Ward Manager

Being a Ward Manager is more than just managing a team. It's being a leader, an expert, being the driving force behind a positive culture, providing guidance, nurturing talent, and most importantly, looking after everyone within your ward. If you agree, then you're the Ward Manager we're looking for.  

It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing:

With experience from the NHS or private care, you will lead the nursing team provide high-quality care and support to people with Mental Health conditions setting, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Ward Manager, you will empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff across the ward to deliver great healthcare. You will work alongside the senior Nurse to manage the on-call service and manage the ward budgets, and lead by example, acting as a role model to all members of the nursing team, leading care teams and creating a positive learning environment that makes a difference and changes lives for the better.

Other duties include: 

• Providing Clinical Leadership and expertise
  
• Providing leadership and guidance to support a unified service and engaged workforce
  
• Ensuring that high standards are in place, followed and improved in accordance within the Clinical Governance framework
  
• Utilising and supervising all nursing staff effectively
  
• Being an expert resource on Nursing care of service users within the specialism and hold a key role in the multidisciplinary team
  
• Maintaining a positive and collaborative environment to allow ward members to reach their potential and maximum their ability to provide high-quality care, staff welfare and staff training
  
• Designated to take charge of the ward
  

• A relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
  
• A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
  
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
  
• Relevant experience in a similar environment
  
• Proven track record of leadership skills
  

Where you will be working:

Location: New Church Road Hove BN3 4FH 

Brighton & Hove Clinic provides a CAMHS Tier 4 Eating Disorder service for young people aged 12 up to 18 years with a primary diagnosis of eating disorder; or an eating difficulty with a co-morbid presentation for example mental health or psychological issues, such as depression, OCD or anxiety or self-harm.

What you will get:

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.