Ward Manager

Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive Nurse/leader to manage Alt Ward, an adult acute inpatient unit. The role focuses on delivering high-quality patient care, staff supervision and clinical leadership in a challenging, dynamic environment.

You will engage with carers and external agencies, demonstrate strong clinical assessment skills, and drive supervision and development of staff to improve care standards and service user outcomes. Flexible working may be considered.

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse or appropriate professional qualification.
• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services.
• Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development.
• Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care.
• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and nonverbally.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate nursing staff to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Engage with carers and external agencies to support patient participation.
• Demonstrate good clinical assessment and maintain ward care standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Mentorship & supervision

Multidisciplinary teamwork

CPD

Education

Professional nursing qualification

Tools

Computer literacy

Job description

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 are 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.

Details

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

Closing date: 01 November 2026

Job responsibilities

Applicants should be a registered healthcare professional with experience at Band 6 level or above and have inpatient/post registration experience, together with evidence of post registration study and continuing professional development.

Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services.

Person Specification

Essential

• Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification.
• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience within mental health services
• Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development
• Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care
• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and nonverbally
• Possess good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff

Desirable

• Evidence of working within inpatient setting
• Able to use systems that include computer literate
• Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Clockview Hospital, 2a Oakhouse Park, Walton, L9 1EP

Employer's website: https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Modern Matron Kiera Rafferty
[e-mail]
01513307222

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