The Chichester Centre is a modern unit providing low secure services for men and women. The service is configured around two male wards and one female ward, with 15-17 service users on each of the wards. Each ward has a well-established MDT led by a ward manager. The MDTs include nursing, OT, social work, psychiatry, and psychology. There is an in-reach pharmacy, SALT, and GP service. We have a working together group (WTG) which meets fortnightly and includes service user representatives from each ward as well as staff. The WTG takes a lead on service improvement across the unit.
This is a challenging but incredibly rewarding role. Hazel Ward is a 15 bedded female low secure forensic ward. As Ward Manager, you will be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team leading on the care and delivery for our service users. We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA. Experience of working within a forensic service is desirable, however, not essential.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello
or
Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the management and leadership of a team of health professionals providing care over a 24-hour period, including responsibility for assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for the patients within their sphere of responsibility.
To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business.
To provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities. The Trust's success will be dependent on all managers playing an active role to make sure the existing areas of good employment practice are universally embedded within the organisation.
To deliver a service within the agreed budgets and resources ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness.
About us
Forensic mental health is a unique and fascinating field which provides both challenge and opportunity in abundance.
Being curious, creative, self-aware, and assertive are important skills that you will build on, as you are often required to think 'outside the box'.
We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA and of public protection.
Our Trust:
We provide mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We'd love you to join our organisation, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% recognizing patient care as our top priority in our staff survey.
Other key survey results include:
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team. 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will, at all times, support the Trust's reputation and that of all senior colleagues, maintaining a positive attitude with strong commitment to results.
You will be working with service users who may have committed criminal offences, but have often also been victims themselves. Service users regularly experience stigma for both mental health and offending history, so our role is to develop trusting and safe relationships which balance being collaborative and supportive with sound risk management skills.
We are committed to investing in staff and offer regular quality supervision, reflective practice, in-depth training, and development opportunities.
The Forensic Healthcare Service supports nurses to undertake both academic and professional development opportunities including nurse prescribing, advanced clinical practice, and multi-professional responsible clinicians. We are keen to offer staff the support to progress through a clinical career pathway and have nurses undertaking MSc programs and degree modules.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Educated to degree/diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience. Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health/adult) appropriate to the job role.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
Extensive experience of acute care in the care group and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice. Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff. Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance. Experience of managing staff.
Skills
Essential
Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers, and other stakeholders. An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives. An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risks. Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction, and holding others to account.
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Chichester Centre
Chichester
PO19 6GS
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
354-FH-20500 #J-18808-Ljbffr
This is a challenging but incredibly rewarding role. Hazel Ward is a 15 bedded female low secure forensic ward. As Ward Manager, you will be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team leading on the care and delivery for our service users. We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA. Experience of working within a forensic service is desirable, however, not essential.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello
or
Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the management and leadership of a team of health professionals providing care over a 24-hour period, including responsibility for assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for the patients within their sphere of responsibility.
To ensure that the team functions in line with the care group core business.
To provide effective leadership and management to staff which promotes high performance standards both individually and as a team, in the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities. The Trust's success will be dependent on all managers playing an active role to make sure the existing areas of good employment practice are universally embedded within the organisation.
To deliver a service within the agreed budgets and resources ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness.
About us
Forensic mental health is a unique and fascinating field which provides both challenge and opportunity in abundance.
Being curious, creative, self-aware, and assertive are important skills that you will build on, as you are often required to think 'outside the box'.
We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA and of public protection.
Our Trust:
We provide mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We'd love you to join our organisation, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% recognizing patient care as our top priority in our staff survey.
Other key survey results include:
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team. 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will, at all times, support the Trust's reputation and that of all senior colleagues, maintaining a positive attitude with strong commitment to results.
You will be working with service users who may have committed criminal offences, but have often also been victims themselves. Service users regularly experience stigma for both mental health and offending history, so our role is to develop trusting and safe relationships which balance being collaborative and supportive with sound risk management skills.
We are committed to investing in staff and offer regular quality supervision, reflective practice, in-depth training, and development opportunities.
The Forensic Healthcare Service supports nurses to undertake both academic and professional development opportunities including nurse prescribing, advanced clinical practice, and multi-professional responsible clinicians. We are keen to offer staff the support to progress through a clinical career pathway and have nurses undertaking MSc programs and degree modules.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Educated to degree/diploma level with a relevant qualification or equivalent experience. Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health/adult) appropriate to the job role.
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
Extensive experience of acute care in the care group and demonstrable achievement in clinical practice. Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff. Understanding of Health and Social Care Governance. Experience of managing staff.
Skills
Essential
Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers, and other stakeholders. An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives. An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risks. Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction, and holding others to account.
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Chichester Centre
Chichester
PO19 6GS
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
354-FH-20500 #J-18808-Ljbffr
