Overview
Meadowbrook unit provides mental health support for adults of working age. The unit has 2 male acute wards (Eagleton 19 beds and Maccoll 18 beds), one female acute ward (Keats 18 beds) and one male PICU 8 beds. This vacancy is for a Band 6 Deputy Ward Manager on Keats Ward.
Key Responsibilities
* Take charge of shifts on a rotational basis, act as primary nurse to service users and carers.
* Maintain effective communication with all relevant personnel who contribute to the care of the service user, both internal and external to the Trust.
* Ensure continuous clinical and professional development for ward staff through on‑the‑job coaching, mentoring, audit, supervision and ward‑based training of less experienced staff.
* Deputise for the ward manager as required and promote multidisciplinary team working whilst leading predominantly on nursing issues and leadership.
* Support and provide sound clinical interventions to service users and clinical leadership on a day‑to‑day, shift‑to‑shift basis for a group of staff on a designated clinical area.
* Work in collaboration with the Ward Manager to develop and transform nursing care provision, supporting and reflecting service user mental health and physical needs, culturally appropriate and compliant with professional guidance.
Values and Responsibilities
* Be a quality inspector, never knowingly passing on a defect, error or risk to a colleague or patient, putting things right where you can, and reporting everything, especially where you need help to put it right.
* Take a pro‑active role in identifying risks and acting on the results to resolve problems at source wherever possible bearing in mind resources and priorities and liaising with Line Manager.
* Take part in risk management practices, both clinical and non‑clinical in line with the Trust Risk Management Strategy to help reduce risks to the safety of patients.
Staff Benefits
* Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
* Excellent pension.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Salary sacrifice car scheme.
* Wellbeing programme.
* Blue Light Card Discounts.
This advert closes on Monday 20 Oct 2025.
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