Ward Manager

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for a Ward Manager for one of our 4 female 17 bedded acute wards within the Highgate Campus in Highgate.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ward leadership team on one of our female acute wards, based at Highgate Mental Health Centre. The successful candidate will be provided with a clear development and support plan to ensure you maximise your learning within the role and offer you exposure to senior leadership learning opportunities. As manager of a Female Ward, the post holder will be committed to working with trauma informed care models/approaches that specialise in the needs of Females. The successful candidate must have a genuine interest in female care within mental services, and be willing to specialise in understanding the challenges women with mental health issues face.

We are seeking a strong leader who has the capacity and drive to take the ward through essential change processes, be open to continuous improvement plans, and embrace change to create a positive environment for staff and patients.

If you want to discuss the advert in more detail, please contact Matron, Mary Ibude.

E-Mail: [e-mail]

Main Duties of the Job

North London Foundation Trust invites skilled and conscientious leaders to apply for the post of Ward Manager of a busy acute treatment ward at Highgate Mental Health Centre.

The role is open to skilled applicants registered with professional bodies of the following disciplines; Nurse, OT, and Social Worker.

The role will require focused attention to maintaining throughput and working closely with bed management to ensure the treatment pathway is followed. We welcome applicants that will be creative and enthusiastic in their approach to developing high-quality mental health care for service users in the Boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Haringey, and Enfield. In North London Foundation Trust inpatient acute wards provide multi-disciplinary assessment & treatment for people with mental health problems who are in an acute phase of their illness.

We are looking for:

• Caring and creative individuals who have a positive approach to work and a strong multi-disciplinary team-working ethic.
• Candidates that are able to use data and QI methodology to influence change.
• Candidates who are experienced in the provision of safe and professional care; have a good awareness of risk management and an in-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act.
• Candidates with excellent communication skills and attention to detail in clinical documentation and all correspondence.
• Caring and compassionate leaders who are able to influence a positive caring environment for staff and patients.

About Us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement, and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Date Posted: 24 April 2025

Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £54,320 to £60,981 a year per annum including HCAS

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full-time

Reference Number: 455-CANDI-1294

Job Responsibilities

The post holder will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional Mental Health Team, ensuring that the team understands and operates to the requirements of the service line operational policy and service line strategy, and that safe, evidence-based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users. The post holder is committed to working within Trauma-informed approaches and models.

In carrying out this role, the post holder will make best use of the resources available to them in monitoring team and individual performance; ensuring that at all times best use is made of health and social care resources to assist recovery and re-enablement.

The post holder will lead on governance and audit within the team, ensuring that service delivery focuses on the quality agenda and that dignity, privacy, and respect are afforded at all times to service users.

Team members are to be supported and developed to their potential, and new team members are to be comprehensively inducted and successfully integrated into the team.

The job-holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by the Matron, which are appropriate to the Band. Please see job description for full details.

Person Specification

Education Essential:

• Diploma or degree leading to professional Registered qualification in Mental Health.
• Evidence of recent and/or ongoing post-registration academic study relevant to practice.

Desirable:

• Masters Degree in related field.
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification OR AMHP Qualification.

Experience Essential:

• Evidence of recent and/or ongoing post-registration academic study relevant to practice.
• Experience of supporting staff through change and fostering a culture of continuous service improvement.
• Evidence of effective workforce development and of using systems to ensure effective staff management (supervision, appraisal, and ongoing performance management).
• Undertake audits and support research.
• Previous supervision experience.

Skills Essential:

• Demonstrate well-developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate, and involve team members.
• Demonstrate sound budgetary management skills.

Experience Essential:

• Be able to demonstrate compassion through leadership and previous experience.
• Ability to influence change and use data to make positive changes.
• Experience working with females with mental illness or special interest and knowledge of female needs related to Trauma and the impact of mental illness.

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: 455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address:

Highgate Mental Health Centre

Dartmouth Park Hill Road

London

N19 5NX

Employer's Website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)