Ward Manager

Elysium Healthcare; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Knowsley is seeking a Ward Manager to lead the nursing team at Crossley Place. The role involves providing compassionate care to women with complex mental health conditions, managing ward operations, and supporting staff development. Ideal candidates will possess relevant nursing qualifications and proven leadership skills. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Annual salary of £48,858.50

33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Qualifications

• A track record of leadership in a nursing environment.
• Commitment to high-quality care and evidence-based practice.
• Experience in managing complex emotional and mental health conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing team to provide high-quality care.
• Manage ward budgets and supervise nursing staff.
• Foster a positive and collaborative environment for staff.

Skills

Leadership skills

Compassionate care

Clinical Governance knowledge

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

NMC registration

Job description

Overview

Being a Ward Manager is more than just managing a team. It's about leadership, expertise, and driving a positive culture while 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 effectively guiding a team to run a ward comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at Crossley Place in Rainhill. 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 women over the age of 18 with complex emotional and mental health conditions associated with significant risk behaviours, while also supporting your 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 manage the 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 in accordance 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 hold a key role in the multidisciplinary team
• Maintaining a positive and collaborative environment to allow ward members to reach their potential and maximise 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 be naturally caring and compassionate
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven track record of leadership skills

Where you will be working

Location: Crossley Place, Crossley Manor, Mill Lane, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 6NE

You will be working at Crossley Place, a modernised low secure service that supports women over the age of 18 with complex emotional and mental health conditions associated with significant risk behaviours.

Reporting to the Registered Manager, you will join a small team that is committed to empowering recovery and encouraging independence within a residential environment, consisting of two apartments.

Crossley Place delivers 24-hour care and is within easy reach of the M62 and national rail networks.

What you will get

• Annual salary of £48,858.50
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
• Pension contribution to secure your future
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 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.