About The Role
A compelling opportunity awaits an experienced professional in Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Nursing. If you possess exceptional clinical skills and enjoy leading and motivating others, this could be the ideal position for you. As Service Lead you will take on full clinical and operational oversigts and deliver exemplary care, utilise your understanding of current legal and administrative protocols related to mentally ill patients (such as MHA and CPA), and serve as the primary point of contact for ward management.
Joining a cohesive, skilled, and passionate multidisciplinary team, you will lead a talented team of nurses and support workers to ensure the provision of top-tier care that fosters independence, dignity, and meaningful improvement in our patients' lives.
Key Responsibilities:
Assuming 24-hour continuous responsibility for the unit, effectively managing resources within allocated parameters.
Implementing organisational personnel policies and providing requested statistical data, including sickness and annual leave reports.
Coordinating annual leave, maintaining safe staffing levels, and optimizing skill mixes through efficient rota management.
Offering decisive leadership by setting clear objectives, delineating staff roles, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
Overseeing nursing team activities, delegating tasks equitably, and ensuring adherence to NMC Code of Conduct.
Participating in service planning, commissioning, and formal evaluation processes, and promptly addressing accidents, incidents, and complaints.
The successful candidate will maintain continuous responsibility for the unit and conduct ongoing care assessments, initiating necessary interventions as needed.
Be responsible for managing a ward budget as agreed by the senior management team/finance director
Achieving the most cost effective planning of rotas.
Approving agreed expenditure within guidelines.
Monitoring delegated budgets and expenditure.
Essential Qualifications/Experience:
Registration in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Nursing.
Background/experience within a mental health setting.
Strong leadership capabilities, including coaching, mentoring, and effective communication with both qualified and unqualified staff, including students.
This role presents an opportunity to lead and shape the delivery of psychiatric care, making a tangible difference in the lives of our patients and contributing to the ongoing excellence of Baldock Manor Hospital.
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About Us
Baldock Manor is a 40-bed mental health facility for adults in various settings (two Female PICU's, and two Acute Wards), with an increased focus on psychology led treatments. It is a flagship site of Nouvita Healthcare, a technology driven, outcomes focused and a growing care provider, made up of a hospital, nursing & residential care homes and supported living services and is on a mission to provide personalised and effective care.
Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a Disability Confident and Mindful employer, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Nouvita Healthcare and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to:
About The Role
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Duration: One Year Fixed Term Contract
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for mental health? Join our dedicated team at Baldock Manor Hospital, a leading psychiatric hospital, and help shape the future of recovery-focused care.
About the Role:
You'll be working with adults in an inpatient setting who are living with complex mental health needs. As part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, you'll assess, plan, and deliver personalised, evidence-based therapeutic programmes aimed at promoting recovery, building independence, and improving quality of life.
In this role, you'll also supervise junior OT staff and contribute to the development of innovative occupational therapy services across the hospital.
Key Responsibilities:
Carry out functional and occupational assessments
Design and implement tailored treatment plans using evidence-based approaches
Lead both group sessions and 1:1 therapeutic interventions
Provide supervision and mentorship to junior OT team members
Collaborate closely with nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and support workers
Support discharge planning and coordinate with external services
Engage in audits, CPD, and service improvement initiatives
Requirements:
Degree in Occupational Therapy
HCPC registration
Minimum 2 years' post-qualification experience in a mental health/psychiatric setting is preferable
Experience with both group and individual OT interventions
Supervisory experience desirable
What We're Looking For:
A recovery-focused, person-centred approach
Excellent communication and teamworking skills
Motivation to support service development and innovation
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in mental health care and develop your career in a supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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About Us
Baldock Manor is a 40-bed hospital in north Hertfordshire that provides specialist psychiatric services for adults. The hospital has two female PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care) wards and two acute wards. Our PICU services provide care and support for women at crisis level with a severe mental disorder who require rapid assessment and stabilisation. Our acute wards care for older adults, usually 55 years or older, who need a short-term hospital stay, where we can stabilise their mental health. The average stay in our acute wards is less than forty days.
Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Nouvita Healthcare and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to:
