Job summaryPost Title: Deputy Ward Manager
Reports To: Ward Manager
Directorate/Department: Mental Health Adult Inpatient Services
Salary Range: Band 6
Main duties of the job- To provide nursing leadership and care for adults with serious mental illness in the context of the care programme approach.
- To act as a deputy to the ward manager in their absence.As a qualified nurse, the post-holder will contribute to and oversee the coordinating of the care planning process in the in-patient setting.
- They will be responsible for providing clinical leadership.
- They will deputize in the absence of the ward manager as required.
- They will provide clinical and managerial support to staff through accepting the role of senior nurse on-site as required.
- To work in partnership with Multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the development of the service.
About usBlack Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region, we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services.
- Specialist learning disability services.
- Mental health services for children and young people.
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Walsall.
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enable us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
Job responsibilities- To practice within the NMC code of conduct.
- To work with, promote and contribute to the development of appropriate models of inpatient care.
- To contribute to the assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the context of the care programme approach.
- To provide supervision and clinical leadership to junior nursing staff, to ensure effective delivery of programmes of care for the patients on the caseload.
- To report and identify service deficit limitations/development opportunity to senior colleagues.
- To monitor the well being of patients and contribute to the development of practice in relation to protecting individuals whose health and well being is at risk.
- To ensure effective communication with the multi disciplinary team, service users and carers about programmes of care and routine or complex matters.
- To develop and maintain confidentiality in accordance with the data protection act and professionals code of conduct.
- To promote positive health by offering information and education to patients/carers on mental health issues and treatments.
- To administer, store and order medications in line with trust policy and monitor and report to medical staff effects of medication.
- To promote service user carer and relatives involvement whenever feasible throughout episodes of care and developing a clinical practice.
- To be conversant with, and practice within, the mental health act 1983 and code of practice including the receipt of section papers.To maintain and monitor clinical records in accordance with local policies.
- To promote, maintain and monitor best practice in health, safety and security of self and others in own work area as identified in local policies.
- To set clinical standards within the team based on current research and developments in clinical practice.
- To contribute and promote quality initiatives and audits, e.g. clinical audit, essence of care.
- Take an active part in developing knowledge ideas to support and promote evidence based practice.
- To take charge of the ward taking responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of the ward manager.
Person SpecificationEssential- Years of experience - 18 months
- NMC registration
- Preceptorship
Desirable- Practice assessor course
- leadership experience
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. 
