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Ward Manager

Employer
Priory Group
Location
West Midlands, Willenhall
Salary
£45668 - £51393 per annum + £3000 welcome/retention bonus
Closing date
18 Jun 2022

Job Details

Lakeside View is a 28 bedded hospital in Willenhall that cares for patients who are 18 years and over in an acute setting.

  • Finch Ward - 12 bedded male acute ward
  • Robin Ward - 8 bedded male acute ward
  • Swan Ward - 8 bedded female acute ward

The aim at Lakeside View is to provide a person centred approach and therapeutic environment, which promotes collaborative care planning to optimise treatment goals. Right from the point of admission to our acute services, our aim is to support patients to be discharged safely back into the community where they can continue to progress towards recovery in a less restrictive environment.

As the Ward Manager you will act as a role model for the team, and be responsible for the development of your team. You will have the opportunity to develop your personal, managerial and leadership skills within this role. The Ward Managers role is a hard but rewarding position with a real opportunity to impact on patient's experience of hospital admission as well as the team's experience of working for the company.

You will work with the Director of Clinical Services to develop processes to improve patients experience as well as contribute towards the site improvement plan and quality improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will be based on one acute ward within the hospital and will have regular clinical shifts working alongside your team. You will work predominantly Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00 however, clinical shifts are 07.30-20:00 therefore some roster flexibility is required for this role.

The role will include:

  • Using your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to lead the ward team to deliver high quality care
  • Monitoring and maintaining high standards of care
  • Effectively managing human, financial, material and information resources
  • Engaging your team in the hospitals vision, inspiring others to live our values
  • Recognise the value of effective communication and the potential for developing therapeutic relationships, effective teamwork, interdisciplinary working and patient care
  • Roster and absence management
  • Recognising development needs of individuals and the team, investing in training, mentoring and coaching to achieve success
  • Utilising available HR processes such as probation, performance improvement plans and appraisals to support clear expectations and goals for development
  • Contribute towards Clinical Governance and improving quality standards
  • Chairing Team Incident Reviews and having a real focus on lessons learnt
  • Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and policies
  • Monitoring and improving training compliance
  • Promoting a culture in which assessment, planning and review of care plans are delivered effectively within the broader responsibilities of the MDT
  • Acting as a clinical supervisor and ensuring that all staff participate in clinical supervision
  • Experience of management and leadership and prioritising key tasks in relation to your sphere of work
  • Being a site Safeguarding Lead, having cases allocated to investigate and support vulnerable people to be kept safe

In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits including:

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays increasing to 30 days plus bank holidays with length of service
  • Extra Service Annual leave awards
  • Career development - progress across the Staff Nurse grading is via a distinct career path
  • A contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Personal health insurance
  • An employee assistance programme
  • Free meals/refreshments when on duty
  • Free car parking
  • Private Dental Cover
  • Flexible Benefits Packages
  • £250 Contribution towards CPD
  • NMC Payment in full

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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