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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
The shift pattern of this position is Monday-Sunday 24hr rotational post.
The NHSGGC Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS) aims to provide assessment and management of women who are at risk of, or who experience, significant mental disorder while pregnant or within the first postnatal year. The service also prioritises the needs of the infant, other children, and partners of mothers with mental illness.
The West of Scotland MBU is situated in purpose-designed facilities at Leverndale Hospital. It allows for the joint admission of mothers accompanied by their babies, where the woman requires acute inpatient mental health care.
As an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team the post holder has 24hr responsibility for the ward/department including clinical nurse leadership, managing and supporting ongoing nursing team development to fulfill the key functions of the in-patient unit. In particular the post holder will be responsible for safe and effective deployment and management of the nursing resource to ensure robust risk assessment/risk management, implementation and evaluation of complex programs of care using a strength based recovery focused approach that proactively involves the person.
The post holder is required to undertake nurse line manger responsibilities of senior nursing staff with overall responsibility for monitoring nursing activity related key performance indicators. Has lead responsibility for profession specific clinical governance activity and monitoring which includes care assurance; standards of compliance; professional regulation; responding to complaints; staff governance; clinical supervision; nurse line management supervision; legislative frameworks; national and board policy/guidelines implementation.
Participating as a key member of the multi-disciplinary decision making with regards to clinical and risk assessment/risk management and plans of care. Monitoring nursing clinical activity/workforce issues and ensuring resource efficiency are critical aspects of the role.
Supporting the service manager and operational manager to contribute to the health and social care agenda, leading on professional, practice and service improvement to ensure safe, effective person centred care delivery for the in-patient mental health service.
Informal contact: Scott Whinnery, 0141 211 6626, Scott.whinnery@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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