Deputy Ward Manager | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit a Deputy Ward Manager to join the busy and multi-disciplinary team on Rydal Unit

Successful applicants will be able to support the Ward Manager in ensuring the environment is managed safely and effectively over a 24-hour period.

Ensuring the delivery of high standard of care to Service Users, providing support, supervision and education for colleagues, other professionals and students.

You will be required to provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership to Ward Staff. You will be required to liaise with other professionals and support the Ward Manager in developing the team and acting up as required.

Have you got transferable skills and like working with people?

Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?

Rydal Unit is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated family of staff who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.

The range of skills you can learn and develop while working on Rydal Unit is wide and varied, working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.

If you think you have what it takes to become part of the Rydal Unit team then we would love to hear from you!

Can you demonstrate the values of our Trust, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect and Enthusiasm?, Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Rydal Unit is a 12 bedded mixed sex ward based in Whiston that provides treatment, and support to service users, who are experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.

Upon joining our team, we will ensure that you undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip you with the skills required to work within our team.