Ward Manager

Search Consultancy LTD; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A health-focused organisation in York is seeking a dedicated clinical leader to ensure top-notch care for individuals with brain injuries. This role involves empowering staff, maintaining care standards, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in mental health, leadership experience, and relevant qualifications. With a competitive salary of up to £52,591 and a supportive culture fostering wellbeing and career development, this opportunity is not to be missed.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £52,591 per annum

38 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Company pension scheme

Health cash plan

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing a ward or large staff team effectively.
• Experience managing complex and diverse care or rehabilitation services.

Responsibilities

• Providing daily clinical and operational leadership.
• Acting as a positive clinical role model.
• Maintaining the highest standards of care.

Skills

Demonstrable experience of the Mental Health Act

Strong leadership skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Education

RMN or RNLD qualification

Mentorship in Practice (MIP) qualification

Job description

Salary: Up to £52,591 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: York
Hours: 35 hours per week (rota-based)
This organisation is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of people living with brain injuries across the UK. Its assessment centres, rehabilitation units, and hospitals deliver expert neurorehabilitation, supporting individuals to regain lost skills and achieve their personal goals. The service supports people with brain injuries resulting from trauma, illness, substance misuse, and other causes.
Employees are passionate about the work they do, with a strong team ethos and a supportive culture where colleagues consistently work together and look out for one another.
Located in York, the service accommodates up to 40 people across two floors and benefits from an attractive setting with open views. It is an innovative, purpose-built independent hospital providing specialist neurobehavioural assessment and post-acute rehabilitation for adults with non-progressive acquired brain injuries.

What You Will Be Doing

• Providing daily clinical and operational leadership, ensuring exceptional standards of care at all times
• Acting as a positive clinical role model, delivering and promoting evidence-based practice
• Ensuring effective admission and discharge planning in collaboration with the People We Support care team
• Establishing systems and processes to ensure effective communication and continuity of care, working closely with multidisciplinary teams
• Empowering and enabling staff to deliver high-quality, person-centred care
• Promoting a learning culture within the ward and encouraging reflective practice across the team
• Maintaining the highest standards of care, ensuring robust risk management strategies are in place
• Ensuring all staff recognise, report, and respond appropriately to signs of harm, abuse, neglect, or poor practice, in line with safeguarding responsibilities
• Taking an active role in staff management, including recruitment, retention, training, professional development, rota management, sickness, and annual leave to ensure safe staffing levels

About You

• Demonstrable experience and strong working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• RMN or RNLD qualification
• Proven experience managing a ward or large staff team effectively
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, manage, and inspire others
• Experience managing complex and diverse care or rehabilitation services
• Mentorship in Practice (MIP) qualification or willingness to undertake this
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary up to £52,591 per annum
• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays, pro rata)
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Group life assurance, eye care vouchers, and free parking
• Company pension scheme
• Long service and staff recognition awards
• Health cash plan
• A supportive, inclusive culture that prioritises wellbeing and career development

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/ beliefs, sexual orientation or age.