South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Ward Manager - National Psychosis Unit
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Job Opportunity: National Psychosis Unit Service Manager
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic nurse to lead our National Psychosis Unit service and work with the already established multidisciplinary team who are highly skilled and dedicated to the service users they work with. The role involves regular contact with the Clinical Service Manager, General Manager and nursing directorate colleagues to help ensure the Ward Manager feels confident and supported in their role, in addition to continued professional development opportunities and a Trust-wide Staff Support Service and networks to help you connect with others within SLaM and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Overall Service Management: Responsible for the delivery of a specialist inpatient service.
- Management of Nursing Care and Practice: Ensuring that all nursing practice is developed using up to date evidence-based practice, and that all nursing staff have the appropriate skill base and support mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
- Management of Financial and Material Resources: Ensuring these are managed within the allocated budget.
- Setting, Monitoring, and Evaluating Clinical Standards: Of care and practice in liaison with Clinical Service Manager and Nursing management.
- Management of Human Resources: Maintaining the efficient use of staffing resources on the ward ensuring staffing levels are safe and appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix on each shift.
- Environmental Management: Adhering to environmental and clinical safety standards at all times.
- Personal Development and Freedom to Act: Being prepared to physically move between sites as needed and remaining up to date with current developments and practice in your clinical area.
- Deputising for the Matron: As required. They may also undertake site-wide coordination roles as required, e.g. DSN when needed.
- Communicating with Service Users and Carers: Nursing team and other professionals on a daily basis.
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Benefits
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
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Some of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here
- Generous Pay, Pensions, and Leave: We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions, and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career Development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership, and other talent programmes.
- Car Lease: Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
- Accommodation: Our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites.
- NHS Discounts: With discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
For a full list of our benefits please visit: Working at SLaM
Application
We look forward to receiving your application
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Michael Diamond
- Job Title: Matron
- Email Address: Michael.Diamond@slam.nhs.uk
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