Ward Manager

This is a challenging but incredibly rewarding role. Hazel Ward is a 15 bedded female low secure forensic ward. As Ward Manager, you will be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team leading on the care and delivery for our service users. We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA. Experience of working within a forensic service is desirable, however, not essential., To be responsible for the management and leadership of a team of health professionals providing care over a 24-hour period, including responsibility for assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of care for the patients within their sphere of responsibility. To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business. To provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities. The Trust's success will be dependent on all managers playing an active role to make sure the existing areas of good employment practice are universally embedded within the organisation. To deliver a service within the agreed budgets and resources ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness.Working for our organisation Forensic mental health is a unique and fascinating field which provides both challenge and opportunity in abundance. Being curious, creative, self-aware and assertive are important skills that you will build on, as you are often required to think 'outside the box'. We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA and of public protection. Our Trust: We provide mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. We'd love you to join our organisation, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% recognising patient care as our top priority in our staff survey. Other key survey results include:

• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team.
• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will, at all times, support the Trust's reputation and that of all senior colleagues, maintaining a positive attitude with strong commitment to results. You will be working with service users who may have committed criminal offences, but have often also been victims themselves. Service users regularly experience stigma for both mental health and offending history, so our role is to develop trusting and safe relationships which balance being collaborative and supportive with sound risk management skills. We are committed to investing in staff and offer regular quality supervision, reflective practice, in-depth training and development opportunities. The Forensic Healthcare Service supports nurses to undertake both academic and professional development opportunities including nurse prescribing, advanced clinical practice and multi-professional responsible clinicians. We are keen to offer staff the support to progress through a clinical career pathway and have nurses undertaking MSc programs and degree modules.

Essential criteria
• Educated to degree/diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
• Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health/adult) appropriate to the job role., Extensive experience of acute care in the care group and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice.
• Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff.
• Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance.
• Experience of managing staff., Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
• An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives.
• An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risks.
• Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return? We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving. You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities. As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level. If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team., The Chichester Centre is a modern unit providing low secure services for men and women. The service is configured around two male wards and one female ward, with 15-17 service users on each of the wards. Each ward has a well-established MDT led by a ward manager. The MDTs include nursing, OT, social work, psychiatry and psychology. There is an in-reach pharmacy, SALT and GP service. We have a working together group (WTG) which meets fortnightly and includes service user representatives from each ward as well as staff. The WTG take a lead on service improvement across the unit., Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities. We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role. Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.