Job summary
Your leadership can transform care - join us as Ward Manager and help shape the future of older adult mental health services.
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Ward Manager to lead our Older Adult Ward Abbeygate. You will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, ensuring the highest standards of patient-centred care for older adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, and physical health conditions.
As Ward Manager, you will:
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Lead and support a multidisciplinary team.
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Oversee safe and effective day-to-day ward management.
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Drive quality improvement, patient safety, and compliance with standards.
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Support staff development, wellbeing, and professional growth.
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Work in partnership with patients, families, and wider services to promote recovery and safe discharge.
Main duties of the job
As Ward Manager, you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership, ensuring high standards of care and continuous quality improvement for older adults with complex mental health needs. Working closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, you'll oversee daily ward operations, support and develop staff.
Key responsibilities include:
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Leading and supporting the ward team through supervision and appraisals.
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Overseeing admissions, patient flow, and safe discharge planning.
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Driving quality improvement, audits, and service development.
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Contributing to multidisciplinary meetings and effective partnership working.
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Supporting recruitment, retention, and staff wellbeing.
About us
Our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Individual competence and suitability will be explored within interview. It is vital that the successful candidate demonstrates values and behaviours
reflective of those of our Trust and this is a focus of the interview process.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it
takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
* Previous applicants need not apply *
**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Individual competence and suitability will be explored within interview. It is vital that the successful candidate demonstrates values and behaviours
reflective of those of our Trust and this is a focus of the interview process.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it
takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
* Previous applicants need not apply *
**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
- Evidence of leading service development within in a mental health setting
- Experience with risk assessment and Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment. Working in a community mental health team. Application Form / Interview / References Page | 9 JD Ver.3.0 June 2024 ongoing management.
Desirable
- Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects.
- Build on/develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriateness.
Skills
Essential
- Competent assessment skills.
- Effective analytical decision-making skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
- Evidence of leading service development within in a mental health setting
- Experience with risk assessment and Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment. Working in a community mental health team. Application Form / Interview / References Page | 9 JD Ver.3.0 June 2024 ongoing management.
Desirable
- Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects.
- Build on/develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriateness.
Skills
Essential
- Competent assessment skills.
- Effective analytical decision-making skills.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
