Ward Manager in Manchester

Ward Manager

Reference

PRI92902

Location

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, 100 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, SK8 3DG

Priory Group Division

Healthcare

Salary

45,668-51,393

Hours

37.5

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Job Advert - Division Information

Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health illness to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Job Advert Location Description

About the service

Set within picturesque landscaped gardens in Cheadle, Stockport, Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal offers a range of comprehensive inpatient mental health services for young people and adults. The focus of our service is to help people to live their best life in a safe and supportive environment.

Fern Unit is a locked rehabilitation unit that runs a comprehensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) treatment programme. Patients admitted to the ward for treatment may have a range of diagnoses including emotionally unstable personality disorder, complex PTSD and eating disorders, and, co-morbid mental disorders such as psychosis, and substance misuse. The focus within the milieu is to empower and skill the patients to manage and plan their own lives in a safe and effective way, promoting independence, realistic goal-setting, and autonomy, and providing the necessary generalisation of DBT skills to their daily lives. Based on the core principles of a DBT approach, the aim is to discharge patients to ‘a life worth living’.

The multi-disciplinary team (MDT) on Fern comprises the nursing team which includes the unit manager, two deputy managers, registered mental health nurses, and general nurses (RMN/RGN), therapeutic care assistants, a consultant psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist, a counselling psychologist, assistant psychologist, , dietician, a speciality grade doctor, an Occupational Therapist and a technical instructor. We are also able to access Social Work and GP expertise on site. 

All members of the team have had the appropriate level of accredited DBT training, and newcomers will also be able to access this. 

Job Advert Role Description

Responsibilities

The duties of the role include but are not limited to:

Experience

Company and Site Benefits

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 will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Division DBS info

About us

From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.

The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group.

As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.

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.

No agencies please

If you forward any CV’s to the Priory Group and you are not on the Priory Group PSL and have not been asked to work on the above role we will accept the CV as a gift.