Ward Manager

Elysium Healthcare; Mole Valley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare seeks a Ward Manager for their mental health unit, leading a dedicated nursing team in providing top-notch care for young individuals. This role involves clinical leadership, supervising staff, and maintaining high standards of care, ensuring a supportive environment for both employees and patients. A relevant nursing qualification and NMC registration are essential.

Benefits

Annual salary of £52,000 to £55,000 DOE

Welcome Bonus of £5,000

33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training opportunities

Pension contributions

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• NMC registration required.
• Proven leadership skills necessary.
• Relevant experience in a similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nursing team to provide high-quality care and support.
• Empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff.
• Ensure high standards are maintained within the Clinical Governance framework.

Skills

Leadership skills

Compassionate approach

Clinical expertise

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

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Job Title: Ward Manager - Mental Health

With experience from the NHS or private care, you will lead the nursing team to provide high-quality care and support to young people within a Mental Health setting, 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 excellent healthcare. You will work alongside the senior Nurse to manage the on-call service and ward budgets, 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:

1. Providing Clinical Leadership and expertise
2. Providing leadership and guidance to support a unified service and engaged workforce
3. Ensuring high standards are maintained, followed, and improved within the Clinical Governance framework
4. Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
5. Being an expert resource on nursing care of service users within the specialism and holding a key role in the multidisciplinary team
6. 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
7. Designated to take charge of the ward

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 young people within a Mental Health setting, 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 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:

1. Providing Clinical Leadership and expertise
2. Providing leadership and guidance to support a unified service and engaged workforce
3. Ensuring high standards are in place, followed, and improved within the Clinical Governance framework
4. Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
5. Being an expert resource on nursing care of service users within the specialism and holding a key role in the multidisciplinary team
6. Maintaining a positive and collaborative environment to allow ward members to reach their potential and maximize their ability to provide high-quality care, staff welfare, and staff training
7. Designated to take charge of the ward

What you will have:

• A relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• A positive attitude and a naturally caring and compassionate approach
• 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:

Emerald Place Clinic is a general adolescent inpatient unit for the care and treatment of young people aged 13 to 18. Young people admitted to the unit will have a primary diagnosis of mental illness across a wide range of disorders and complex needs, including mood disorders, acute psychosis, neurodevelopmental disorders such as mild learning disabilities or autism, and disordered eating.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £52,000 to £55,000 DOE
• Plus £5,000 Welcome Bonus
• 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities for work-life balance
• Career development and training opportunities
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

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