Ward Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Ward Manager on Heather ward at St Martins in Canterbury

Heather ward is a male-only adult inpatient ward.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated, patient and staff-centred qualified nurse to maintain the high-quality care delivery. Heather Ward already provides and supports innovation and development. It is essential that you have leadership experience.

• To provide accurate, timely reports and discharge
• To deal with e-mail correspondence in a timely
• To monitor the record keeping of junior / non-qualified staff and students where appropriate
• To link with special interest groups both internal and external to the Trust to share good practice
• To act as a representative of the service
• Take account of cultural issues in communication with everyone, including work
• Understand what translation and advocacy services are available and follow correct
• Ensures that the electronic Health and Social Care Records of self, of Deputy Ward Manager, and of junior colleagues are up to date, accurate and consistent with Trust
• Establish and maintain accurate, complete and up to date care plans in Line with Trust policies and
• Effectively use Trust electronic tools and IT
• Implement strategies which facilitate adherence to treatment including negotiation skills, early warning signs monitoring and psycho-education, and motivational interviewing skills

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

• registered nurse
• one year leadership experience
• completed a leadership course

• degree

KMPT Staff Benefits

We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce from an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.

Our benefits include:

• NHS pension scheme with 20.6% employer contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlements, starting from 27 days per annum for full time staff, which increases with service, plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options
• NHS discounts and shopping vouchers
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Lease car scheme, Cycle to work scheme
• Free access to an independent counselling service. The list goes on………!

To Apply: Please click apply to be directed to NHS Jobs where you can see a full description and apply for the role.