Deputy Ward Manager

Elysium Healthcare; Tendring; On-site; GBP 36,900 - 45,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Free meals and parking

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Clacton-on-Sea is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager to provide clinical leadership and support the team in delivering high-quality care. The ideal candidate will have relevant nursing qualifications and strong leadership skills, thriving in a compassionate environment focused on mental health treatment. The role offers an annual salary of £41,000, 33 days of leave, and additional benefits, including career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a similar environment.
• Commitment to high-quality care and evidence-based practice.
• Proven track record of leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and expertise.
• Lead and guide a unified service.
• Supervise and utilise nursing staff effectively.

Skills

Leadership skills

Compassionate attitude

Clinical expertise

Nursing care supervision

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

NMC registration

Job description

Overview

Being a Deputy Ward Manager is more than helping to manage a team. It’s supporting a leader, providing guidance, nurturing talent, and looking after everyone within the ward. If you agree, you’re the Deputy Ward Manager we’re looking for.

Whether you’re a senior nurse looking for the next step in your career, or an existing Deputy Ward Manager seeking a new ward to lead, if caring for others and leading a team to run a ward comes naturally, apply today and join the team at Dunnock View in Clacton-on-Sea. Your career within Elysium Healthcare 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 you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and expertise
• Lead and guide a unified service and engaged workforce
• Ensure high standards are in place, followed and improved within the Clinical Governance framework
• Utilise and supervise all nursing staff effectively
• Act as an expert resource on nursing care within the service and play a key role in the multidisciplinary team
• Maintain a positive and collaborative environment to help ward members reach their potential and deliver high-quality care, staff welfare and staff training
• Take charge of the ward in the Ward Manager’s absence

What You Will Have

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

Location

Location: Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 0BX

Dunnock View is a 42-bed service providing treatment for men and women who may have suffered trauma and are affected by Mental Health disorders. A trauma-informed care model focuses on length of stay to help individuals move quickly and safely to the most appropriate setting. Service users may have conditions such as Acute mental illness, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, Personality Disorder, Dual diagnosis, Self-harm, or Substance misuse issues.

What You Will Get

• Annual salary of £41,000
• 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities for work-life balance
• Career development and training to help you achieve career goals
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

Additional benefits include retail discounts and offers.

About Your Next Employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, providing opportunities to grow. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network across 10 countries and over 86,000 employees.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive recruitment. All staff are responsible for safeguarding the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.