Ward Manager

NHS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider is seeking a dynamic Ward Manager to lead the G1 Ward for complex dementia care in Sheffield. Responsibilities include effective leadership, service management, and collaboration with senior staff. Candidates must be Registered Mental Health Nurses with clinical leadership experience and a passion for quality improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance compassionate care in a supportive environment, with a focus on professional development and training.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on part 1 of the live register.
• Post registration experience within acute inpatient service with a management/leadership role.
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership and management.
• Be a visible and credible role model.
• Develop team performance and individual personal development.
• Manage the ward/department environment.
• Deliver a safe and effective service within allocated resources.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of complex clinical issues

Change management skills

Ability to manage an operational team

Supervisory skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Qualification in leadership or management

Job description

Go back Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Ward Manager

The closing date is 22 December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to provide Maternity cover for a Ward Manager within Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

G1 Ward is a specialist ward for people who have complex dementia and associated challenging or highly distressed behaviour. It is set in a peaceful location in private grounds with staff parking facilities. The ward has 16 beds and is the only one of its kind in Sheffield.

The team are currently engaged in some exciting changes which you could be part of and instrumental in leading.

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated individual with an interest in service development, quality improvement and a passion to ensure our service users receive high quality, compassionate care.

The individual will work in close collaboration with the Senior Nurse Practitioner and Matron to ensure that the clinical priorities and standards of care are achieved.

You will need to be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience of clinical leadership. You should be a confident, competent, and person-centred leader with a high level of knowledge and skills with dementia care. You should be passionate with a knowledge of standards and procedures that direct and influence this system.

Main duties of the job

• Provide effective leadership and management
• Be a visible and credible role model
• Develop team performance and individual personal development
• Manage the ward/department environment
• Deliver a safe and effective service within allocated resources ensuring the resources are used to maximum effect
• Effectively manage budgets
• To ensure safe and effective practice/Professional, ethical and legal
• Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for staff, patients/clients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection, risk management and critical incident reporting

About us

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we are looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is valued and prioritised.

If you are interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities and we have a three year Nursing Plan for your development.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we would love to have you with us.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the main roles, responsibilities and key requirements of the post.

Person Specification

Technical Skills

• oSound knowledge of complex clinical issues, including the management of risk, different treatment modalities, the MHA, the MCA oSound knowledge and experience of managing a team. oSound knowledge of leadership and change- management. oSounds knowledge of nursing professional issues and professional responsibility and accountability. oEffective leadership skills and experience. oAbility to effectively manage an operational team to ensure the best possible outcomes for service users. oAbility to maintain, monitor and improve standards to enhance service user experience. oSound supervisory skills. oExcellent communication skills. oKnowledge of processes in the management of staff e.g. Sickness absence
• oTrained to deliver specific mode of treatment e.g. CBT, DBT, PSI. Experience of managing staff through HR processes

Training and Qualifications

• oRegistered Nurse on part 1 of the live register. oPost registration experience within acute inpatient service with a management/leadership role. oEvidence of continuous personal and professional development and willingness to undertake a qualification in leadership or management, to degree level or above
• oQualification in a leadership or management module or course at degree level or above

Experience

• oExperience of basing service development on the views and opinions of service users. Evidence of successful quality improvement initiative

Personal Qualities

• oWarmth, empathy and kindness. oWillingness to challenge and be challenged. oAbility to pay attention to detail

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.

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