# Ward Manager

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Meriden, Warwickshire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £47,375 - £53,329 per annum
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Solihull has an opportunity for a Ward Manager in Mental Health Nursing to join our team. Priory Hospital Solihull, Meriden, Warwickshire is a 31-bedded level 2 rehabilitation service for males supporting the NHS.

You will be part of a compassionate team that is committed to supporting people's wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.

You will provide clinical leadership and oversee the day-to-day running of our ward. You will lead and support the nursing team, ensure high standards of patient care, manage staffing and compliance, and promote a positive, safe, and compassionate environment for patients and colleagues alike.

You will be required to participate in the hospital on-call rota.

## Key Responsibilities

- Provide clinical leadership and oversee the day-to-day running of the ward

- Lead and support the nursing team

- Ensure high standards of patient care

- Manage staffing and compliance

- Promote a positive, safe, and compassionate environment for patients and colleagues

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential for the role:

- An experienced Mental Health Nurse with at least two years leadership experience within a relevant mental health or care setting

- Demonstrable experience working as a Registered Mental Health Nurse within a relevant clinical setting

- Experience supervising nursing or care staff

- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)

- Trained Assessor/Supervisor (or willingness to achieve)

- Computer literate

- Ability to provide effective clinical leadership and support the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care

- Willingness to undertake further clinical, leadership and management training relevant to the role and area of practice

- Experience managing multiple priorities in a clinical environment

The following experience would be beneficial:

- Experience of clinical audit and/or evidence-based service improvement

## Benefits

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

- Leadership & management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- Mental Health Nursing
- Leadership
- Clinical Management
- Communication

### Nice to have
- Clinical Audit
- Evidence-Based Service Improvement

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