Lead Nurse/ Deputy Care Centre Director

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.  

Providing strong and robust leadership within the service

Responsibility for quality outcomes and complaints

Promoting and safeguard the well-being and interests of all Residents, employees and visitors

Ensuring site is compliant with all Regulatory guidelines and statutory requirements

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Registered Nurse RGN

5 plus years of respiratory ward/ITU experience

Ability to deal with multiple issues simultaneously in a highly dynamic environment

Focus to detail, quality and positive can do attitude

Proactive and creative

High level of integrity

A detailed understanding of statutory regulations

Ability to oversee and deliver quality objectives

Management at senior level

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

What You’ll Get 

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: 

Annual base salary of £56,000

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window. 

Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals 

Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub 

Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance 

Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts 

Life Assurance, for added peace of mind 

Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support. 

24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be 

Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time 

Pension contribution, to help secure your future 

Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking 

About your next employer: 

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