Nurse Manager - Low Secure Mental Health - Essex

St Andrew's Healthcare ,
Basildon, Essex
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £43,000 per annum

Overview

Nurse Manager – Low Secure Mental Illness Essex Career Level C / Manager / Expert Salary upwards from £43,000 dependent on experience We are seeking to recruit a Nurse Manager to work with our Danbury Ward Men’s Acute Psychotic disorders Ward, Danbury ward is a 16 Bedded men’s ward with history of abuse, unsettled childhood issues, leading to drug use, self-harm, and difficulties forming relationships and often with behavioural difficulties. You can achieve more at St Andrew’s Healthcare A top 20 UK charity, St Andrew’s is a unique provider of specialist care in mental health and learning disability. We aspire to deliver truly world class, holistic services within our outstanding, modern facilities. Our independence means we can always put patients’ interests at the heart of decision making, while re-investing surpluses in frontline services. We are currently transforming the Charity to deliver ‘Value Based Healthcare’. This will ensure our patients consistently get the best possible outcomes and local teams gain more control and responsibility. The role of Nurse Manager You will have managerial and operational responsibility for your wards and all aspects of performance. Your effective day-to-day support and operational leadership will be key to maintaining operational excellence and high levels of nursing and care. There’s also plenty of scope for innovation as we’ll expect you to lead processes to improve the quality and operational management of your wards even further. What you will need for this role A positive outlook, strong leadership and high standards are vital. We want our Nursing Managers to inspire our teams and set clear and compelling visions, so you’ll need to be able to influence and support everyone around you and be enthusiastic and positive about change. And in return? - Pension - Sickness policy on par with the NHS - 38 days annual leave, increasing to 41 after 10 years' service - Life cover - Car lease scheme - Cycle to work scheme - Healthcare cash plan - Free parking - Paid DBS application - Access to vocational qualifications You will also be part of our expert Clinical team, giving you plenty of exposure to teaching, mentoring and coaching and extensive opportunities for continuing professional development, training, and career progression. Closing date Monday 13th April 2020