Clinical Lead/Deputy Manager - Hospital

Integrated Care System; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy to oversee patient care and team leadership in a hospital setting. This demanding yet rewarding role involves compliance with regulations, budget management, and providing high-quality mental health care. Successful candidates will have management and Mental Health Nursing experience, ensuring all patient care needs are met effectively.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday and retail discounts

Wellbeing support

Referral bonus schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in Mental Health Nursing required.
• Management experience is necessary.
• Applicants must be RMN or RNLD qualified.

Responsibilities

• Ensure each patient's complex care needs are met by the team.
• Deliver clinical leadership across the hospital.
• Balance budgets and develop strategies.

Skills

Leadership skills

Mental Health Nursing experience

Budget management

Strategy development

Patient care

Education

RMN or RNLD qualified

Job description

The Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy of a Barchester Hospital will work closely with the Hospital Director, taking on leadership duties in their absence. The role involves providing clinical leadership across the hospital, ensuring compliance with regulations and legislation, and delivering against quality key performance indicators. It is a demanding but rewarding role, requiring management and Mental Health Nursing experience, natural leadership skills, and the ability to balance budgets and develop strategies while providing excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

As the Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy, you will be responsible for ensuring each patient's complex care needs are met by your team. You will have responsibility for balancing budgets and developing strategies, while always finding time for the people in your care. This is a demanding, but incredibly rewarding role at Barchester, which may require occasional weekend, bank holiday, and out-of-hours working, as well as participation in an on-call rota. You will make a real difference to the lives of patients with complex mental health needs, and to team members who are looking to develop their careers.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of healthcare services in the UK, operating a network of care homes and hospitals. The company is committed to delivering high-quality care and supporting the professional development of its staff.

Job responsibilities

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include: Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Wellbeing Support Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

ABOUT YOUThe Deputy Hospital Director role calls for management and Mental Health Nursing experience and natural leadership skills. You'll be ensuring each patient's, sometimes complex, care needs are met by your team. You'll also have responsibility for balancing budgets and developing strategies, while always finding time for the people in your care. This is a demanding, but incredibly rewarding role at Barchester; in addition to occasional weekend, bank holiday and out of hours working, this role may require your participation in an on-call rota. Day to day, you'll really make a difference to the lives of patients with complex mental health needs, and to team members who are looking to develop their careers with us. Need to be either RMN or RNLD qualified.

ABOUT THE ROLEAs Clinical Mental Health Lead / Deputy of a Barchester Hospital, you'll work closely with the Hospital Director, taking on leadership duties in their absence, you can expect to help create an environment that's caring, supportive and safe for your patients and team. It's a role of leadership that will see you providing clinical leadership across the hospital, making sure we're complying with regulations and legislation and delivering against quality key performance indicators.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You must be either RMN (Registered Mental Nurse) or RNLD (Registered Nurse Learning Disability) qualified.

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.