Job summary
This is a 12-month secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave. The Recovery Ward at The Cavell Centre is seeking a dynamic and compassionate Band 7 Ward Manager to join our Adult and Speciality directorate. This post is based in Peterborough, a vibrant and diverse city, and offers the chance to lead a dedicated team within our acute mental health division.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced leader who is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care. The successful candidate will provide visible leadership, expert clinical guidance, and work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the holistic health needs of our service users are met. You will be responsible for driving forward team development, supporting staff, and ensuring that the voices of patients and their families are heard and respected.
If you are passionate about empowering both staff and service users and are committed to upholding the highest standards of care, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.
- As part of this 12-month maternity cover secondment, the Ward Manager will provide expert nursing and clinical care to support holistic, person-centred care for individuals with mental health needs.
- The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Lead and multidisciplinary teams to maintain and improve high standards of patient care and experience, promote collaborative care planning, and facilitate family and carer involvement in discharge planning.
- Responsibilities include leading and coaching staff, ensuring compliance with statutory regulations and Trust policies, managing risk and safeguarding processes, and maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
- The Ward Manager will also oversee staff development, performance management, and resource allocation, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, effective communication, and high-quality patient experience. Additionally, the role requires participation in research, service evaluation, and quality assurance activities to ensure ongoing compliance with clinical governance and best practice standards.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Provide expert nursing and clinical care, ensuring holistic, person-centred care for individuals with mental health needs.
- Lead and inspire the ward team, driving improvements in service delivery and fostering a culture of high-quality care.
- Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead and multidisciplinary team to maintain and enhance patient care standards and experience.
- Promote and sustain fully collaborative care planning with patients, families/carers, and professionals.
- Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding requirements.
- Coach and develop staff, supporting performance management, supervision, and professional growth.
- Maintain a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors, embedding robust risk management and health & safety practices.
- Chair multidisciplinary reviews and safeguarding meetings, ensuring effective discharge planning and continuity of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- Provide expert nursing and clinical care, ensuring holistic, person-centred care for individuals with mental health needs.
- Lead and inspire the ward team, driving improvements in service delivery and fostering a culture of high-quality care.
- Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead and multidisciplinary team to maintain and enhance patient care standards and experience.
- Promote and sustain fully collaborative care planning with patients, families/carers, and professionals.
- Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding requirements.
- Coach and develop staff, supporting performance management, supervision, and professional growth.
- Maintain a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors, embedding robust risk management and health & safety practices.
- Chair multidisciplinary reviews and safeguarding meetings, ensuring effective discharge planning and continuity of care.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent qualification related to mental health and/or leadership in the field of older people's mental health
- Student mentor training
Experience
Essential
- Experience working at a senior level and within the specialism of older people's mental health
- Leadership/management of a team - community or hospital based
- Excellent nursing skills - ability to lead by example, deliver broad range of interventions
- Using key leaderships skills - holding people to account, managing poor performance, motivating/inspiring staff/teams, meeting key performance indicators
- Evidence of successful working within multi-disciplinary teams and external partners
- Developing staff and teams through - appraisal, mandatory/specialist training, performance feedback, supervision, coaching, role modelling
- Experience within relevant service area
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health services
- Experience of effective working with broad range of stakeholders
- Track record of leading and managing a high performing older people's in-patient team
- Track record of meeting a broad range of KPIs, developing an improving team and individual performance
- Experience acting as a professional nurse lead - advising on practice, supporting investigations
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- In-depth knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
- Including the Interface of these acts and the potential for error
- In-depth knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Standards and how these apply to the practice/clinical area
- In-depth knowledge of the safeguarding policies and procedures
- In-depth knowledge of clinical governance, risk assessment/management and adverse incident reporting arrangements
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and policies in relation to Data Protection and information management
- Ability to lead by example, inspiring and sharing the commitment of a person-centred quality service, provided by competent caring practitioners, in a safe environment
Desirable
- Evidence of in-depth training at level 3 / 4 regarding MCA, 2005 and DOLS
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working in dementia care settings
- Ability to commit to and demonstrate the ideal of a person-centred quality service, provided by competent caring practitioners, in a safe environment
- Strong leadership and motivational qualities. Knows how to inspire and develop a team / individuals
- Self - aware and able to assess own inter-personal skills and how this may impact on the behaviours of others - promotes an engaging, positive outlook, commitment, reliability, forward thinking, passionate about mental health spectrum
- Able to demonstrate initiative and be proactive
- Committed to personal and team development
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to tolerate working unsocial hours
- Ability to concentrate for sustained periods of time
- Ability to participate in physical care and control procedures
Desirable
- Ability to travel independently across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines
Other
Essential
- Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
- Open and honest promoting a role model culture of openness in raising concerns when care quality is compromised
- Willingness "to go the extra mile" for the team and patient experience
- Champion, create and stimulate a service that celebrates and rewards individual and team achievements
Desirable
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent qualification related to mental health and/or leadership in the field of older people's mental health
- Student mentor training
Experience
Essential
- Experience working at a senior level and within the specialism of older people's mental health
- Leadership/management of a team - community or hospital based
- Excellent nursing skills - ability to lead by example, deliver broad range of interventions
- Using key leaderships skills - holding people to account, managing poor performance, motivating/inspiring staff/teams, meeting key performance indicators
- Evidence of successful working within multi-disciplinary teams and external partners
- Developing staff and teams through - appraisal, mandatory/specialist training, performance feedback, supervision, coaching, role modelling
- Experience within relevant service area
Desirable
- Lived experience of mental health services
- Experience of effective working with broad range of stakeholders
- Track record of leading and managing a high performing older people's in-patient team
- Track record of meeting a broad range of KPIs, developing an improving team and individual performance
- Experience acting as a professional nurse lead - advising on practice, supporting investigations
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- In-depth knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
- Including the Interface of these acts and the potential for error
- In-depth knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Standards and how these apply to the practice/clinical area
- In-depth knowledge of the safeguarding policies and procedures
- In-depth knowledge of clinical governance, risk assessment/management and adverse incident reporting arrangements
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and policies in relation to Data Protection and information management
- Ability to lead by example, inspiring and sharing the commitment of a person-centred quality service, provided by competent caring practitioners, in a safe environment
Desirable
- Evidence of in-depth training at level 3 / 4 regarding MCA, 2005 and DOLS
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working in dementia care settings
- Ability to commit to and demonstrate the ideal of a person-centred quality service, provided by competent caring practitioners, in a safe environment
- Strong leadership and motivational qualities. Knows how to inspire and develop a team / individuals
- Self - aware and able to assess own inter-personal skills and how this may impact on the behaviours of others - promotes an engaging, positive outlook, commitment, reliability, forward thinking, passionate about mental health spectrum
- Able to demonstrate initiative and be proactive
- Committed to personal and team development
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Ability to tolerate working unsocial hours
- Ability to concentrate for sustained periods of time
- Ability to participate in physical care and control procedures
Desirable
- Ability to travel independently across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines
Other
Essential
- Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
- Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
- Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
- Open and honest promoting a role model culture of openness in raising concerns when care quality is compromised
- Willingness "to go the extra mile" for the team and patient experience
- Champion, create and stimulate a service that celebrates and rewards individual and team achievements
Desirable
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).
