Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Ward Manager

The closing date is 26 August 2025

Job summary

We are looking for someone who holds a keen interest in leadership with a desire to champion good quality service delivery ensuring a positive patient experience for individuals with complex needs.

The band 7 Ward Manager post presents as an ideal opportunity for an experienced leader to join our clinically led, operationally enabled Division to manage our 20-bedded low secure unit.

Whilst forensic experience is an advantageous, it is not essential as knowledge development within this area can be provided to the right candidate.

You will become an intrinsic member of our existing leadership team within the Medium to Low secure Forensic Division and assist in the development of the Forensic services in-line with the strategic goals and vision of the service and the Trust's objectives and priorities.

We would welcome applications from individuals with flexible working arrangements, this may include an option to work less than full-time and or condensed hours.

Main duties of the job

You will work collaboratively with the clinical and operational teams over both the medium and low secure wards to provide a clinically led and operationally enabled service, to ensure we provide excellent care to our patients.

You will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and will be accountable in your own area of responsibility. You will be required to provide strong and effective management and organisational inspirational leadership to ensure the delivery of the Trust's objectives and priorities.

Key Responsibilities:-

Operational Leadership -To support the Service Manager and other colleagues within the service area. Provide operational line management and supervision to allocated staff. Ensure staff receive annual performance appraisals aligned with the Trust's policy and strategy.

Analytical and Judgement Skills -Contribute to identifying, reviewing and re-designing services in response to user need, ensuring a safe, high quality level of service is maintained.

Manage complex, challenging and changing situations -Obtains, analyses and interprets information for key performance indicators and outcome.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Details

Date posted

31 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

338-7262463-25-A

Job locations

Pine View

Willerby Hill Business Park,

Willerby

HU10 6ED


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding this role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding this role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area,
  • Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
  • Live register Mental Health Nurse Qualification

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of relevant IT systems to own area of work
  • Member of specialist interest group/network, regionally or nationally

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of post-registration professional practice
  • Proven leadership / management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact / change within service delivery / practice at an advanced level.

Desirable

  • A breadth of professional practice including specialising in the field where the post is held.
  • Development of expert leadership / management skills at an advanced level.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring.
  • Ability to effectively commute between all various Trust sites

Desirable

  • Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally.
Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area,
  • Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
  • Live register Mental Health Nurse Qualification

Desirable

  • Working knowledge of relevant IT systems to own area of work
  • Member of specialist interest group/network, regionally or nationally

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of post-registration professional practice
  • Proven leadership / management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact / change within service delivery / practice at an advanced level.

Desirable

  • A breadth of professional practice including specialising in the field where the post is held.
  • Development of expert leadership / management skills at an advanced level.

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring.
  • Ability to effectively commute between all various Trust sites

Desirable

  • Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pine View

Willerby Hill Business Park,

Willerby

HU10 6ED


Employer's website

https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pine View

Willerby Hill Business Park,

Willerby

HU10 6ED


Employer's website

https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Manager

Nigel Hewitson

n.hewitson@nhs.net

01482336200

Details

Date posted

31 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

338-7262463-25-A

Job locations

Pine View

Willerby Hill Business Park,

Willerby

HU10 6ED


Supporting documents

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