Ward Manager

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Brighton; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is looking for a Ward Manager to lead a nursing team at Brighton & Hove Clinic. This role involves providing clinical leadership and ensuring high standards of care for individuals with mental health conditions. Ideal candidates will have relevant nursing qualifications, strong leadership skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality care. Enjoy a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional development and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including bank holidays

Free meals

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contributions

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity package

Qualifications

• A positive attitude and caring nature.
• Commitment to high-quality care and evidence-based practice.
• Relevant experience in a similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nursing team to provide high-quality care.
• Empower recovery and supervise staff.
• Maintain high standards within the Clinical Governance framework.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Compassion

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

NMC registration

Job description

Introduction

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

Whether you're a senior nurse seeking the next step or a seasoned Ward Manager wanting a new ward to lead, if caring for others and leading a team to effectively run a ward comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at Brighton & Hove Clinic in Hove.

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 you can take pride in and enjoy. That’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 colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Ward Manager, you will empower recovery, deliver supervision to staff, work alongside the senior nurse to manage the on-call service, and oversee ward budgets. You will 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
• Supporting a unified service and engaged workforce
• Ensuring high standards are maintained and improved within the Clinical Governance framework
• Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
• Being an expert resource on nursing care within the specialism and playing a key role in the multidisciplinary team
• Maintaining a positive, collaborative environment to enable ward members to reach their potential, providing high-quality care, staff welfare, and training
• Designated to take charge of the ward

Qualifications and experience:

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

Location:

New Church Road, Hove BN3 4FH

Brighton & Hove Clinic offers a CAMHS Tier 4 eating disorder service for young people aged 12 to 18 with primary diagnoses or co-morbid conditions such as depression, OCD, anxiety, or self-harm.

Benefits:

• Annual salary of £52,000
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off
• Free meals
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contributions
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity package

Additional benefits include retail discounts, special offers, and more.

About your next employer:

You will work 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 conditions, learning disabilities, autism, children, and education. Opportunities for growth and movement are available.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network in 10 countries with over 86,000 employees.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices, is a Disability Confident employer, and is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. All staff are responsible for safeguarding service users, and all candidates will require a DBS disclosure.