Are you looking for that next step in your Nursing career?

Deputy Ward Manager 

Learning Disability & Autism Division

Vacancies on Oak & Sunley ward

Location: Northampton

Full Time – Rotating Long days & nights

Salary: From £40,447 per annum, plus enhancements

A bit about us

We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.

We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.

Come and join us and support us to help people transform their lives.

Oak Ward

Oak is a recovery-orientated medium secure service for women aged over 18 with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum conditions.

Based in Northampton, the philosophy of care on Oak is based on recognition that an individual has strengths as well as needs, and a right to support, treatment and care from a multi-disciplinary team able to assist recovery.

Oak provides bespoke care packages aimed at increasing skills in managing distress and psychotic symptoms, minimising risk, and enabling individuals to work towards realistic and achievable goals.

Sunley Ward

A recovery-orientated low secure service for men aged over 18 with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum conditions

Based on our Northampton site, Sunley forms part of our male Learning Disability pathway, the ward can accept direct referrals or transitions for patients stepping down from our medium secure service.

The philosophy of care is based on recognition that an individual has strengths as well as needs, and a right to support, treatment and care from our specialist multi-disciplinary team.

What we are looking for? 

We are looking for a confident, passionate individual who wants to make a difference to the lives of the individuals we support.

If you would like to be part of working with an innovative and dynamic team and add to our supportive work environment, then this is the place for you!  This will be a personally and professionally rewarding role.

  Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day. 

We have numerous programmes and qualifications on offer at St Andrew’s and all employees have access to a wide range of Learning & Development courses.

Remaining current in your nursing skill is vital for patient care so we have sector leading In house specialist training including Clinical Skills, RAID, British Sign Language, DBT, CBT

We have clear progression pathways as set out in our Nursing Career Map, following a variety of different specialist career paths focussed on:

Leadership & Management Quality & Innovation Learning, Education and Research

Main Duties of the Role

You will lead your team by example and work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. There will be a degree of flexibility in shifts allowing direct links with your colleagues across our expert Multi-Disciplinary Teams with the aim of delivering high standards of care through continuity and consistency. You will need to:

Provide and receive clinical supervision Co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary teams to ensure all clinical services provided to the ward function effectively and efficiently to meet individual patient needs Ensure ward environment is clean and safe for all staff, patients and visitors at all times Act as the Designated Division Shift Co-ordinator (bleep holder) co-ordinating and undertaking seclusion reviews as required Use demonstrated expertise to provide vision and effective role modelling to ensure fundamental high standards of clinical care are maintained Keep up to date with current topics, policies and innovations in clinical practice and have the ability to translate into practice Deputise for the Ward Manager in their absence or as required

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Our newly launched Electric Car scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications