Ward Manager (RMN/RNLD)

National health service; Manchester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS discount scheme

Free meals on duty

Free parking

RCNi membership

Bespoke career pathways

Job summary

Cygnet Bury Hudson is seeking a professional Ward Manager to lead and inspire the delivery of high-quality care. The role is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am–4:30pm, at Cygnet Bury Hudson, a secure mental health service for men with varying needs.

You will oversee clinical governance, support staff development, and ensure patient rights and confidentiality. The post emphasizes leadership, responsibility, and maintaining standards in a complex inpatient setting.

Qualifications

• Familiar with an in-patient setting.
• Experience in leading and developing others.
• Knowledge of nursing practice and patient care standards.
• Awareness of Mental Health Act and latest nursing practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide suggestions and recommendations to Hospital Manager for ward development.
• Participate in ward visits by professional visitors.
• Maintain monitoring of nursing practice and staff registrations.
• Ensure service delivery is patient- and family-centered.
• Advise non-clinical staff on management of mental illness.
• Ensure confidentiality and adherence to policies.

Skills

Leadership

Managing change

Staff motivation and development

Clinical governance

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a professional, confident Ward Managerwho 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.

Main duties of the job 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.

Job description Job responsibilities Helping others improve and turn their lives around there's no better feeling. Its 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.

Main duties of the job 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.

Job description Job responsibilities Helping others improve and turn their lives around there's no better feeling. Its 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.

Main duties of the job 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.

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

Legal Notice

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.

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
• UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Salary & benefits

• 58,920 Per Annum
• NHS & employee discount scheme
• Free meals on duty
• Free parking
• RCNi membership
• Bespoke career pathways
• 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.

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