinical improvement , restrictive practice , team meeting and other practice review meeting as scheduled
  
  Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active NMC registration.
• Experience in a leadership role within a mental health setting.
• Strong clinical and communication skills.
• A passion for improving mental health care services.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience of working as a nurse in a mental health setting.
• Experience in OPMH care or PICU is desirable
• You must have outstanding communication skills, excellent clinical skills and be motivated to offer the highest standards of care.
  
  Baldock Manor Hospital is a thriving service which in recent years has undertaken extensive development work to become the hospital it is today.Our focus is recovery for our patients with quality care and measurable outcomes at the centre of all we do. Baldock Manor boasts a full MDT with Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology and Occupational Therapy practitioners on site as well as a very able team of Senior support workers, support works, Therapies assistants and more.
  
  A supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for career development and ongoing training.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• The chance to make a real difference in the lives of patients., Join us in shaping the future of psychiatric care! Apply today to become a part of our mission to deliver life-changing mental health support.
Schedule: 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability
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