Site Manager

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.

About us

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'.

Job 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• 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
• Specialist nursing qualification
• ILS/ALS
• Trained in Incident Command
• Current or previous training in PMVA / PPE.

Experience

• 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

• 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
• 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
• Awareness of current research, practice and professional issues
• Use of Structures / Tool for Communication e.g. SBAR

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
• Calm with low expressed emotion
• Confident in delegation of Duties
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£51,883 to £58,544 a year Per Annum Inclusive of Allowances