Ward Manager

Elysium Healthcare Limited; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is seeking a Ward Manager for Sturt House in Tadworth. The role involves providing leadership in a recovery-focused rehabilitation unit, ensuring high standards of care for male service users aged 18+. With benefits like competitive salary and 33 days of annual leave, this position is ideal for a compassionate leader committed to delivering quality healthcare.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification and NMC registration required.
• Experience in a rehabilitation or similar environment needed.
• Proven leadership skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing team to provide high-quality care.
• Deliver supervision to staff and manage ward budgets.
• Empower recovery and maintain high clinical standards.

Skills

Leadership

Compassion

Clinical Expertise

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 looking for a new ward to lead, if caring for others and leading a team effectively comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at Sturt House in Tadworth.

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 males aged 18+ in this rehabilitation setting, while supporting colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Ward Manager, you will empower recovery, deliver supervision to staff, manage ward budgets, and act as a role model, leading care teams and creating a positive learning environment that makes a difference.

Other duties include:

• Providing Clinical Leadership and expertise
• Providing leadership and guidance to support a unified service and engaged workforce
• Ensuring high standards are maintained and improved within the Clinical Governance framework
• Supervising nursing staff effectively
• Being an expert resource on Nursing care within the specialism
• Maintaining a positive environment to enable staff to reach their potential
• 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 and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven leadership skills

Location

Sturt's Ln, Walton on the Hill, Tadworth KT20 7RQ

You will work at Sturt House, a recovery-focused rehabilitation unit providing specialist mental health treatment for males aged 18 and over. You will provide individualised care supporting Service Users in their recovery.

What you will get

• Competitive salary
• 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

Additional benefits include retail discounts 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, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and more. 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.

We follow safer recruitment practices. All staff are responsible for promoting the welfare of service users. An Enhanced DBS disclosure is required.