Deputy Ward Manager | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46,419 - £55,046 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 25 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, SW17 0YF |
| Cwmni: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7640351/294-CAMHS-7640351-JB |
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We are recruiting a Band 6 deputy ward manager for Wisteria Ward and supporting Wisteria annexe at Springfield Hospital. If you are a forward-thinking experienced band 5/6 nurse looking to become an expert within a leading CAMHS inpatient eating disorder service, this is an exciting opportunity to consider. This is an exciting time to join the team, we’ve recently had a very successful CQC inspection, and we are preparing to move into a newly refurbished inpatient ward co-designed with our CYP.
The post will enhance your skills in leadership, management, specialist assessment of mental health and physical health needs, therapeutic engagement, crisis management and joint working with multiple agencies/services. We are looking for someone who is clinically competent with the appropriate skills to lead a diverse and experienced team.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress. You will work closely with the ward manager, cover in the absence of the ward manager, lead on QII projects and service improvement. We offer bespoke training; NG feeding, sickness management training. Staff are actively encouraged and supported to focus on their CPD to support the development of their skillset and enable more effective patient care and engagement.
As a deputy ward manager with us, you will develop a thorough understanding of the CAMHS inpatient eating disorder model, you will take a lead on Quality improvement projects and embedding these into daily practice. You will support with recruitment, supervision, PADR and monitor its effectiveness. You will ensure care delivered is reflective of evidence-based practice and research within the framework of clinical governance. You will support the ward manager to manage complaints, compliments and support the team with being always ready for CQC. You will be present, accessible, and supportive. You will train junior staff and support their development.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:
Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025