Deputy Ward Manager

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Deputy Manager /Clinical Lead who is a Registered Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse, with experience of working with people with learning disabilities, mental health issues and a forensic history.

The successful candidate will be required to work as part of a seven-day service, which includes weekend, nights and bank holidays.

Llety Newydd is based in the Cardiff area and offers a dynamic and challenging work environment, supporting adults with Learning Disabilities who present with behaviours which can challenge. We aim to provide a high quality, person centred approach based on the Positive Behaviour Support model of care., Duties will include assisting the Ward Manager with the daily functioning of the unit, assisting with responsibility for all staff management, resource allocation, modernisation and development of the workforce and services and overseeing patient referrals, assessments and care.

Supporting the Ward Manager to operationally manage the unit and to assist with leading , co-ordinate and contribute to the delivery of Continuing Health Care Units on an operational basis via the nursing team, ensuring holistic delivery of care and multi-disciplinary/multi-agency services, which are coherent, consistently applied and in line with Operational Policies and best practice. The post holder will assist with responsibility in assessing and make recommendations to the Responsible Clinician/Clinical Team on the suitability of patients for admission to the Specialist Residential Services Unit. The post holder will also be responsible with assisting the Ward Manager to provide learning disability nursing advice and support to other learning disability settings across the service group. The post holder will assist with ward management and nursing leadership and routinely monitor occupancy, dependency and observation levels on the ward to ensure that these are managed within the
available resources.

The post holder will participate in the Nurse on-call rota for the learning disability division.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable but not essential for this post.

We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

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