Site Manager
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
The post holder will provide management and leadership for the entire Broadmoor Hospital site for specified shifts within an agreed framework across the 24 hour, 7-day week period. The successful candidate will take an on-site lead in operational issues working across the Directorates and providing a visible presence in all patient areas.
The post holder will need to demonstrate excellent leadership skills to review, allocate, deploy and coordinate nursing resources for Broadmoor Hospital across their shift. Out of hours, the post holder will be the Senior Manager on site and as such is responsible for ensuring the safe and secure operation of Broadmoor Hospital.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Site Manager at Broadmoor Hospital, this can be offered as either a secondment or Full Time position based upon the candidate; and the perspective post holder will ideally have a proven track record as a Clinical Band 7 Nurse with the ability to lead and influence others.
The successful candidate will be an experienced Clinician who is able to work well under pressure, and communicate and engage with all Hospital staff as an exemplary role model. The successful candidate will work in a proactive manner, which has patients and staff at the centre of what they do.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham).We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria- Registered Mental Health Nurse on relevant part of NMC Register
- Active on NMC Register
- Evidence of professional Development
- Certificate in leadership & management
- Mentorship Qualification & experience of Supervision and teaching of staff.
- Post Graduate healthcare or management/leadership qualification
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development at post graduate level
- A Relevant degree
- Specialist nursing qualification
- ILS/ALS
- Trained in Incident Command
- Current or previous training in PMVA / PPE.
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant Experience as inpatient Clinical Leader/Manager level or above.
- Experience of managing complex situations and/or incidents
- Experience of staff management, including disciplinary matters
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Experience of Managing & coordinating Clinical Resourcing to service needs.
- Dealing with patient and carer complaints
- Band 7 inpatient relevant Experience, at Clinical Nurse Manager or equivalent
- Previous experience of leading a team and managing an acute area
- Demonstrate delivery and facilitation of effective change management
- Thorough understanding of bed management systems/principles
- Experience in teaching/developing others
- Experience of providing management supervision
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Ability to work under pressure and make decisions as required
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Exemplar leadership, communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to assimilate information
- Confident at Delegation & Management
- Understand Emergency Response procedures and command structures
- Have knowledge and PMVA / PPE deployment processes and operational Tactics & processes.
- Ability to Brief and De-Brief teams
- Good presentation skills, ability to use excel, word and PowerPoint
- Leadership skills
- Awareness of current research, practice and professional issues
- Use of Structures / Tool for Communication e.g. SBAR
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
- Calm with low expressed emotion
- Confident in delegation of Duties
- Excellent listening skills
- Effective time management
- Good sense of humour
- Acts as good role model
- Good time management
- Energetic and self-motivated
- Excellent interpersonal skills, to be able to communicate complex information to diverse audiences and maintain effective working relationships.
- Flexible and adaptable
- Be able to demonstrate continuing professional development, through Best practice.
- Understanding of contemporary forensic issues
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
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West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.