Ward Manager - Sapphire Ward Aylesbury

As the Sapphire Ward Manager, you will be required to have some knowledge of working in an Acute setting. You will need outstanding leadership skills and experience to guide the team. You will be responsible for the effective operational management, organisation and delivery of high-quality nursing care and clinical leadership within the inpatient ward. You will provide, maintain, and develop nursing care to the optimum standard possible within the resources provided. The ward manager is seen as a clinical leader, who is visible and provides role modelling, facilitation, and education to the nursing team. We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills who is enthusiastic about delivering high standards of care within a compassionate environment. Someone who can demonstrate a commitment to creative engagement with a diverse population of service users, show initiative and able to work collaboratively and cohesively within the multidisciplinary team as well as with service users and their families alike. You will work in conjunction with the leadership team, including the Modern Matron, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist and contribute to the development of acute service provision across the Adult Acute Pathway. You will also work closely with the Senior Matron, Head of Nursing, Head of Service, and Clinical Director.

We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative nurse with a real passion for in-patient nursing to be our next Sapphire Ward Manager. An exciting opportunity has arisen on our male adult acute mental health adult inpatient ward in Aylesbury. We are interested in recruiting someone who has a positive attitude and exceptional skills to work with patients with enduring mental illness and within a multi-disciplinary team. We are a positive, friendly and supportive team committed to providing high quality evidence-based patient care in an acute setting. If you have experience of leadership and management within the in-patient setting, you could be the right person to lead, manage and inspire our dedicated team. As a dedicated service, we provide holistic goal-focused inpatient care to patients we look after. Our patients will typically be in the acute phase of a psychotic illness associated with a significant degree of risk to self or others, which cannot be managed in the community and require in-patient intervention.

Sapphire Ward provides a care environment for 20 male patients who require support in an acute phase of illness. Sapphire ward aims to provide the highest standard of care in a safe, caring and excellent way, ensuring that care provision is collaborative, holistic and individualized.

Sapphire ward has a Health Based Place of Safety (HBPOS) . We accept referrals from areas covered by Oxford health NHS Foundation Trust, however, mainly look after patients within the Buckinghamshire patch. We look after patients who are usually between the ages of 18 and 65 years who are admitted voluntarily or following Mental Health Act assessments (MHAAs) in places of safety and the community as well as from other venues of care.

• We are involved in quality improvement (QI) projects designed to improve patient care and outcomes using evidence based practice
• We are working towards our QNWA accreditation.
• Learning and development opportunities include Non-Medical Prescribing, (NMP) Clinical Leadership in Health care, Psychosocial and Family interventions and Professional Nurse advocacy (PNA)
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme