Ward Manager - Secure Care Division (*R&R incentives apply)

Merseycare; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Merseycare is seeking a Ward Manager for the Secure Care Division. The role involves providing clinical leadership and ensuring effective care for service users in secure settings. Applicants should demonstrate alignment with the Trust's values and commitment to diversity. The position offers a full-time contract with competitive salary and additional retention incentives.

Qualifications

• Provide clinical and managerial leadership.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure safe and effective care.

Responsibilities

• Model Trust values and support service users.
• Facilitate timely discharge into the community.
• Promote mental and physical well-being.

Skills

Leadership

Mental Health

Learning Disability

Job description

Ward Manager - Secure Care Division (*R&R incentives apply)

Band 7

Main area: Mental Health / Learning Disability Nurse - Ward Manager - Secure Care Division. Grade: Band 7. Contract: Permanent. *Plus R&R - amount will reflect premia for each clinical area. Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week. Job ref: 350-SC7187969

Site: Secure Care Division. Town: Merseyside. Salary: £46,148 - £52,809. *Plus R&R - amount will reflect premia for each clinical area. Salary period: Yearly. Closing date: 18/05/2025 23:59

Overview

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination, and to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We support disadvantaged groups and encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ people, as well as reservists and ex-armed forces personnel.

Job role

We are advertising for four Ward Manager positions across the Secure Care Division to provide clinical and managerial leadership. Nurses in this division contribute to specialised treatment in Low, Medium, and High Secure settings, working closely with service users, carers, and partner organisations to ensure safe and effective care.

Our values

Ward Nurse Managers will model the Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, and Enthusiasm, supporting the Trust's ambition to achieve perfect care for our patient group. The role involves supporting service users along their care pathway, ensuring appropriate assessment, engagement, and therapeutic activity, and facilitating timely discharge into the community.

Additional incentives

Since November 2021, a Recruitment & Retention premia has been introduced to attract and retain staff in the Secure Care Division. Qualified nurses will receive a premium ranging from £1200 to £7500 per annum, depending on the allocated area, with premia reflecting service need, which is fluid and subject to change.

Key duties

The ward manager will provide professional nursing leadership, act as a role model, and demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of mental health and learning disability issues, including physical health needs. The role involves working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to promote mental and physical well-being, health promotion, psychological, rehabilitation, and educational needs.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people. We offer specialist inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health, including inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. We are one of only three UK trusts offering high secure mental health facilities.

Our commitment

We are committed to ‘perfect care’—safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to excel and work alongside service users, families, and carers to shape future services. We are undertaking a programme of organisational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs.

Application process

Flexible working requests will be considered. For full details, see the attached job description and personal specification. We encourage all applicants to demonstrate how they meet the person specification. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. For reasonable adjustments, contact [e-mail].

Ensure you check your email for application updates. The application process involves disclosure and barring checks, and applicants may need to enrol in the DBS Update Service. Sponsorship information is available on the gov.uk website. Use of AI in applications is monitored, and declaration is required if used.

Additional info

This role requires UK professional registration, and compliance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, including DBS disclosure.

Join us

At Mersey Care, we are dedicated to providing person-centred care and supporting our staff to reach their potential. Join one of the most progressive NHS trusts, offering a range of specialist services. Our sites are accessible from Liverpool, Manchester, North Wales, and Cheshire, with many roles operating a hybrid working system.