Department: Nursing
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Priory Hospital Middleton St George
Compensation: £48,548 / year
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
£48,548 per annum
Priory Hospital Middleton is looking to recruit a Night manager to join the team. This is a full time role of 37.5 hours per week.
Set in spacious and relaxing grounds, Priory Hospital Middleton St George, located in Darlington, County Durham, is a specialist inpatient service for adults with mental health issues, complex needs and behaviours that challenge. We are dedicated to supporting people to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs, enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community, and maximising life opportunities.
We accept referrals from a wide variety of public sector organisations throughout the UK, including special hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, courts, low secure units (LSUs), medium secure units (MSUs), forensic lead commissioners, social services, NHS Mental Health Trusts, GPs, the police and others.
To Provide Clinical Management and Leadership of the full nursing team on the site throughout the night shift time period, this includes being a highly visible role model and mentor to the broader nursing team. The post-holder has responsibility for overseeing and maintaining the highest standards of nursing care across site during the night shift. The role will act as a senior clinical member of the team, providing advice and support from a nursing perspective and will oversee and hold responsibility for the hospital and its resources.
Reporting to our Director of Clinical Services, the Night Manager will work alongside the Unit Managers and coordinate the safe and appropriate management of the site throughout the night time delivery of care.
· Manages the Hospital site and resources effectively, taking steps to ensure that appropriate staffing levels and skill mix of nursing experience and skills is in place to effectively manage the night time delivery across site.
· Ensures that all members of the night time nursing team receive clinical supervision, appraisal, CPD requirements and complete mandatory training as required.
· Addresses shortfalls in development and ensures that training and performance issues are addressed.
You can find additional information in the attached job description.
Our work is rewarding but can be challenging, so resilience is key. No two days are the same! Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows.
For more information you can email rachelcass@priorygroup.com
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.
Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.
Priory is the leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care in the UK.
We support 26,000 people a year to move towards a healthier future so they can live their lives as fully and independently as possible.
We treat more than 70 conditions, including depression anxiety, addictions and eating disorders, as well as children’s mental health, across our nationwide network of sites.
We also support autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, Prader-Willi Syndrome and brain injuries, as well as older people, within specialist residential care and supported living facilities.
With over 13,000 colleagues working at Priory, we have a long and prestigious history, and an unrivalled reputation for making a real and lasting difference to the lives of every individual in our care.
Priory is part of MEDIAN Group, a leading pan-European provider of mental health, specialist care and rehabilitation services, focussed on restoring quality of life through effective, evidenced and data-driven care.
