Ward Manager - CAMHs

NHS; Stafford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stafford is seeking a Ward Manager for its Thorneycroft unit to lead a team and ensure high-quality care for young patients with mental health conditions. Responsibilities include maintaining clinical standards, managing daily operations, and promoting patient-centered services. Candidates must hold an NMC Pin and have significant experience in mental health, particularly CAMHS. The role offers professional development and supportive working conditions.

Benefits

Birthday off

Access to training and development opportunities

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Medicash Health Plan

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience post registration in mental health and ideally CAMHS.
• Experience as a CTL or deputy ward manager or similar role.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a staff team within the service.
• Promote clinical excellence and patient-centered services.
• Ensure compliance with clinical safety and quality standards.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Compassionate care

Effective communication

Team management

Education

NMC Pin registration

Job description

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers in Neuro and Mental Healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

Main duties of the job

We'd like you to join us as a Ward Manager, leading our Thorneycroft unit at our Ivetsey Bank service in Stafford. Ivetsey Bank Hospital is a Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) hospital for young people aged 12-18 with a diagnosed mental health condition. We're committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy and empowered, enabling them to live the best life possible. Located in Staffordshire, we specialise in supporting young people with severe or complex mental health conditions who need intensive inpatient treatment. We are dedicated to providing caring, supportive, recovery-focused treatment and we achieve this by working together with our young people, their families and other professionals. Thorneycroft UnitThorneycroft provides care for young people in mental health crisis on either an informal basis or detained under the Mental Health Act. Often, following a short stay in a PICU ward, young people are discharged to a general adolescent unit for ongoing treatment and support once the immediate crisis is over. *** This is a Nurse Qualified post ***

About us

Active Care Group are a pioneering national provider of complex care services, delivering pathways and better outcomes for people. We have a collaborative and holistic approach to care underpinned by proven clinical and therapeutic expertise. We specialise in supporting young people and adults with complex needs to make positive progress and lead happier, more independent lives.

Job responsibilities

What you'll be working:

Monday - Friday

09.00 - 17.00

( this will include rota'd on call )

What you'll be doing:

Through strong clinical leadership, the Ward Manager will promote excellence in nursing care, maintaining and improving clinical standards.

The post holder will ensure that all residents are treated with compassion, dignity, and respect, valuing the diversity of the local community and beyond.

They will be highly visible and accessible.

The Unit/ Ward Manager’s key responsibility is to ensure that clinical care is clinically effective, safe, and delivered to the highest standard to their assigned area.

• Provide day to day management of a team of staff working within the service.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of patient-centred services.
• Contribute to the successful attainment of national quality and safety objectives.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and care within designated area responsibility.
• Take responsibility for the care provided to patients whilst on duty.
• Ensure that care needs are assessed and programs of care are developed, implemented, evaluated and documented contemporaneously for caseload of patients.
• Ensure compliance with the safe storage and administration of drugs/medication in accordance with ACG policies.
• Undertake and be proficient in the relevant clinical skills and be able to provide/undertake supervision/assessment of other members of the nursing team in their day to day working practices.
• Promote high standards of individuals’ privacy and dignity, wishes and beliefs, involving them in shared decision making.
• On a shift by shift basis, be responsible for minimising the risks of infections and for the implementation of the relevant Code of Practice for prevention and control of infection.
• Working in collaboration with the Matron to implement relevant infection prevention and control measures and minimise the risks of infections for the ward.
• Maintain effective communication of patient care and other essential information with the internal/external members of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team.
• Be able to communicate difficult, sometimes complex and emotive information e.g. breaking bad news etc. effectively and, when appropriate, support and coach junior staff in doing the same.
• Communicate effectively via verbal, written and electronic routes and maintain robust processes to ensure the cascade of information to the team and the engagement of team members with plans and objectives.
• Ensure accurate and legible record keeping in accordance with local policies and NMC guidelines within own practice and sphere of responsibility.

What you'll have:

• A current NMC Pin registration
• A legal right to work in the U.K.
• Minimum 2 years experience post registration in mental health and ideally CAMHS with evidence of continued professional development in the relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years experience of working as a CTL/deputy ward manager or similar senior nursing role.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A current NMC Pin registration
• A legal right to work in the U.K.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years experience post registration in mental health and ideally CAMHS with evidence of continued professional development in the relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years experience of working as a CTL/deputy ward manager or similar senior nursing role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.