Charge Nurse inHellingly inHellingly PUBLISHED FRI 13 DEC 2024

Are you a Registered Nurse with experience working in mental health or a similar environment?

Does working in a unique and fascinating field of nursing appeal to you?

We're looking for a Deputy Ward Manager to join our friendly team at Hellingly, where you will be a role model, leader and clinical lead. A Deputy Ward Manager is an exciting role where you will take leadership responsibilities and develop your clinical leadership, while maintaining your hands-on nursingskills. The emphasis of this role is about promoting clinical expertise and teaching, whilst being a key member of the ward leadership team.

The role is situated on Elm Ward, a 15-bedded Male low secure forensic ward. Where we consider a complex picture for our service users of victims of significant trauma and abuse, but also perpetrators of violence.

No two days are the same; while we have structure and set boundaries, there is always a need to be able to adapt to what is a dynamic ward environment.

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).

Elm Ward is a unique workplace and requires nurses to manage an ever-changing environment. You will be working with service users who 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.

As a Deputy Ward Manager, your responsibilities willbe to:

• Uphold the values of the ward promoting openness, transparency and learning
• Be an enthusiastic mentor to and supervise new staff, newly qualified nurses and junior staff
• Oversee certain areas of clinical expertise such as medication management and physical health provision on the ward
• Support the Ward Manager with HR tasks such as return to works and sickness monitoring
• Accurately and timely maintain clinical documentation
• Manage shifts as a nurse in charge
• Conduct thorough assessments of risks and risk management plans to support incidents on the ward

We are looking for an individual who is resilient, driven and passionate to provide high quality nursing care to our patients, whist supporting the leadership on Elm Ward.

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REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Deputy Ward Manager/Charge Nurse in our team, you will:

• Be a qualified nurse, registered on the NMC
• Have relevant post qualifying experience including supervising staff
• Be passionate about improving the lives of individuals who are being held within the criminal justice system
• Understand that this is a challenging but hugely rewarding work setting

It would be advantageous if you have:

• Have experience working within a mental health setting

For this role you will be required to work a mixture of shifts including Long Days (07:00 19:30) and Nights (19:00 07:30).

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Marta Bardecka (Clinical Nurse Specialist) at /