Ward Manager — Mental Health Inpatient Leader

Bramley Health; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Career advancement

Retail discounts

Wellness support

Job summary

Bramley Health is seeking an experienced Ward Manager for a purpose-built facility delivering care on four wards for individuals with complex mental health needs. The role focuses on daily ward leadership, staff development, and effective multidisciplinary collaboration to support patient recovery and safe discharge planning.

The post involves leading nursing and support staff, coordinating rosters, contributing to governance, and managing clinical pathways with the MDT.

Qualifications

• Experience in ward management within mental health services.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure governance.
• Proven track record in staff development and rosta coordination.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the ward, coordinating its operations.
• Train, supervise, appraise, line manage and retain all nursing and support staff for the service.
• Coordinate the staff rota and ensure clinical cover remains compliant and in accordance with the service specification.
• Contribute to clinical governance meetings.
• Monitor the day-to-day clinical care of all residents in the service.
• Ensure the completion of CPA, Managers Hearing and Mental Health Tribunal reports by members of the clinical team.
• Provide out of hours cover on an on-call basis in accordance to company's policy.
• Ensure the appropriate communication and liaison with referring clinicians care coordinators or other clinical staff involved in patients care.
• Facilitate care programme approach meetings, ward rounds, managers panels, mental health review tribunals and multidisciplinary care planning meetings.
• Effectively coordinate the review patients in at regular intervals as clinically indicated.
• To ensure medication is administered as prescribed and that it is reviewed at appropriate intervals by medical staff.
• Facilitate and coordinate treatment plans using the care programme approach, updating plans within agreed time limits.
• Coordinate smooth flow of care from admission to discharge alongside the consultant psychiatrist.
• Some shift work will be required to support the nursing team.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Clinical governance

On-call availability

MDT coordination

Education

Nursing registration

Job description

Bramley Health is seeking an experienced Ward Manager for a purpose-built facility delivering care on four wards for individuals with complex mental health needs. The role focuses on daily ward leadership, staff development, and effective multidisciplinary collaboration to support patient recovery and safe discharge planning.

The post involves leading nursing and support staff, coordinating rosters, contributing to governance, and managing clinical pathways with the MDT.