Ward Manager

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Waterlooville; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is seeking a Ward Manager for their CAMHS service in Waterlooville. This role involves leading a dedicated nursing team, ensuring high-quality care for young patients, and supporting staff development within a nurturing environment. Enjoy a rewarding career with comprehensive perks including a competitive salary, professional training, and an extensive benefits package.

Benefits

Annual salary of £52,000 plus £5,000 Welcome Bonus

33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support initiatives

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar environment is required.
• Proven leadership skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Leadership

Compassionate Care

Teamwork

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, providing guidance, nurturing talent, and most importantly, 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 looking for the next step in your career or a seasoned Ward Manager seeking a new ward to lead, if caring for others and effectively leading a team comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at Bere Clinic in Waterlooville.

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 young people in this 12-bed CAMHS service, 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 ensure excellent 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 an engaged workforce
• Ensuring high standards are maintained, 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, values, and evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
• Proven leadership skills

Where you will be working:

Location: Bere Clinic, Hemlock Road, Waterlooville, PO8 8QT

12-bed CAMHS service supporting young people aged 12-18 with eating disorders, with an onsite school providing educational services and a full multidisciplinary team. It’s a great opportunity to be part of something new and help shape its future.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £52,000 plus £5,000 Welcome Bonus
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including 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 are also other benefits including 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 be working 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 in Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education sectors, 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 follows safer recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible hiring. All staff are responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. A DBS check is required.