Ward Manager

Job Description

If you care for others without a second thought and are looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and changes lives for the better, then take your career to the next level by joining the team as a Ward Manager at The Farndon Unit inNewark on Trent.As a Ward Manager for our Low Secure Unit, you will have previous experience in a similar setting as a Nurse, and have excellent knowledge in healthcare and managing people. You will be leading the nursing team and coordinating the wards to ensure proceduresare being followed and a safe environment is maintained.You will have the responsibilityfor the day to day operational management of their allocated ward, this includes staff cover, the implementation of policies and procedures and liaison with estates and hotel services to ensure the ward operates effectively.You will act as the senior nurse manager for the ward, liaising with wider members of the MDT to ensure care packages are effectively delivered, representing the ward at MDTs and management meetings and positively promoting the ward with external agenciesand commissioners.Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding 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 likeYour responsibilities will include:

• Ensure a safe and effective duty rota for the ward nursing team, exploring safe provision of the service through skill-mix review, allocation of workload and allocation of staff.
• Ensure the timely and appropriate admission and discharge of patients.
• To investigate complaints and untoward incidents occurring on the ward and compile responses and action plans. Ensure all untoward incidents are reported through the IR1 Reporting System and action accordingly.
• To ensure that all policies, procedures, guidelines and work instructions that relate to the wards are regularly reviewed and updated if required.
• Undertake a unit wide role when on duty in terms of ensuring the overall cover for the hospital and providing senior clinical nurse advice and support on issues as they arise.
• Actively participate in the recruitment and selection process for nurses within Elysium Healthcare.
• To work closely with the Consultants for the achievement of effective patient management ensuring that individual consultant care protocols are followed.
• To work closely with MDTs to ensure they are able to deliver their part of the treatment pathway effectively and where there are issues that may prevent this, they are communicated effectively and solutions found.
• To develop clinical audit topics and service evaluations that can be used to promote the success of the unit and ensure high clinical standards.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• To be a qualifiedRMN/RNLD
• To have worked at a senior level for a minimum of 2 years within a mental health setting.
• Experience of managing a team
• Ability to take responsibility for daily operational ward management.
• Up to date on current nursing practice
• Evidence of on-going professional development
• Effective leadership and people management skills
• Excellent communication skills: verbal and written.
• Ward budget/resource management

Where you will be working:Location: The Farndon Unit, Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SWYou will be working at the Farndon Unit, a purpose-built low secure hospital which offers personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways, including a trauma specific pathway, for women with complex care needs.You will join the multidisciplinary team in providing specialist care for people with a diagnosis of severe and enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder and/or mild learning disability.The combination of general low secure wards and a recovery ward area (also within the low secure perimeter) provide a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering recovery and rehabilitation.What you will get:

• Annual salary of £45,914 + Benefits
• The equivalent of 25 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Flexible working opportunities

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.About your next employerYou will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidateswill be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.