- Provide day to day management, leadership and line management to the team.
- Work alongside the senior clinical team to oversee and ensure specialist assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for service users with complex Learning Disabilities with possible mental health conditions.
- Demonstrate enhanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs.
- Collect and collate data / information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
- Work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
- RNLD / RMN / RN Mental Health, or DipSW / CQSW / CSS or OT.
- Relevant graduate qualification or equivalent.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Practice Placement Educator
- Management Qualification related to health and social care
- Relevant post-graduate qualification
- Proven ability of post-basic clinical practice.
- Demonstrable leadership experience.
- Highly skilled at assessing and managing people with learning disability needs.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in supporting/mentoring/supervising staff and students/trainees.
- Knowledge and evidence of using IT systems
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in assessing the needs and strengths of people and their carers
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of skill in delivering a range of therapeutic techniques
- Proven ability to support team members with day-to-day caseload management including prioritisation of responsibilities in times of high clinical demand.
- Proven ability to promote and develop links with other professionals practitioners
- within long term conditions, primary care
- Evidence of knowledge and application in practice of national guidance and standards NICE, CQC, CQUINS
- Using and implementing clinical governance systems.
- Experience of chairing meetings.
- Experience of providing and receiving supervision and appraisal.
- Effective budget management
- Experiencing of leading multidisciplinary teams
- Has undertaken a clinical audit/research project
- Relevant post qualification training / learning in professional field
- Willingness to maintain mandatory training requirements
- Safeguarding manager and/or investigators training
- Able to undertake and meet the key results areas for the post.
- Has advanced knowledge and proven ability in current mental health practice and national policy and guidance
- Able to exercise leadership by personal example, demonstrating respect, openness and reliability, and able to foster these characteristics within the team.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills that foster good working relationships and understanding in others.
- Able to implement and manage changes to internal systems to a reasonable conclusion.
- Able to analyse problems and identify and implement strategies that will resolve them.
- Able to write evidence based reports that support higher level decision making.
- Knowledge and skills in specialist areas, within learning disabilities, such as dual diagnosis, peri-natal mental health, working with people experiencing psychosis, working with people with a diagnosis or personality disorder, working with people with co-existing mental and physical health needs that impacts on well-being.
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
- Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
- Able to work flexibly to manage a range of differing and sometimes conflicting demands with a willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of service users and the team
- including extended hours.
- Self motivated, and able to set own priorities and meet deadlines.
- Works actively as part of own team and the wider health and social care management team.
- Analytical.
- Reliability, enthusiasm, motivation, resourcefulness, resilience
Ward Manager - Wakefield, United Kingdom - South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Description
Job summary
Full Time - Hours Per Week
Weare looking for a committed and dynamic ward manager, to provide leadership andclinical direction on the Horizon Ward in Wakefield.
Thesuccessful candidate will have a passion for person centred care and workingwith people with a learning disability.
This is an exciting opportunity for Ward Manager tojoin the Horizon inpatient unit on a full-time post / hrs per week.
We are a well-established ward that provides specialistinpatient support to people with a Learning Disability. This will be an idealrole for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career, enhancetheir management skills and take the ward to forward to achieve an outstandinginpatient service.
The team consists of a comprehensivemulti-disciplinary team including psychiatrists, psychologists, LD nurses,occupational therapists, speech & language therapists, and healthcaresupport staff. The Team works together deliver therapeutic assessment andtreatment and to support adults with LD and their families/carers.
The Trust iscommitted to staff development and in-house training to enable the applicant tofulfil the requirements of the role.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main duties of the job
You will be a highly motivated and conscientious individual, who has the desire to work creatively with people with learning disabilities within an inpatient setting.
We are looking for someone who takes pride in their role, has a passion for improving systems and ways of working in a collaborative approach. The role will include:
Leading the operational management and clinical oversight of the Service.
For an informal discussion and further information about the role, please contact:
Contact Name: Andrew Birkenshaw
Email Address: A
Telephone:
About us
Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.
Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The Post holder will be responsiblefor the effective day to day delivery of Learning Disabilities Assessment &Treatment ward within the designated team area.
The post holder will be responsiblefor the day to day management of resources and staff employed by both SWYPFTand integrated partners with agreed permissions framework to act in conjunctionwith other ward managers, professionals, disciplines and partners.
The post holder will be expected tohave strong clinical and leadership skills and be responsible for ensuring thedelivery of quality forensic mental health services.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Management and Resources
The Ward Managerwill manage allocated resources on behalf of the trust and local authority toensure that fundamentals of care are delivered.
Competencies
Provide day to daymanagement of all staff within the ward team including sickness and absencemonitoring, conduct and performance etc.
Ensure that teamresources are deployed appropriately to meet the day to day demands on the wardand wider service.
Ensure service provisionmeets the individual needs of service users and their carers within Learningand Disability policy, the personalisation, prevention and recovery agenda.
Ensure that the serviceobserves the legal and philosophical requirements of national legislativeframeworks.
Monitor the quality andappropriateness of service provision.
Monitor ward budgets andtake measures to ensure that they remain within agreed establishments, alertingthe budget holder of current or expectedbudget pressures.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
Person SpecificationQualifications
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Experience
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Training
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Special Knowledge/Skills
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Personal Attributes
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Physical Attributes
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