Ward Manager

Ensure staff receive clinical and line management supervision every six weeks in accordance with Trust policy

• To ensure practice is delivered safely in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the policies and procedures of Pennine care NHS Foundation Trust, Mental Health Act (1983) and Community Care legislation.
• To be a visible and proactive clinical leader and role model within the multidisciplinary team and actively participate in the delivery of clinical care on the ward.
• To ensure that patients, their families and carers are directly involved in decisions which affect their care.
• To maintain personal contact with patients, their relatives and carers. Being sensitive to their needs for respect, privacy and dignity and to act as a senior point of contact on the ward.
• To initiate patient focussed interventions and developments, which reflect social, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• To ensure that high standards of record keeping, patient assessment, care planning, risk assessment and management are delivered on the ward in accordance with the Care Programme Approach.
• To participate in programmes of audit activities required by the Acute Services Manager.
  
  Do you want to make a difference in women's inpatient mental health?
Have you worked on a female ward? Have you got management experience on a ward? We have an excellent opportunity for a proven nurse leader here in Rochdale. Moorside ward is an 18 bedded female ward for adults of working age. We cover the Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale area, and we are part of Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust that provides mental health care of the Eastern and Northern part of the Greater Manchester region. The successful candidate must have previous experience in a clinical leadership role on an adult acute ward (minimum Band 6) for at least two years and must have the ability to effectively manage a clinical area.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel