Lead Nurse (maternity cover)

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Warrington; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £59,214

33 days annual leave

Career development

Rewards & Benefits Ely-Vate

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Life Assurance

Stream – earned wages

24/7 GP service

Enhanced Maternity Package

Pension

Free meals

Onsite parking

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is seeking a Lead Nurse to provide senior clinical leadership across the hospital nursing team in Warrington. The role includes on‑call involvement and responsibility for maintaining high standards of patient care within governance guidelines.

You will work with the Director of Nursing and senior managers to supervise senior nurses, manage resources, and develop the service to its full potential, with a focus on vulnerable service users.

Qualifications

• Post graduate degree in healthcare relevant field.
• Management qualification (DMS or equivalent).
• Registered Nurse with the NMC.
• Significant post-registration clinical and leadership experience.
• Budgetary and financial management.
• Project management.
• Demonstrable operational leadership in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible clinical leadership across the hospital nursing team.
• Lead and guide a team of nurses to deliver high‑quality care.
• Participate in senior on‑call arrangements.
• Formulate and present governance updates for hospital processes.
• Manage resources and supervise senior nurses.
• Liaise with the Director of Nursing and unit manager on decisions.

Skills

Leadership experience

Budget management

Project management

Operational leadership

Senior management experience

Education

Postgraduate degree 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 hospitals governance processes. You will be responsible to manage resources, supervise senior nurses and form and integral part of the clinical structure in maintaining and developing high standards of care.

Other responsibilities:

• 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

Things that you will have:

• 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

Where you will be working:

Location:Arbury Court, Townfield Lane, Winwick,Warrington, Cheshire,WA2 8TRArbury 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:

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• 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

About your next employer:

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 person’s individual 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.