Ward Manager

Location: Abune-the-Hill

Job summary

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. Whether you're a senior nurse looking for the next step in your career, or a seasoned Ward Manager looking for a new ward to make your own, if caring for others and being able to successfully lead a team to effectively run a ward comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at The Farndon Unit in Newark.

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. Its a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. Its 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 teMain duties of the job Being a Ward Manager is about more than managing a team; it's about leading, offering expertise, and fostering a positive culture while providing guidance and nurturing talent. Elysium Healthcare is seeking individuals who naturally care for others and can lead a team effectively at their Farndon Unit in Newark.

This role involves providing high-quality care, leading a nursing team, and ensuring effective ward management, including budget oversight and on-call service management. A career at Elysium promises personal development, fulfillment, and the chance to make a significant impact on vulnerable individuals' lives. The job entails providing clinical leadership, ensuring high standards in line with the Clinical Governance framework, and being a resource for nursing care of service users.

Applicants must have a relevant nursing qualification, NMC registration, a positive attitude, and leadership experience in a similar environment.

About us Elysium Healthcare, with over 8,000 employees, operates a unique care delivery approach across more than 80 services in England and Wales. Their operations span sectors like Mental Health, Neurological Care, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children's Services. As a part of Ramsay Health Care's global network, Elysium employs over 86,000 people in 10 countries, offering significant growth and mobility opportunities for its staff.

Elysium is committed to inclusive recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer. They emphasize safeguarding service users as an integral part of their staff's responsibilities. Elysium Healthcare offers a comprehensive benefits package, including an annual salary, leave entitlements, pension contributions, and wellbeing support, aiming to ensure employee satisfaction and enabling them to provide exceptional care to service users.

Details Date posted
03 November 2026

Pay scheme

Other Salary
48,945 a year

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

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Job locations

Elysium HealthcareNewarkNG
24 4SW
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

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.
Whether you're a senior nurse looking for the next step in your career, or a seasoned Ward Manager looking for a new ward to make your own, if caring for others and being able to successfully lead a team to effectively run a ward comes naturally to you, then apply today and join the team at The Farndon Unit in Newark.
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