Deputy Ward Manager

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager to join their team in Lincoln. The role involves leadership and management of nursing services in a high-dependency rehabilitation unit, focusing on providing treatment for women with severe mental health issues. Qualified candidates must be registered nurses with relevant experience, capable of flexible working hours, including nights and weekends. The position offers training and support in a well-regarded organization dedicated to staff wellbeing and patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience with adults with mental health needs.
• Evidence of skills transferable to community and in-patient settings.
• Understanding of information governance principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nursing team in providing care for severe mental illness.
• Develop and evaluate care programs for mental health needs.
• Provide managerial duties in the absence of the Ward Manager.

Skills

Supportive communication

Leadership

Clinical decision-making

Engagement with service users

Education

RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC)

Evidence of specialised continued professional training

Certificate in clinical supervision

Management Training

Job description

Deputy Ward Manager

The closing date is 19 January 2026

The Vales are seeking to recruit a dynamic Deputy ward manager to join their team in their 15 bedded female high dependency rehabilitation inpatient unit at Discovery House.

Applicants must possess attitudes and values that reflect the excellent standards we are expecting within the Vales team. The Vales provides treatment and interventions for women with severe and enduring mental ill-health in a locked environment to support their ongoing recovery and social integration.

The whole service is focused on working towards independence and recovery to enable service users to regain health and mental wellness before moving on to live as independently as possible in an open environment or their local communities.

We will offer the opportunity to be part an excellent and developing team that holds the highest possible values and work ethic within a purpose built environment.

You will have a planned induction and work within a robust framework of regular professional supervision and you will have opportunities for development as your experience increases. If you want to be part of our team and take advantage of this exciting opportunity then we will be happy to hear from you.

Applicants must be a Registered Nurse in Mental Health or Learning Disability and must be able to work a range of flexible hours to include nights and weekends. This is a substantive post on the Vales however successful candidate will be required at times to support and cover other are within inpatients

Main duties of the job

• To provide leadership to the nursing team providing care for people with severe and enduring mental illness, complex trauma mental health disorders.
• To provide clinical services that work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.
• To work as part of a team providing a user-focused, accessible and responsive nursing service that is safe, supportive and competent for people who experience severe, enduring and complex trauma mental health problems.
• To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for those who are experiencing mental health needs, within agreed limitations.
• Patterns of working will be by arrangement and may include evenings, weekends, bank holidays.
• Provides management supervision to Band 5's, and band 3's.
• To be directly involved in Quality improvements and implementing processors.
• To complete audits and provide assurance
• To undertake managerial duties in the absence of the Ward Manager

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this position.

• Implement evidence-based practice in the provision of treatment and care to clients.
• Be accountable for own personal clinical caseload using resources as appropriate.
• Select appropriate assessment tools for assessing specific client needs and risks.
• Demonstrate sound clinical decision-making skills that are in the interests of the client.
• Provide skilled clinical supervision to others.
• Apply health enhancing skills in a wider group/community setting.
• Apply self awareness to reflections on their nursing practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
• Certificate in clinical supervision
• Management Training

Experience

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
• Experience of working within mental health care

Skills

• Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of information.
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patient care, where appropriate.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
• Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and collectively.

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.