Ward Manager

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Full time
Location: Rye
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Job offered by: Priory
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Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England TN5 Ward Manager

Reference: PRI98582

Location: Priory Hospital Ticehurst, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7HU

Priory Group Division: Healthcare

Salary: £47,375 - £53,329 DOE

Hours: 37.5

Vacancy Type: Permanent - Full Time

Job Advert - Division Information

Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health illness to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

If you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, work well in a team and want to work within a setting that seeks to help improve people's health and well-being, this is an exciting time to join Priory Hospital Ticehurst's female acute service.

Benefits include a competitive salary plus location allowance, child care vouchers, free car parking, and a contributory pension scheme. You can even enjoy lunch with your colleagues in our highly subsidised staff canteen.

We are seeking a full-time Ward Manager to work on our 9 bedded, mixed private acute ward. The successful candidate will manage the ward and its resources, taking appropriate action to ensure that standards of care are exceptional. You will be responsible for ensuring care plans reflect the needs of patients and that your team receives timely clinical supervision, appraisal, CPD, and complete mandatory training. You will work closely with other ward managers to plan and implement quality improvement initiatives across the service, ensure adherence to policy and legislation, complete regular site and organisational audits, act as a role model for others and demonstrate excellent organisational and time management skills.

If you would like to join our team and partake in the innovative growth and expansion of our services, we invite you to apply.

The nursing team works closely with our established mental health professionals including consultant psychiatrists, doctors, and the committed therapy team. You will have the support of our excellent health care assistants. The senior management team will listen to your thoughts and ideas and you will have the opportunity to influence the future direction of our acute services. You will provide senior nursing leadership to the ward nursing team and act as a visible role model to promote a culture of learning development, inquiry, and team vision.

We are seeking applicants with:

RMN Qualification

Current NMC registration with no restrictions on practice

2 years' experience in a supervisory capacity

Current training in mentorship

Willingness to complete further clinical, managerial, and leadership training

Excellent organisational and IT skills as you will be responsible for roster management

Proficiency in report writing

Job Advert Location Description

Centrally located with easy access to Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Ashford, and Maidstone, The Priory Hospital, Ticehurst House has 43 beds across 2 service lines: Acute Adult and Acute Private.

We offer comprehensive inpatient and outpatient specialist mental health services for adults in a safe and supportive environment.

Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

We are proud to be rated 'Good' for site overall, following our recent CQC inspection in April 2021.

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.

No agencies please.

If you forward any CV's to the Priory Group and you are not on the Priory Group PSL and have not been asked to work on the above role, we will accept the CV as a gift.

Closing Date: 31/01/2025

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