Deputy Ward Manager

Position: Deputy Ward Manager (Permanent)
Being a Deputy Ward Manager is more than helping to manage a team. It's supporting a leader, being an expert, supporting and embracing a positive culture, providing guidance, nurturing talent, and most importantly, looking after everyone within the ward. If you agree, then you're the Deputy Ward Manager we're looking for.

Whether you're a senior nurse looking for the next step in your career, or an existing Deputy Ward Manager looking for a new ward to be a key part of, if caring for others and being able to successfully support in leading a team to effectively run a ward comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at Thornford Park in Thatcham.
Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable, rewarding and fulfilling as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.
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 support the Ward Manager to lead the nursing team in providing high-quality care and support to people with Mental Health conditions in this Secure Mental Health setting, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting good teamwork.

As a Deputy 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 and Ward Manager to co-ordinate 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 of the ward in the Ward Manager's absence

Things that you will have:

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:

Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET
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You will be working at Thornford Park, a 141 bedded independent hospital which supports service users that require medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services there is also a PICU Mental Health Service.

The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering people in their recovery and rehabilitation.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service.

What you will get

Annual salary of £42,704

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.

Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals

Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate;
Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!

Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance

Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts

Life Assurance, for added peace of mind

Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your…