Ward Manager (Rmn/Rnld)

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

Benefits offered by this job

NHS discount

Employee discount

Free meals on duty

Free parking

RCNi membership

Career pathways

Job summary

Cygnet Bury Hudson is seeking a professional Ward Manager to lead, inspire and oversee the delivery of high-quality care within our secure mental health services for men. You’ll play a key role in driving improvement and ensuring best practice across the ward.

You’ll work 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 8am–4:30pm, at Cygnet Bury Hudson. The role focuses on clinical leadership, patient safety, rights protection and collaborative working with the hospital team to deliver patient-centred care.

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 (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.

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 Manager who can lead, inspire & oversee the delivery of the very best care.

You’ll be working 40 hours a week (Monday to Friday 8am - 4:30pm) at Cygnet Bury Hudson.

Cygnet Bury Hudson provides a wide range of secure mental health services for men including individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

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 undergo an enhanced DBS check.