Lead Nurse (maternity cover)

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary £59,214

33 days annual leave

Career development

Rewards & Ely-Vate

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Pension contribution

Free meals

Onsite parking

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare Limited is seeking a Senior Nurse Leader to provide senior clinical leadership across the hospital's nursing team at Arbury Court, Warrington. You will support with day-to-day management, governance updates, and line-manage experienced ward managers, helping the service reach its full potential.

The role requires extensive NHS or Private Care experience, strong leadership, and the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams while ensuring patient safety and high standards of care

Qualifications

• Post Graduate qualification at degree level relevant to healthcare.
• Management qualification (DMS or equivalent) preferred.
• Registered Nurse with the NMC and significant post-registration clinical and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible clinical leadership across the hospital nursing team.
• Manage resources and supervise senior nurses within budget.
• Participate in on‑call arrangements and governance updates.
• Lead Nursing Services to maintain high professional standards and service development.
• Involve in preadmission assessment processes and liaise with unit managers.

Skills

Leadership

Budgetary & financial management

Project management

Operational leadership

Nurse leadership

Education

Post Graduate qualification in healthcare

Management qualification (DMS or equivalent)

Registered Nurse with the NMC

Job description

Are you a Senior Nurse Leader looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? As a Lead Nurse you will provide senior visible clinical leadership to the hospital wide nursing team. You will promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all service users, employees and visitors. You will ensure that standards of patient care are always maintained within the parameters of operational policies and governing legislation. You will be a line manager to some of the experienced ward managers within the hospital, supporting with the day-to-day management of the nursing department. You will play a fundamental part in maintaining high standards and developing the service to reach its full potential. As a senior member of the nursing team, you will have experience within a similar setting from the NHS and/or Private Care. You will lead and guide a team of nurses to provide exceptional care. You will be supported by the Director of Nursing who will be your line manager in this role. Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding 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.

Main duties of the job:

As a Lead Nurse at Elysium Healthcare, you will be a senior member of the nursing team with responsibilities of providing visible clinical leadership across the hospital. Your role will include promoting and safeguarding the well-being of service users, employees and visitors while ensuring patient care standards are maintained. This position requires extensive experience in similar settings within the NHS or Private Care and includes participation in senior on call arrangements. Part of your role will be formulating and presenting updates that will be required through the hospital's governance processes. You will be responsible to manage resources, supervise senior nurses and form an integral part of the clinical structure in maintaining and developing high standards of care.

• To actively promote multidisciplinary working.
• Participate in the Senior Nurse on call arrangement.
• Provide the Director of Nursing with relevant, accurate and timely information required for effective decision making.
• Leadership of Nursing Services ensuring highest possible professional standards.
• Management of resources within budget allocation.
• Supervision of senior nurses.
• Direct involvement in the preadmission assessment process.
• Customer and contract liaison in conjunction with the unit manager.
• To comply with individual responsibilities of relevant legislation.

Qualifications and experience:

• Post Graduate qualification at degree level relevant to healthcare.
• Management qualification (DMS or equivalent preferred).
• Registered Nurse with the NMC.
• Significant post-registration clinical and leadership experience.
• Budgetary and financial management.
• Project management.
• Demonstrable operational leadership experience within a healthcare setting.
• Experience leading Nursing teams at a senior management level.

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 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 globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff 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 individual's responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure. 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.

Location:

Arbury Court, Townfield Lane, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8TR. Arbury Court provides medium and low secure care and Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) for women aged 18 years and over with Personality Disorder (PD) and mental illness. Each service within the site has a unique focus, ensuring that the needs of all women can be met. Patients can move through services as their needs change, to focus on the next step in their recovery journey. The service offers a personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathway for women with complex needs. Using the rehabilitation and recovery treatment approach, we ensure that care is focused on the person.

What You'll Get:

• Annual base salary of £59,214
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals.
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts.
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind.
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be.
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future.
• Free meals and onsite free parking.