Deputy Service Manager

If you are a highly experienced UK Nurse (RMN or RNLD) looking for a rewarding career where you can changes lives for the better, then take your care to the next level as a Deputy Service Manager at Castleholme Lodge in Huddersfield.

As a Deputy Service Manager, you will empower recovery and deliver supervision to staff across the ward to deliver great healthcare, and manage and direct the delivery of clinical services within a ward or unit, ensuring it complies with statutory regulations, current legislation, and operational policies and meets quality standards.

There are also career development opportunities, with a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability, and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine. It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deputising for the Unit Manager in co-ordinating the quality and management of patient care delivery ,and the clinical environment with 24-hour responsibility for staffing.
• Participating fully with the multidisciplinary team and undertake direct patient care.
• Promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all patients, employees, and visitors.
• Identify and evaluate potential improvements to the service
• Support and work with others to help them understand the need for change and adapt to it
• Evaluate the extent to which legislation and organisational policies and procedures on health, safety and risk management have been implemented and ensure compliance across the service
• Investigate any actual or potential health, safety or security incidents and takes the required action

The Deputy Service Manager position is a full-time position 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. There will be the expectation that on occasion, you may need to work within the nursing team numbers, and there will be an out of hours on-call requirement.

To be successful, you will need:

• A relevant nursing qualification and registration (RMN or RNLD)
• Hands-on clinical experience and relevant leadership experience in a similar environment
• A positive attitude and naturally caring and compassionate
• A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice
• Proven track record of team leadership skills

What you will get

• Annual salary of £47,000 - £49,000 (37.5 hours)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Paid Induction
• 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.

Where you will be working

Location: Castleholme Lodge, 4 Bryan Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD2 2AH.

Castleholme Lodge is situated in Huddersfield with excellent transport links to the surrounding areas. It is undergoing a complete refurbishment to ensure best environment for service users and staff to thrive in.

Castleholme Lodge will be a 20 bed Care Home with nursing, providing a range of mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. It will form part of a cluster of Elysium services across the Yorkshire and Midlands region that work closely together in support of each other.

About your next employer

You 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. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.