Lead Nurse/ Deputy Care Centre Director

Elysium Healthcare is looking for a Lead Nurse/Deputy Care Centre Director to join Lakefields Neurological Centre. The role requires someone with extensive senior management experience in healthcare. The successful candidate will support the Care Centre Director by providing leadership and ensuring the Center meets its operational goals. Lakefields, a 22-bed facility, specializes in rehabilitation for individuals with neurological and spinal conditions. The role includes leading a team of nurses, attending meetings with stakeholders, and maintaining standards of patient care. Candidates must be a Registered Nurse with experience in tracheostomy and ventilator care.

If you already have extensive senior manager experience within healthcare and are looking for a new challenge in a large and diverse Care Centre, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for. Join Lakefields Neurological Centre as the Lead Nurse/ Deputy Care Centre Director and be part of helping some of the most vulnerable people in society.

You’ll support the Care Centre Director in providing strong and robust leadership. Lakefields is a fully refurbished 22-bed neurological service for people with neurological and spinal conditions who require specialist rehabilitation following an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) or other neurological condition.

As a senior member of the nursing team, you will have experience within a similar setting from the NHS and/or Private Care. You will lead and guide a team of nurses to provide exceptional care. You will be involved in all operational functions of the service with specific accountability for monitoring quality outcomes and development within the service.

In deputising for the Care Centre Director, you will be required to attend both internal and external meetings with key stakeholders.

Your already strong leadership qualities will ensure a strong culture of teamwork and cooperation, encouraging potential, providing support and setting goals to drive performance and standards.

Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

As the Lead Nurse/ Deputy Care Centre Director, you will be:

As experienced RGN with tracheostomy -ventilator care experience you will provide a high profile, visible clinical leadership to the hospital wide nursing team. You will promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all service users, employees and visitors. You will ensure that standards of patient care are maintained at all times within the parameters of operational policies and governing legislation.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Location: Lakefields Neurological Centre, Lambourne Road, Chigwell , IG7 6HH

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure

Elysium Healthcare, employing over 8,000 staff, offers a unique approach to care, with over 90 services across England and Wales. These services include Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education. Being part of Ramsay Health Care, Elysium is connected to a global network spanning 10 countries, with more than 86,000 global employees. Elysium promotes safer recruitment and is committed to inclusive, accessible recruitment in alignment with being a Disability Confident employer. This requires every staff to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Nurse RGN, 5+ years in respiratory ward/ITU, management at senior level