Clinical Team Leader- Abbeygate Ward (3k Welcome Bonus*)

NHS; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Bury St Edmunds is looking for a Clinical Team Leader to manage an Older Adult Ward. The role involves leading a multidisciplinary team, ensuring patient-centered care, overseeing ward management, and driving quality improvement. The ideal candidate will have a nursing degree and significant mental health experience. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression

27-33 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Able to demonstrate knowledge of mental health practice.
• Experience in leading service development.
• Experience in providing leadership in mental health care.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team and oversee daily ward management.
• Drive quality improvement and compliance with standards.
• Support staff development and wellbeing.

Skills

Leadership in mental health settings

Risk assessment

Knowledge of medication

Understanding psychosocial interventions

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent

Job description

Clinical Team Leader- Abbeygate Ward (3k Welcome Bonus*)

Your leadership can transform care - join us as Ward Manager and help shape the future of older adult mental health services.

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Ward Manager to lead our Older Adult Ward Abbeygate. You will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the highest standards of patient-centred care for older adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, and physical health conditions.

As Ward Manager, you will:

Lead and support a multidisciplinary team.

Oversee safe and effective day-to-day ward management.

Drive quality improvement, patient safety, and compliance with standards.

Support staff development, wellbeing, and professional growth.

Work in partnership with patients, families, and wider services to promote recovery and safe discharge.

Main duties of the job

As Ward Manager, you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, ensuring high standards of care and continuous quality improvement for older adults with complex mental health needs. Working closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, you'll oversee daily ward operations, support and develop staff.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading and supporting the ward team through supervision and appraisals.

Overseeing admissions, patient flow, and safe discharge planning.

Driving quality improvement, audits, and service development.

Contributing to multidisciplinary meetings and effective partnership working.

Supporting recruitment, retention, and staff wellbeing.

About us

Our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Individual competence and suitability will be explored within interview. It is vital that the successful candidate demonstrates values and behaviours

reflective of those of our Trust and this is a focus of the interview process.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it

takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more

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* Previous applicants need not apply *

**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
• Evidence of leading service development within in a mental health setting
• Experience with risk assessment and Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment. Working in a community mental health team. Application Form / Interview / References Page | 9 JD Ver.3.0 June 2024 ongoing management.
• Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects.
• Build on/develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriateness.

Skills

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yeargross per annum/ pro rata