Ward Manager (RMN)

Cygnet; Bolton; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£58,920 Per Annum

NHS & employee discount scheme

Free meals on duty

Free parking

RCNi membership

Bespoke career pathways

Job summary

Cygnet Bury Forestwood in Bolton is seeking a Ward Manager to lead and oversee the delivery of high-quality care across CAMHS Tier 4 PICU, General Acute and Low Secure services. You will manage day-to-day ward operations, drive improvements, and ensure patient confidentiality and safety.

The role is Mon-Fri, 8:00–16:30, with an enhanced DBS check required. The ward offers a supportive environment with multidisciplinary collaboration and clear pathways from admission to discharge.

Qualifications

• Committed to delivering improvement strategies across all aspects of clinical service provision.
• Familiar with an in-patient setting.
• Experienced in managing change, leadership initiatives, motivating & developing others.
• Open, compassionate, honest & resilient.
• Capable of undertaking audits, developing, following-up & ensuring completion of action plans.
• Well-informed of the Mental Health Act & the latest nursing practices.
• Focused on patient recovery to monitor, manage & reduce risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide suggestions, proposals & recommendations to the Hospital Manager aimed at the continued development of the ward.
• Contribute & participate in planned visits to the ward by professional visitors.
• Initiate & maintain a monitoring system in relation to professional nursing practice at unit level, including pin numbers & the current registration of all qualified staff.
• Ensure that the evaluation of service delivery is user based.
• Advise non-clinical staff within the hospital on management of patients with mental illness.
• Ensure patients’ rights to confidentiality are respected & that Cygnet Health Care & professional policies are adhered to.

Skills

Ward management

In-patient setting

Change management

Leadership development

Compassionate leadership

Audits & action plans

Mental Health Act knowledge

Risk management

Patient recovery focus

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there’s no better feeling. It’s what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are looking for a professional, confident Ward Managerwho can lead, inspire & oversee the delivery of the very best care.

You’ll be working40 hours a week(Monday to Friday 8am - 4:30pm)atCygnet Bury Forestwood.

Cygnet Bury Forestwood offers CAMHS Tier 4 PICU, General Acute and Low Secure services across four wards which provide a defined treatment pathway from admission through to intervention and discharge including rapid assessment and treatment.

Each service user has a bedroom with en suite facilities and a range of communal spaces including a gym, laundry, occupational therapy kitchen, therapy garden and woodland walkways down to the Elton Reservoir.

Your day-to-day:

• Provide suggestions, proposals & recommendations to the Hospital Manager aimed at the continued development of the ward.


• Contribute & participate in planned visits to the ward by professional visitors


• Initiate & maintain a monitoring system in relation to professional nursing practice at unit level, including pin numbers & the current registration of all qualified staff


• Ensure that the evaluation of service delivery is user (i.e. patient, carer & family) based


• Advise non-clinical staff within the hospital on management of patients with mental illness.


• Ensure patients’ rights to confidentiality are respected & that Cygnet Health Care & professional policies are adhered to.

You are…

• Committed to delivering improvement strategies across all aspects of clinical service provision


• Familiar with an in-patient setting


• Experienced in managing change, leadership initiatives, motivating & developing others


• Open, compassionate, honest & resilient


• Capable of undertaking audits, developing, following-up & ensuring completion of action plans


• Well-informed of the Mental Health Act & the latest nursing practices


• Focused on patient recovery to monitor, manage & reduce risk.

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• £58,920 Per Annum


• NHS & employee discount scheme


• Free meals on duty


• Free parking


• RCNi membership


• Bespoke career pathways


• Plus much more.

Please note, successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What next?

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