Deputy Manager

Priory; Melton Mowbray; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health care provider is seeking a part-time Deputy Manager to join the team. You will work 22.5 hours a week to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment for adults with mental health conditions at Burton Park. Ideal candidates have 18 months to 2 years of clinical expertise post-registration. This role offers attractive benefits, including 28 days of annual leave and access to professional development opportunities.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits including gym membership

Access to professional development opportunities

Sponsorship of professional qualifications

Leadership & management development

Long service award

Refer a friend bonus

Qualifications

• At least 18 months – 2 years' experience post-registration with expertise in a clinical specialty.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and visitors.
• Communicate requirements of policies and statutory requirements to the team.
• Assess and manage risk across the working environment.
• Promote diversity and inclusion among the team.

Skills

Resilience

Empathy

Clinical expertise

Job description

Deputy Manager

Department: Nursing

Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: Burton Park

Compensation: £40,085 / year

Description

Are you ready to be part of a transformative new service that's redefining mental health care? We are looking for a Deputy Manager to join the team on a part-time basis working 22.5 hours per week.

We're excited to launch a 26-bed nurse-led residential service designed to support adults with enduring mental health conditions who no longer require hospital-level care. Located within the serene grounds of Burton Park, this innovative model offers a safe, therapeutic, and homely environment with 24-hour skilled nursing and rehabilitative support.

What you'll be doing

• Working as Senior Nurse ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, their families and visitors.
• Applying relevant policies and statutory requirements within the framework of governance and communicating requirements to the wider team.
• Ensuring that risk is assessed and managed across the immediate and wider working environment and that statutory requirements are met.
• Respects and applies the requirements of diversity and inclusion, promoting and role modelling these across the team.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Resilience and natural empathy to support others through both highs and lows.
• At least 18 months – 2 years' experience post-registration with demonstrable expertise within a clinical specialty.

What we will give you in return

• 28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops/tablets/smartphones) and private healthcare.
• Access to development opportunities.
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel.
• Leadership & management development.
• Long service award.
• Refer a friend bonus.

Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.

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