Ward Manager

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Lightpill; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a permanent full-time Ward Manager (Band 7) to lead Jubilee Ward at Stroud Hospital. You will drive clinical leadership, quality improvement and 24/7 operations to ensure safe patient care and rehabilitation.

The post requires strong leadership, staff development, and the ability to manage resources, with a focus on discharge planning and supporting a multidisciplinary team in delivering high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse/AHP registration is required.
• Management qualification (e.g. DMS) or equivalent management experience.
• Teaching qualification or significant teaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Support appraisal and supervision of team members including induction of junior staff.
• Plan and deliver teaching sessions to the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
• Contribute to service development and quality initiatives aligned with policies.
• Provide clinical and managerial supervision and workload management to improve care quality.
• Take charge in the absence of senior staff for hospital-wide issues including bed management and staffing.

Skills

Staff management

Leadership

Discharge planning

Education

Registered General Nurse

Management qualification (e.g. DMS)

Teaching qualification

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Ward Manager

The closing date is 18 October 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent full time position as a Band 7 ward Manager to support Jubilee Ward in Stroud Hospital.

You will be responsible and accountable for the leadership, development, Quality improvement, and management of services within Jubilee ward. This is to ensure the highest standards of patient care and rehabilitation are delivered in the most efficient and effective way across a 24 hour period, 7 days a week.

Main duties of the job

To act as a role model by being a highly visible, accessible, fair and authoritative figure on whom staff, patients, families and carers can rely

Support existing team members in the provision of appraisal and supervision of other team members including induction of junior staff members and support of those undergoing various training pathways.

Staff management and rota management

Promoting discharge planning and fostering a culture of enabling patients to become more independent.

To develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care with effective leadership and team management. Developing methods for identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of patient care through facilitation of best practice and clinical benchmarking

To be an effective leader to all clinical and non-clinical staff working in the department.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

Support existing team members in the provision of appraisal and supervision of other team members including induction of junior staff members and assessment of work based studies such as a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Apprenticeships and Trainee Nursing Associates

Support existing team members in the planning and delivery of teaching sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies including professions from primary care in order to implement mandatory training or to pass on specialist knowledge and skills. These sessions may be part of protected learning time

Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies using audit and policy development

Undertaking other duties appropriate to the post as requested by senior managers

Ensure that through competent planning and organisational skills, the post holder allocates sufficient time to provide and receive ongoing clinical and managerial supervision, to include work load management, focusing on improving quality of care and audit in line with the Government Modernisation Programme

Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses, nurses in training and other members of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring training objectives are met

Implementing risk assessments and management plans on a daily basis working with people with common, severe, and enduring mental health problems who are frequently distressed and emotionally disturbed

Take charge of the Hospital in the absence of senior staff for clinical, environmental and managerial aspects.Shift Co-ordination including allocation of resources, managing budget constraints, deployment of staff, upholding the requirements of the Mental Health Act, maintaining a safe environment, liaising with other disciplines, service users and carers.At nights and weekends undertaking additional responsibilities for hospital wide issues of bed management, staff deployment, fire coordination etc.

The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse/AHP
• A recognised management qualification e.g. DMS or equivalent management experience and training
• Teaching qualification or significant experience

Length and nature of of experience.

• Experience of achieving positive outcomes for patients through multi-disciplinary and partnership working
• Experience of managing a team and supervising staff
• Experience of identifying and managing risk, and planning appropriate interventions

Managerial

• Experience of undertake policy and service development projects
• Demonstrable experience of personnel / human resource management issues e.g. recruitment and retention, performance management
• Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of quality assurance / performance management methods

personal attributes

• Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearper annum (pro rata)