Deputy Ward Manager – Cedar Ward

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. About Us EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also: We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites. We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex. EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020. Our Vision "To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care". Our Purpose "We care for people every day. What we do together, matters". Our Values We Care We Learn We Empower Job overview An exciting opportunity has now arisen and we are in the position to recruit a Deputy Ward Manager for our Male Adult Inpatient Service at Rochford hospital. Cedar Ward is a 22 bedded mixed Male Adult ward, delivering high quality personalised care to people from across Essex. Main duties of the job To lead and deliver patient centred care aligned with the trust vision and collaborating for care strategy. To support and assist the Ward Manager to provide continuing responsibility for the ward. To provide leadership and support to the unit nursing team. In the absence of the Ward Manager, to assume responsibility for the management and co-ordination of the unit/dept. To deliver a high standard of evidence based care to acute inpatient service users. To ensure the optimum level of safe and effective care within the allocated resources. Act as a resource and source of expertise to the unit team. Support the unit team to build on their own practice, progress their career and enhance their expertise through robust supervision and access to training and development. To ensure a continuously improving service, in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework. Person specification Qualifications / Education Essential criteria NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse Knowledge Essential criteria Knowledge of Mental Health Act & Mental Capacity Act. Skills and Experience Essential criteria Working within an integrated multi-disciplinary environment and co-working with other teams and professions within team meetings, case conferences and professional meetings. Desirable criteria Experience of working holistically with Adults with an emphasis on coexisting mental and physical health needs that impact on wellbeing. Equal Opportunities Employer Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply.

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