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WARD MANAGER

Employer
Priory Group
Location
Edgbaston, West Midlands, England
Salary
£39k per year
Closing date
28 Oct 2020

Job Details

Beverley House is a 24-bedded rehabilitation hospital for women over the age of 18, situated in the heart of the community in Birmingham.

Patients admitted to Beverley House may be informal or detained under the Mental Health Act with a primary diagnosis of mental illness and personality disorder with complex needs.

To provide clinical care and leadership of the nursing and multidisciplinary teams, this includes visibility and role modelling to the nursing team. The post holder will have responsibility for overseeing and maintaining the highest standards of clinical care. The role will act as a senior clinical member of the team, providing advice, support and direction from a nursing perspective and oversee and hold responsibility for the ward environment, staffing and resources.

 

•  Being a clear leader for the nursing team on the ward

• Developing therapeutic relationships to optimise patient engagement

•  Following all codes of conduct, standards and legislation, respecting the rights  of others and promoting ethical practice

•  Mentoring, supporting and supervising, Nursing Team, Student Nurses and other members of the team

•  Promoting professional development within the team

•  Carrying out site coordination duties when required

 

To be successful in this role you will need:

 

Experience:

•  Experience in a supervisory role

•  At least 3 years post registration experience

•  The ability to assess and teach junior staff

•  A proven ability to co-ordinate care, prioritise tasks and manage health & safety issues

•  The drive to learn and develop

•  A commitment to patient-centred care and to values-based and evidence-based practice

 

Our Benefits:

•  25 days’ annual leave increasing to 30 days with length of service - plus 8 bank holidays.

•  Subsidised professional membership and registration

•  Career development

•  A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP)

•  Healthcare cash plan

•  Flexible benefits (including preferential rates and access to schemes such as gym membership and shopping discounts)

•  Free meals and parking on site

 

 

 

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory Group promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. 

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory Group will cover the cost of a DBS check.

 

Company

Nursing at Priory Healthcare

At Priory Healthcare, we’re passionately committed to making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support. But that’s just the start. As a recognised leader in the healthcare sector, we’re equally passionate about harnessing the potential of everyone on our team – including our rapidly growing community of RMN’s.

So join us and we can promise you one of the most dynamic and supportive career environments in the sector.

We are already the largest mental health provider in Europe and treat upwards of 80 conditions in over 275 facilities around the country. But look beyond our size and you will also discover an unrivalled reputation for providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivery value for our service users.

What does this mean for you? More than you might imagine.

For a start, there’s greater clinical diversity here than anywhere outside of the NHS. This offers you the chance to develop your career at the forefront of nursing practice in one or  more of our six specialist areas – Acute Mental Healthcare, Secure, Rehabilitation and Complex Care, Eating Disorders and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

You will enjoy excellent learning and development resources, too. In addition to benefiting from our award-winning e-learning programme, your structured career progression could include supported study for specialist diplomas, preceptorships if you are newly qualified, a range of other externally accredited courses, the option of becoming a trainer on your own site, and much more besides.

Our working environment and culture are also exceptional. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychiatrists, therapists and other health care specialists. We don’t just work together. We listen to each other, share ideas, explore new ways of doing things and actively pursue innovation and excellence is all that we do. So while the work can be incredibly demanding, you will never lack the support, collaboration and encouragement you need to perform to your best and achieve your true potential.

As for recognition and rewards, they are everything you would expect from an organisation that values your expertise and commitment. And your career prospects? Well, the sheer scope and scale of our behavioural care services – and the pace of our development as a business – means that you can grow as far and fast as we do.

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