Ward Manager - Edgbaston Mens Medium Secure

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.

A little about this role

The Ward Manger is pivotal to the delivery of high quality nursing and care, providing day-to-day leadership and support to clinical and non-clinical ward staff. Working closely with the Registered Clinician and MDT, the Ward Manager ensures that practice is safe, effective and person-centred. They actively monitor standards and lead innovative practices to improve quality outcomes. They will act as a senior clinical member of the team and hold responsibility for the ward environment and its resources.

The ward - Hawkesley

A medium secure mental illness service for men aged 18 to 65 years old with serious and enduring mental health problems.

A medium secure acute admissions ward for men with complex needs and a forensic history aged between 18 and 65 years old.

Edgbaston is a 15 bed ward for men who require assessment and treatment of mental illness. Patients are often transferred from prison, high secure services and other medium secure services to have their condition stabilised, before either returning to complete their sentence or to remain in hospital care.

Patients may have more than one mental health diagnosis including functional/ organic psychosis, personality disorder and substance misuse problems.

Because of the benefit of our location we can step patients down to low secure services on site making a safer transition.

Interested?

Then we’d love you to apply here. If you would like an informal discussion about this post then please contact Samantha Pendry, Internal Recruitment Consultant,