Ward Manager | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Ward Manager to lead Bronte Ward, our Female Dementia Ward. This role offers clinical, operational and professional leadership within a fast-paced, acute mental health setting, focusing on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a safe and therapeutic environment.

You will oversee nurse leadership in the multidisciplinary team, promote staff development and service improvement, and provide a visible, supportive

Qualifications

• Dynamic and experienced Ward Manager with leadership in inpatient settings.
• Knowledge of NMC code and professional standards.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Lead Bronte Ward to deliver clinical, operational and professional leadership.
• Provide visible, accessible leadership on wards for patients and families.
• Promote teamwork, integrity, accountability and compassion within the ward team.

Skills

Ward management

NMC code of conduct

Staff leadership

Job description

Ward Manager | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff, ensuring the availability of appropriate administrative support services in their wards to release clinical time to care.

The post holder will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence on wards, to whom patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support.

The post holder supports the delivery of the Inpatient Hospital model through

• To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the ward team in accordance with the Trust values and NMC code of conduct.
• To oversee and ensure that nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team provides effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to inpatient service users.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Ward Manager to lead Bronte Ward, our Female Dementia Ward. This is a rewarding opportunity for a highly motivated leader to provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership within a fast-paced, acute mental health setting.

Bronte Ward delivers high-quality, patient-centred care in a safe, therapeutic environment. As Ward Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring excellence in care delivery, staff development, and service improvement.

The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff, ensuring the availability of appropriate administrative support services in their wards to release clinical time to care.

The post holder will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence on wards, to whom patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

For more information bout this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026