Ward Manager Holybourne

Active Care Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Birthday leave

Learning & development access

Employee assistance programme

Nest Pension

NMC renewal paid

Medicash health plan

Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

Active Care Group is seeking a Ward Manager for Holybourne Hospital in London. Lead clinical governance, ensure high-quality, person-centred nursing care, and drive continuous improvement in resident care within a complex mental health setting.

You will be responsible for rostering, staff development, and maintaining safe staffing levels while collaborating with the MDT to deliver top-tier care under the organisation’s standards and regulatory frameworks.

Qualifications

• Current NMC Pin Registration (RMN) is required.
• Legal right to work in the UK.
• Minimum 2 years post-registration in mental health with evidence of continuing professional development.
• Minimum 2 years as CTL/deputy ward manager or similar senior nursing role.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing care to deliver clinically effective, safe care.
• Promote dignity, compassion and respect for residents.
• Oversee staffing levels and skill mix across shifts.
• Lead incident investigations and safety culture improvements.
• Support students and new staff with mentoring and development.
• Ensure compliance with MCA, DoLS, and safeguarding policies.

Skills

NMC Pin Registration (RMN)

Right to work in the UK

2+ years mental health post‑register

2+ years CTL/deputy ward manager

Job description

What you'll be working:

37.5 Hours Monday - Friday (Including 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. Lead the delivery of high-quality, person-centred nursing care, ensuring compliance with ACG standards, clinical governance frameworks, and national regulations. Maintain a visible and accessible leadership presence, supporting colleagues and acting as a role model for professional, safe, and compassionate practice. Work collaboratively with the Matron and MDT to maintain and monitor excellent clinical standards and drive continuous improvement in resident care. Oversee the effective rostering and deployment of nursing colleagues, ensuring safe staffing levels, appropriate skill mix, and responsiveness to service needs and acuity. Manage colleague performance through regular appraisals, performance reviews, and addressing underperformance or attendance issues in a timely, supportive manner. Identify training needs and ensure all mandatory training, clinical competencies, and professional development plans are in place and regularly reviewed. Ensure a supportive learning environment for students and new colleagues, and monitor the quality of placements and mentoring within the clinical area. Ensure a safe and clean care environment through proactive leadership in infection prevention, health and safety, and risk management. Lead or contribute to incident investigations, including root cause analyses, and implement actions to prevent recurrence and promote organisational learning. Promote a culture of safety and openness where colleagues are encouraged to raise concerns, and ensure concerns are acted on through appropriate escalation. Champion dignity, privacy, and respect in all aspects of care, advocating for residents and ensuring their voices influence service delivery and improvement. Establish systems for collecting, reviewing, and responding to resident and family feedback to improve the overall care experience. Lead regular caseload and care reviews with the MDT, ensuring all care plans are up to date, person-centred, and focused on outcomes. Ensure all actions and documentation comply with the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), including making timely referrals and maintaining accurate records of assessments and best interest decisions. Identify and elevate safeguarding concerns in line with national legislation and ACG policies, and act as a key point of contact in multi-agency safeguarding processes. Ensure colleagues are confident and competent in recognising and responding to issues relating to capacity, consent, and deprivation of liberty. Manage nursing resources effectively on a day-to-day basis, including monitoring use of Bank and Agency colleagues and ensuring cost-effective staffing solutions. Act as an authorised signatory for agreed budgets and resource allocation, ensuring value for money while maintaining care quality and safety.

What you'll have:

• Current NMC Pin Registration (RMN)
• A legal right to work in the UK
• Minimum 2 years experience post registration in mental health 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.

“At Active Care Group we want everyone to feel welcome and supported. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or interview process, just let us know and we’d be very happy to discuss this with you.” 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:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• 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
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Paid NMC Renewal
• 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

Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers in complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone. We’d like you to join us as a Ward Manager at our service Holybourne Hospital in London. Holybourne Hospital in London is an Adult Mental Health hospital for men and women with severe and complex mental health conditions. We provide high quality intensive treatment in a clinically safe, caring and secure environment, supporting the NHS when intensive care needs cannot be met locally. Age range: adults over 18 years old. Take a look around the company https://activecaregroup.co.uk/.