Deputy Ward Manager

Deputy Ward Manager

Our well-established client located in Darlington, are seeking a Deputy Ward Manager, to join their friendly team on a Full time - Permanent basis 37.5 hours with a salary £44,648 on offer dependent upon experience.

Job Overview

Provides individualised treatment and care for people with mental health needs of adult working age and who present with complex and challenging behaviours, in a safe and supportive environment. Our comprehensive integrated services offer complete care pathways allowing service users to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community and maximising life opportunities.

Multi-disciplinary teams provide care for up to 110 male and female service users, working collaboratively with their commissioners, across our 8 wards and our nearby community house. We deliver intensive care and acute, and a recovery and rehabilitation environment which includes a specialist female Personality Disorder service. Our focus is on the delivery of excellent care, empowering service users to progress towards the least restrictive setting and towards independence.

Main Responsibilities

Exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, experienced and skilled RMN, to work as Deputy Ward Manager.

Deputy Ward Manager will have noticeable leadership skills along with a strong drive to develop other members of the team and themselves. Support will be provided for the applicant to complete their Student Nurse Assessor programme so they can mentor and assess student nurses along all stages of their programme. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a talented multidisciplinary team and the candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the ward team possesses the skills, knowledge and motivation to deliver the highest quality of care to service users with complex mental health who require stabilisation in a safe and secure environment.

Skills Required

Must be Registered Mental Health Nurse / Learning Disability Nurse with an Active valid NMC Pin.

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• £5,000 nurse welcome bonus *t&c's apply
• Disclosure check cost coverage
• Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave
• Free on-site parking and free meals on duty
• Free access to our on-site gymnasium
• Online benefits and cashback rewards
• Cycle to work scheme
• SMART Pension option

How to Apply

MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN UK, sponsorship NOT accepted.

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