Job Description
Job Title: Deputy Ward Manager (RMN) \n Location: Leeds \n Salary: £43,000 - £47,000 per annum \n Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours) \n Start Date: ASAP \n Setting: Independent Mental Health Hospital - Male Rehabilitation Service \n \n Overview: \n This role is based at a 21-bed male-only rehabilitation hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The service is split across two wards, including a 17-bed high-dependency recovery unit and a smaller bespoke therapy ward focused on intensive, personalised treatment. The site caters to adult males with complex mental health presentations, often with forensic or detained backgrounds under the MHA.
\n \n The hospital offers a structured yet therapeutic environment supported by a close-knit MDT. Treatment programmes are tailored using a blend of medical, psychological, and occupational interventions with a strong focus on building daily living skills, relapse prevention, and community integration. The site is CQC registered, regularly audited, and supported by a national private healthcare provider.
\n \n Duties: \n \n Provide day-to-day operational and clinical leadership on the ward \n \n Coordinate rotas and ensure effective skill mix and staffing levels \n \n Lead on staff supervisions, appraisals, and mandatory training compliance \n \n Work alongside the Ward Manager to implement service improvement plans \n \n Contribute to incident investigations, audits, and safeguarding processes \n \n Act as a role model for junior nursing staff and support a culture of accountability \n \n Requirements: \n \n RMN registration with NMC (first-level nurse) \n \n At least 2 years' leadership or supervisory experience in a relevant mental health setting \n \n Sound understanding of risk management, safeguarding, and clinical governance \n \n Experience managing rotas and supervising multi-disciplinary staff \n \n Trained Assessor or Supervisor preferred \n \n Benefits: \n \n Free on-site parking and daily meals \n \n 25 days' holiday + bank holidays + birthday leave \n \n Enhanced maternity pay \n \n Access to leadership and development programmes \n \n CPD sponsorship and internal promotion pathways \n \n Private pension and flexible benefits scheme\n\nEden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.\n\nEden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number (phone number removed). Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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