Deputy Ward Manager

Black Country Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust requires a Deputy Ward Manager for Brook Ward, Penn Hospital, Wolverhampton. You will provide nursing leadership for adults with serious mental illness, deputise for the ward manager, oversee care planning, and guide clinical practice on-site within a Band 6 role under Agenda for Change.

The post is full-time with a secondment arrangement; it also involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of inpatient care.

Qualifications

• 12 months nursing experience (Essential).
• NMC registration (Essential).

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing leadership and care for adults with serious mental illness.
• Act as deputy to the ward manager in their absence and coordinate care planning.
• Provide clinical leadership to staff and supervise junior nursing staff.
• Deputise in the absence of the ward manager as required.
• Offer clinical and managerial support on-site as senior nurse.
• Work with multidisciplinary team to develop the service.

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Post Title:

Deputy Ward Manager

Reports To:

Ward Manager, Inpatient Lead

Directorate/Department:

Mental Health Adult Inpatient Services

Salary Range:

Band 6

Main duties of the job

• To provide nursing leadership and care for adults with serious mental illness in the context of the care programme approach.
• To act as a deputy to the ward manager in their absence. As a qualified nurse, the post-holder will contribute to and oversee the coordinating of the care planning process in the in-patient setting.
• They will be responsible for providing clinical leadership.
• They will deputize in the absence of the ward manager as required.
• They will provide clinical and managerial support to staff through accepting the role of senior nurse on-site as required.
• To work in partnership with Multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the development of the service.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

• Adult and older adult mental health services.
• Specialist learning disability services.
• Mental health services for children and young people.
• Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enable us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

Details

• Date posted: 15 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
• Contract: Secondment
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 285-5473-MH
• Job locations: brook ward penn hospital, penn road, Wolverhampton, WV45HN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To practice within the NMC code of conduct.
• To work with, promote and contribute to the development of appropriate models of inpatient care.
• To contribute to the assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the context of the care programme approach.
• To provide supervision and clinical leadership to junior nursing staff, to ensure effective delivery of programmes of care for the patients on the caseload.
• To report and identify service deficit limitations/development opportunity to senior colleagues.
• To monitor the well being of patients and contribute to the development of practice in relation to protecting individuals whose health and well being is at risk.
• To ensure effective communication with the multi disciplinary team, service users and carers about programmes of care and routine or complex matters.
• To develop and maintain confidentiality in accordance with the data protection act and professionals code of conduct.
• To promote positive health by offering information and education to patients/carers on mental health issues and treatments.
• To administer, store and order medications in line with trust policy and monitor and report to medical staff effects of medication.
• To promote service user carer and relatives involvement whenever feasible throughout episodes of care and developing a clinical practice.
• To be conversant with, and practice within, the mental health act 1983 and code of practice including the receipt of section papers. To maintain and monitor clinical records in accordance with local policies.
• To promote, maintain and monitor best practice in health, safety and security of self and others in own work area as identified in local policies.
• To set clinical standards within the team based on current research and developments in clinical practice.
• To contribute and promote quality initiatives and audits, e.g. clinical audit, essence of care.
• Take an active part in developing knowledge ideas to support and promote evidence based practice.
• To take charge of the ward taking responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of the ward manager.

Person Specification

Essential

• Years of experience - 12 months
• NMC registration

Desirable

• Leadership Course

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

• Employer name: Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: brook ward penn hospital, penn road, Wolverhampton, WV45HN, United Kingdom
• Contact: Ward Manager Jennie Summers, [e-mail], 07881293331