Ward Manager

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Ward Manager to lead Alt Ward, a dynamic adult acute inpatient unit at Clockview Hospital. This Band 7 role requires proactive leadership, robust clinical assessment and the ability to motivate nursing staff to deliver high-quality patient care.

You will work within the Local Service Division, with regular supervision and appraisal, and opportunities to develop practice while supporting service users with complex needs and coordinating with carers

Qualifications

• Lead and motivate nursing staff to provide high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Lead on Ward Alt Ward operations and service delivery.
• Engage with carers and external agencies to support service users in the community.
• Provide clinical assessment and ensure high standards of care on the ward.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Ward Manager

The closing date is 01 November 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Local Service Division to manage Alt Ward which is a mixed adult acute inpatient ward.

Alt Ward is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated family of staff who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.

The range of skills you can learn and develop while working on Alt Ward is wide and varied, working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.

This opportunity will be both challenging and rewarding, and the successful candidate will receive regular supervision and developmental appraisal, thus enhancing current practice and future career prospects. This post will suit a pro-active practitioner who wants to make a difference for service users who have complex needs will be able to lead and motivate nursing staff in the provision of high quality patient focused care.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels, and have an understanding of leading and managing a service. You will be expected to demonstrate good clinical assessment skills and to ensure a high standard of care is delivered on the ward. It is imperative that you can engage with carers and outside agencies as one of our main objectives is to support our service users to be able to participate confidently in the community with a variety of services.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted

19 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-MHC8354774

Job locations

Clockview Hospital

2a Oakhouse Park, L9 1EP

Walton

L9 1EP

United Kingdom

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Clockview Hospital

2a Oakhouse Park, L9 1EP

Walton

L9 1EP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

• Modern Matron
• Kiera Rafferty
• Email: [e-mail]
• Phone: [phone]