Deputy Ward Manager / Charge Nurse
Reference
PRI97126
Location
Priory Hospital Burgess Hill, Gatehouse Lane, Goddards Green, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 9LE
Priory Group Division
Healthcare
Salary
£43,014- £46,314 (DOE) + £5000 Welcome Bonus
Hours
Full Time
Vacancy Type
Permanent - Full Time
Job Advert Role Description
Deputy Ward Manager/Charge Nurse
Burgess Hill Hospital
About Burgess Hill Hospital
Priory Hospital Burgess Hill has a new and exciting opportunity for you to join our Team; in September 2023 we opened a third ward which is a 10 bedded male adult PICU.
The hospital is currently split across three units:
1. EA – male psychiatric intensive care ward
2. AJ – male psychiatric intensive care ward
3. MS – acute general adult male-only ward
New members of our team have an exceptional opportunity to help shape the future of our services and a genuine chance to be part of transforming them. With a renewed focus on quality and excellence at its heart the service aims to grow and extend its current offering.
This is your chance to play an influential part in developing and improving the current services and to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people in our care.
Job Profile
4. Qualified as a Registered nurse and passionate about patient care
5. Committed to providing a safe and therapeutic environment for patients
6. Ensuring there is a high standard of care for patients in terms of their mental and physical health
7. Act as a role model and provide leadership to more Junior staff
8. Work effectively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team
9. Committed to supervision, appraisal and Continuous Professional Development
10. Support with recruitment and retention
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Abilities
11. Excellent clinical knowledge based on evidence based practice
12. Experience of Care Plans ,Risk Assessments and writing reports
13. Knowledge of Mental Health Act Legislation and statutory regulations
14. Experience of staffing, skill mix and leading shifts
15. Committed to supporting Junior Staff and Students
Priory Healthcare Benefits
16. Excellent salary
17. Free on-site parking
18. Free meals on duty
19. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
20. Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
21. Enhanced maternity pay
22. Contributory pension scheme
23. Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
24. Access to development opportunities
25. Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
26. Leadership & management development
27. Long service award
28. Refer a friend bonuses
29. Relocation support (including payment for accommodation or moving costs) up to £3000 (Terms apply)
Additional benefits for nurses at Burgess Hill:
30. £5000 Welcome bonus
31. Fully funded DBS
32. Fully funded NMC registration
33. Return to Practice support
34. Mentorship experience
35. CPD top up
36. Management and Leadership development opportunities
Percentage of pro rata splits for Welcome bonus based on working hours:
16 hours and below contract – 0%
16.5 – 32.5 hour contract – 50%
33 hour + contract – 100%
Are Registered Mental Health Nurses Superheroes?
At Priory Group, you don’t have to have superhuman powers to be a hero in our eyes. We want the care our nurses provide to our service users to be super. As a mental health nurse at Priory you’ll be part of a company that is supportive and has your welfare and interests at heart. Mental health nursing is a tough but rewarding career and we want to make sure that our relationship with you is a long-term thing, not a flash in the pan.
It takes a genuine desire to help other people, along with a lot of dedication and compassion to be a Mental Health Nurse. In return, we want to make sure you get the reward you deserve which is why we offer market leading salaries as well as bonuses and benefits, you’ll get job satisfaction and we’ll support you to develop your skills and grow with the company via our Career Pathways programme. You’ll get to build therapeutic relationships with the people you care for so you can help them through their difficult time and find ways to take control over their own health. It’s a chance to make a real and lasting difference to someone.
At Priory, you’ll be joining the UK’s largest provider of high quality mental health care with around 350 services across the country. Since joining forces with rehabilitation specialists, MEDIAN, we aim to be the leading European provider of mental health and rehabilitative services. By joining us, you’d be key to helping us bring the best of MEDIAN and Priory to our patients and residents.
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Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.
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About us
As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory Group promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development.
Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
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. Priory Group will cover the cost of a DBS check.