Charge Nurse (Fixed Term Contract)

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Winwick; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 33 days (including bank)

Birthday leave

Career development and training

Rewards & Ely-Vate platform

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card benefits

Life Assurance

Wage access via Stream

24/7 GP service

Enhanced Maternity Package

Pension contributions

Subsidised meals

Onsite parking

Job summary

Elysium Health care is seeking a Charge Nurse to support the Ward Manager in leading the nursing team and delivering high-quality care to adult women in medium and low secure settings, including PICU environments.

The role focuses on nursing leadership, staff supervision, and budget coordination, with on-call duties and a commitment to a positive, learning-focused environment. Fixed-term contract until September 2027, with opportunities for development.

Qualifications

• A relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• Positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven track record of leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Support the Ward Manager to lead the nursing team in providing high-quality care and support to adult women in medium, and low secure, and psychiatric intensive care (PICU) environments.
• Empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff across the ward to deliver great healthcare.
• Co-ordinate the on-call service and manage ward budgets; lead by example as a role model.
• Lead care teams and create a positive learning environment that changes lives for the better.
• Take charge of the ward in the Ward Manager's absence.

Skills

NMC registration

Clinical leadership

Team leadership

Care planning

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Please note that this role is a fixed term contract until September 2027. Next steps after this will be discussed closer to the time.

Being a Charge Nurse is more than helping to manage a team. It's supporting a leader, being an expert, supporting and embracing a positive culture, providing guidance, nurturing talent, and most importantly, looking after everyone within the ward. If you agree, then you're the Charge Nurse we're looking for.

Whether you're a senior nurse looking for the next step in your career, or an existing Deputy Ward Manager looking for a new ward to be a key part of, if caring for others and being able to successfully support in leading a team to effectively run a ward comes naturally to you.

Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable, rewarding and fulfilling as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing:

With experience from the NHS or private care, you will support the Ward Manager to lead the nursing team in providing high-quality care and support to adult women in a medium, and low secure, and psychiatric intensive care (PICU) environment, who have Personality Disorder and Mental Health conditions, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Charge Nurse, you will empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff across the ward to deliver great healthcare. You will work alongside the senior Nurse and Ward Manager to co-ordinate the on-call service and manage the ward budgets, and lead by example, acting as a role model to all members of the nursing team, leading care teams and creating a positive learning environment that makes a difference and changes lives for the better.

Other duties include:

• Providing Clinical Leadership and expertise
• Providing leadership and guidance to support a unified service and engaged workforce
• Ensuring that high standards are in place, followed and improved in accordance within the Clinical Governance framework
• Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
• Being an expert resource on Nursing care of service users within the specialism and hold a key role in the multidisciplinary team
• Maintaining a positive and collaborative environment to allow ward members to reach their potential and maximum their ability to provide high-quality care, staff welfare and staff training
• Designated to take charge of the ward of the ward in the Ward Manager's absence

Things that you will have:

• A relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven track record of leadership skills

Where you will be working:

Location: Arbury Court, Townfield Lane, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8TR

Join the multidisciplinary team at Arbury Court and provide care and treatment for adult women in medium, and low secure, and psychiatric intensive care (PICU) environments, who have Personality Disorder and Mental Health conditions.

Rehabilitation and recovery at Arbury Court focuses on care being ‘person-centred’ as opposed to ‘disease-centred’.

The service is located just off the M62 junction 9 in Winwick, which benefits from good transport links, making it easy to commute to from most local areas between Liverpool and Manchester.

What You’ll Get:

• Annual base salary of £46,783 Pro Rata
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Subsidised meals and onsite free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure