Ward Manager

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

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is seeking a Ward Manager for Dunnock View in Clacton-on-Sea. This role involves leading a nursing team to provide exceptional care for individuals with mental health conditions, ensuring high standards and fostering a positive work environment. The position offers a competitive salary, generous leave, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

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

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• NMC registration required.
• Experience in a similar environment is essential.
• Proven leadership skills necessary.

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

Being a Ward Manager is more than just managing a team. It's about being a leader, an expert, and a driving force behind a positive culture. You will provide guidance, nurture talent, and most importantly, look after everyone within your ward. If you resonate with this, then you might be the Ward Manager we're looking for.

Whether you're a senior nurse seeking the next step in your career or an experienced Ward Manager looking for a new ward to lead, if caring for others and successfully leading a team to run a ward come naturally to you, then apply today to join the team at Dunnock View in Clacton-on-Sea. 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 embodies 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, deliver supervision to staff, and work alongside the senior nurse to manage the on-call service and ward budgets. You will lead by example, acting as a role model and creating a positive learning environment. Other duties include:

• Providing clinical leadership and expertise
• Supporting a unified service and engaged workforce
• Ensuring high standards in accordance with the Clinical Governance framework
• Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
• Being an expert resource on nursing care within the specialism
• Maintaining a positive, collaborative environment to enable staff to reach their potential
• Taking charge of the ward as a designated lead

What you will have:

• A relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• A positive, caring, and compassionate attitude
• A commitment to high-quality, evidence-based care
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven leadership skills

Where you will be working:

Location: Dunnock View, Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 0BX

Dunnock View is a 42-bed service providing treatment for men and women affected by trauma and mental health disorders. We use a trauma-informed care model to facilitate safe and quick transitions to the most appropriate environment for each individual, who may be suffering from conditions such as acute mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, self-harm, or substance misuse issues.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £50,000
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training opportunities
• Pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Additional benefits including retail discounts and special offers

About your next employer:

You will work for an established, stable, and innovative company with over 8,000 employees and a broad network of services across England and Wales, covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and more. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network with over 86,000 employees across 10 countries.

We follow safer recruitment practices and are committed to inclusive hiring. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure and are expected to understand their responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users.