Deputy Ward Manager

Priory; Rother; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in Rother, England, is looking for a Deputy Ward Manager for the Female Acute Ward. This full-time position involves playing a crucial role in patient recovery and ensuring a safe environment. The role includes assisting with patient care plans and working collaboratively with the treatment team. A £5,000 welcome bonus is offered for this position.

Benefits

£5,000 welcome bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in a Senior Nurse role or equivalent in a healthcare setting.
• Understanding of patient care plans and the ability to assist in their implementation.
• Knowledge of relevant policies, statutory requirements, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the recovery process of patients.
• Ensure safe and therapeutic environments for patients and their families.
• Communicate policies and statutory requirements to the team.
• Assess and manage risks within the ward environment.
• Promote diversity and inclusion within the team.

Skills

Compassion

Teamwork

Communication

Patient care

Policy application

Job description

Priory Hospital Ticehurst is looking to recruit a Deputy Ward Manager for our Female Acute Ward to join the team. This is a full time 37.5 hours role. We are also offering a £5,000 welcome bonus.

Set within 48 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens in a small village in East Sussex, Priory Ticehurst House is an idyllic location which allows us to provide a highly therapeutic environment, making us the perfect place for people staying with us to begin their recovery. We work collaboratively with the discharge teams to ensure a smooth transition back into existing community services, or to an individual’s home, where possible.

Priory’s acute services aim to allow more people to be treated closer to home and we support the NHS to repatriate out-of-area patients back to local areas.

What you’ll be doing

• You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. You will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patients
• Works as Senior Nurse in a Ward or equivalent area ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, their families and visitors.
• Apply relevant policies and statutory requirements within the ward and hospital framework of governance and communicates requirements to the wider team.
• Ensures 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.