Ward Manager

TN United Kingdom; Tendring; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Ward Manager to lead a nursing team at Dunnock View, a mental health service in Clacton-on-Sea. The role focuses on delivering high-quality care, supporting staff, and creating a positive environment for service users. With a competitive salary of £50,000 and numerous benefits, this position offers a fulfilling career in a supportive organization.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including bank holidays

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity package

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar environment required.
• Proven track record of leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nursing team to provide high-quality care.
• Manage ward budgets and the on-call service.
• Provide clinical leadership and expertise.

Skills

Leadership

Compassion

Teamwork

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

NMC registration

Job description

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Being a Ward Manager is more than just managing a team. It's being a leader, an expert, being the driving force behind a positive culture, providing guidance, nurturing talent, and most importantly, looking after everyone within your ward. If you agree, then you're the Ward Manager we're looking for.

Whether you're a senior nurse looking for the next step in your career, or a seasoned Ward Manager looking for a new ward to make your own, if caring for others and being able to successfully lead a team to effectively run a ward comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at Dunnock View in Clacton-on-Sea.

Your career within Elysium 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 that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing:

With experience from the NHS or private care, you will lead the nursing team to provide high-quality care and support to people with mental health conditions, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Ward Manager, you will empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff across the ward to deliver great healthcare. You will work alongside the senior nurse to manage the on-call service and manage the ward budgets, and lead by example, acting as a role model to all members of the nursing team, leading care teams and creating a positive learning environment that makes a difference and changes lives for the better. Other duties include:

• Providing clinical leadership and expertise
• Providing leadership and guidance to support a unified service and engaged workforce
• Ensuring high standards are in place, followed and improved within the framework of clinical governance
• Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
• Being an expert resource on nursing care of service users within the specialism and holding a key role in the multidisciplinary team
• Maintaining a positive and collaborative environment to allow ward members to reach their potential and maximize their ability to provide high-quality care, staff welfare and staff training
• Designated to take charge of the ward

Things that you will have:

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

Where you will be working:

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 is used to focus on length of stay to make sure individuals are able to move as quickly and safely as possible from the service to the most appropriate and least restrictive environment for them.

Service users could be suffering from acute mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, self-harm, or substance misuse issues.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £50,000
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
• Pension contribution to secure your future
• Life assurance for added peace of mind
• Enhanced maternity package so you can truly enjoy this special time
• A range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering mental health, neurological, learning disabilities & autism, children & education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people worldwide.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.