Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Are you ready for the next step in your career? Do you have strong management and leadership skills?
At Brooklands Hospital, we are committed to providing the best standard of care and experience for individuals in an inpatient setting, supporting them to gain skills to reach their potential and maintain a good quality of life.
This post is to replace our ward manager who is moving on for career progression.
Jade Ward is a unit for Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities requiring hospital treatment and a discharge plan for successful community reintegration. The ward benefits from a well-established nursing and care assistant team, a full MDT, and its own school and teaching staff.
This role is vital to our retention strategy, ensuring visible management and supervision, and supporting a clear career structure for succession planning.
Full-time and part-time applicants are welcome; a minimum of 30 hours per week is required.
Main duties of the job
1. Manage the day-to-day operations of the unit, including physical, procedural, and relational security standards.
2. Oversee the direct care team, including Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Assistant Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants, and Support Staff.
3. Develop the unit in line with evidence-based practice, current research, and national guidance.
For more information, please see the attached support information for a comprehensive overview of the role and requirements.
About us
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) offers a wide range of physical health, mental health, learning disability, and autism services across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond.
Our ethos is 'people at our heart'; this guides everything we do. We prioritize caring for our staff and colleagues and offer various benefits and development opportunities, including:
* Generous annual leave, increasing with service length
* Extensive learning and development options, including apprenticeships, distance learning, internal training, coaching, and mentoring
* Salary sacrifice schemes for vehicles, cycle to work, electronics, gym memberships, and more
* Discounts with retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discounts
* Wellbeing support, including counselling services and external helplines
* Staff networks and support groups
We seek individuals passionate about improving community wellbeing, aligned with our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.
Job responsibilities
* Ensure comprehensive treatment packages from admission to discharge for service users.
* Support and develop user involvement in care and treatment.
* Carry out and record patient observations according to Trust policy, sharing information with patients, staff, and the MDT.
* Apply positive behavioural support models, challenge restrictive practices, and promote low arousal techniques.
* Manage the unit daily, including security standards.
* Lead the direct care team, including nurses, nursing associates, assistants, and support staff.
* Develop the unit according to evidence-based practice, research, and guidance.
* Motivate and support staff and colleagues to review practices, innovate, and improve clinical effectiveness.
* Recognize personal limits, seeking specialist support when needed.
* Promote a positive, open culture within clinical areas and across the service.
* Maintain safety and security for patients, staff, and oneself, following policies and procedures.
* Manage security equipment responsibly.
* Contribute to clinical supervision for nursing staff.
* Manage the unit within financial constraints, allocating resources appropriately.
* Ensure compliance with CQC requirements in inpatient settings.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse registered with the NMC.
* Management qualification or willingness to pursue one.
Experience
* Significant experience in a forensic setting.
* Experience managing an inpatient team.
Other
* Physically capable and willing to participate in violence and aggression management, including physical intervention.
* Willing to travel as necessary for the role.
Knowledge
* Understanding of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS).
* Knowledge of national drivers in Learning Disability Care.
* Knowledge of physical, procedural, and relational security.
Personal Attributes
* Ability to lead and motivate a team.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This role requires a DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, to disclose any criminal convictions.
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
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