Ward Manager

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

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as a Ward Manager at Brighton & Hove Clinic, where you will lead a dedicated nursing team to provide exceptional care for young people with mental health conditions. This role offers a rewarding career path with opportunities for professional growth and development, alongside a supportive work environment that values compassion and teamwork.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals

Wellbeing support

Career development opportunities

Pension contributions

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS or private care.
• Proven leadership skills in a similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nursing team to provide high-quality care.
• Empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff.
• Manage ward budgets and on-call service.

Skills

Leadership

Compassion

Teamwork

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

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, 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 seeking the next step in your career or a seasoned Ward Manager looking for a new ward to lead, if caring for others and leading a team effectively come 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. 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 colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Ward Manager, you will empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff across the ward to ensure excellent healthcare. You will work alongside the senior Nurse to manage the on-call service and 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 that high standards are in place, followed, and improved within the Clinical Governance framework
• 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 enable ward members to reach their potential and 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 a naturally caring and compassionate nature
• A commitment to high-quality care, values, and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven leadership skills

Where you will be working:

Location: New Church Road, Hove BN3 4FH

Brighton & Hove Clinic provides a CAMHS Tier 4 Eating Disorder service for young people aged 12 to 18 with primary diagnoses of eating disorders or related difficulties, including mental health or psychological issues such as depression, OCD, anxiety, or self-harm.

What you will get:

Annual salary of £52,000

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!

Free meals

Wellbeing support and activities to help maintain a great work-life balance

Career development and training opportunities

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 unique approach to care delivery. With over 90 services across England and Wales covering various mental health and neurological conditions, there are opportunities for growth and advancement.

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

Elysium Healthcare is committed to safer recruitment, inclusive hiring, and safeguarding the welfare of service users. All staff are required to understand their responsibility to promote safety and will be subject to a DBS disclosure.