Elysium Healthcare
Ward Manager
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Ward Manager
Ward Manager – Operational & Clinical Leadership Opportunity
Ready to make a high-impact difference in healthcare leadership?
Join Badby Park, a proud division of Elysium Healthcare, as a Ward Manager and take charge of a unit’s operational and clinical success, ensuring world-class care delivery that aligns with outstanding CQC outcomes.
As a key member of the senior management team, you’ll lead a multidisciplinary team, driving quality, performance, and continuous improvement while managing both clinical and non-clinical teams. This 6-month contract role offers an exciting chance to shape care provision in a historic manor setting with excellent facilities and a tranquil countryside landscape, just outside Daventry.
About the Role & Responsibilities
This strategic leadership position requires you to:
- Oversee the holistic management of your unit—balancing operational delivery, clinical excellence, and financial sustainability.
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team (MDT), including recruitment, appraisal, supervision, and professional growth.
- Ensure 100% staff compliance in mandatory training and supervision (with a minimum of 90%), creating a proactive and high-performance work environment.
- Liaise with senior medical staff, external stakeholders (e.g., social services, quality assessors), and central teams (catering, cleaning, stores).
- Collect, analyse, and utilise data to drive service improvement, financial accountability, and regulatory compliance.
- Deliver cost-effective high-quality care, meeting regulatory expectations while optimising resident outcomes.
- Represent your unit in internal meetings and external engagements, including budget setting, audits, and strategic development.
- Manage equipment, supplies, and medication, ensuring efficient use and availability.
- Maintain strong communication and branding for your service.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead recruitment, selection, appraisal, and training of clinical and non-clinical staff
- Ensure statutory compliance and resize risk exposure
- Monitor financial deltas, maintain tight budget constraints, and deliver value for money
- Drive service innovation, incorporating feedback mechanisms and performance standards
- Attend diverse meetings, present reports, and advocate for service excellence
- Oversee unit maintenance, hygiene, and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Support Elysium’s safer recruitment policies and safeguarding obligations as part of frontline compliance
Key Requirements
To excel in this role, you’ll need:
- Registered Qualified Nurse (or equivalent Allied Professional) with at least 5 years of experience, including 2 years in line management.
- A professional clinical management qualification (e.g., PGCert/NMC-equivalent).
- Demonstrated tangible leadership experience, particularly in budgeting, human resources, and quality assurance.
- Proficiency in data analysis and demonstrating tie between performance metrics and resident outcomes.
- A proven track record of cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
Location: Badby Park, Daventry, Northamptonshire
Set amid serene countryside, Badby Park blends historic charm with modern healthcare excellence. Situated near Daventry, Rugby, Northampton, and Banbury, it offers well-connected commuting options.
Why Choose Elysium Healthcare & Ramsay?
Recognised as one of the UK’s largest independent care providers, Elysium operates over 80 services across mental health, neurology, learning disabilities, children’s services, and eldercare.
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As part of Ramsay Healthcare—a global leader with over 86,000 employees—we empower our workforce with a holistic benefits package, merging clinical impact with professional growth.
Your Rewards Package at Elysium:
- Base salary up to £55,000 (for qualified applicants)
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays, birthday leave, and optional extra days)
- Dedicated career development—progressional support aligned with Future Leader Programme and NMC requirements
- Ely-Vate perks—exclusive discounts, savings, and wellbeing programs from insurance to lifestyle benefits
- Elevated health coverage: 24/7 GP access, second medical opinion, and a comprehensive enhanced maternity package
- Pension contributions and Insurance Life Cover as part of our tax-efficient benefits
- Financial empowerment: Blue Light Card for discounts, earned wage access (Stream), and tailored financial wellbeing support
- Work-life balance: Subsidised meals and on-site parking in a trusting, inclusive modern environment
Our Values & Commitments
Elysium embraces:
- Safer recruitment and disability-inclusive hiring
- Poverty-allied safeguarding practices, reinforcing shared responsibility for resident welfare
- Technology-driven interoperability through modern electronic records systems
- Substantive diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies—DBS Checks are mandatory
Ready to transform care delivery while advancing your leadership journey?
APPLY TODAY and become part of a collegial, forward-thinking healthcare community. Your impact matters—join us at Badby Park.
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