Deputy Ward Manager

Deputy Ward Manager

Reference

PRI99710

Location

Priory Hospital Middleton St George, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 1TS

Priory Group Division

Healthcare

Salary

up to £44,648 plus enhancements

Hours

37.5

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Job Advert Location Description

The Priory Hospital Middleton St George is located in Darlington, County Durham and provides individualised treatment and care for people with mental health needs of adult working age and who present with complex and challenging behaviours, in a safe and supportive environment. Our comprehensive integrated services offer complete care pathways allowing service users to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community and maximising life opportunities.

Our multi-disciplinary teams provide care for male and female service users, working collaboratively with their commissioners, across our 7 wards. We deliver intensive care and acute, and a recovery and rehabilitation environment which includes a specialist female Personality Disorder service. Our focus is on the delivery of excellent care, empowering service users to progress towards the least restrictive setting and towards independence. Our vision is to place our service users at the heart of our service provision, working closely with them and their carers to support their recovery and rehabilitation.

Job Advert Role Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, experienced and skilled RMN, to work as Deputy Ward Manager on Chester Unit at The Priory Hospital, Middleton St George.

Chester ward is a 10 bed female PICU ward that support patients who exhibit mental state or clinical behaviour which seriously compromises their physical or psychological wellbeing or that of others. All patients on PICU are detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).

The successful candidate will work with the Ward Manager in the delivery of excellent care and the ongoing development and improvement of the ward.

The successful candidate will have noticeable leadership skills along with a strong drive to develop other members of the team and themselves. Support will be provided for the applicant to complete their Student Nurse Assessor programme so they can mentor and assess student nurses along all stages of their programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a talented multidisciplinary team and the candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the ward team possesses the skills, knowledge and motivation to deliver the highest quality of care to service users with complex mental health who require stabilisation in a safe and secure environment.

The successful candidate will also ensure that they and the team uphold MHA and MCA standards and work to uphold NMC's code of practice whilst ensuring all relevant policies are in place, reviewed and updated as and when necessary (e.g. ward guidelines/patient information) in liaison with the Ward Manager and multidisciplinary team. An understanding of Safewards will be essential but training can be provided.

The successful candidate will ensure clinical records are well maintained and systems are in place for staff to communicate effectively on clinical issues ensuring awareness of legal implications and ensure all ward management responsibilities are met and all reports are up to date.

As well as clinical duties the appointed person will be expected to deputise in the Ward Managers absence. The successful candidate must be a Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse (RNMH / RNLD).

What we'd like to give you:
• A competitive salary
• Disclosure check cost coverage
• Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave
• Free on-site parking
• Free access to our on-site gymnasium
• Online benefits and cashback rewards
• Cycle to work scheme
• NEST Pension option

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a disclosure at the required level from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

If you would like to discuss the opportunity further please contact Pamela Phoenix, Director of Clinical Services on Apply
or visit our website Apply to apply.

Division DBS info

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Job Description

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