Ward Manager

Austin Fraser; Ebbw Vale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ebbw Vale seeks a Ward Manager to lead a nursing team in a specialist eating disorders service. You will provide guidance, empower recovery, and ensure high-quality care while supporting staff. The ideal candidate should have relevant nursing qualifications and proven leadership skills. This position offers a competitive salary, extensive annual leave, and comprehensive benefits including career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

33 days annual leave plus birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a similar environment.
• A commitment to high-quality care and evidence-based practice.
• Proven leadership skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Leadership skills

Compassionate nature

Expertise in nursing care

Teamwork

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

NMC registration

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. 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 Ty Glyn Ebwy in Ebbw Vale.

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 within a specialist eating disorders service setting, 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 deliver great 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 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 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 a naturally caring and compassionate nature
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven leadership skills

Where you will be working:

Location: Ty Glyn Ebwy, Hillside, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, United Kingdom, NP23 5YA

Ty Glyn Ebwy is expanding services to women in a specialist eating disorder setting, focusing on treating eating disorders, alongside addressing conditions like depression, self-harm, physical health concerns, and psychological distress including trauma.

What you will get

• Competitive annual salary
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help maintain a great work-life balance
• Career development and training to help achieve your career goals
• Pension contribution to secure your future
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind
• Enhanced Maternity Package to enjoy this special time

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

*Applicants requiring sponsorship from outside the UK are eligible for an International Relocation Package, further details available upon application.

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 Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there are opportunities for growth and advancement.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network across 10 countries employing over 86,000 people.

Elysium Healthcare is a safer recruitment employer and a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. All staff are responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. A DBS disclosure is required for all candidates.