Deputy Ward Manager

NHS; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 80,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager to ensure effective patient care and team support. The role involves overseeing nursing team operations, managing patient services, and ensuring high care standards. Candidates must have a nursing degree, NMC registration, and relevant clinical skills like venepuncture and cannulation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Nursing.
• NMC registration required.
• Experience in venepuncture and cannulation.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective patient care as part of a nursing team.
• Facilitate staff development and empowerment.
• Ensure high standards of patient care.

Skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

ECG

Verification of Death

IV Drugs

Communication skills

Negotiation

Health & Safety

Problem solving skills

Education

Degree in Nursing

NMC Registration

Preparation of mentors or equivalent

Job description

Go back East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy Ward Manager

The closing date is 16 October 2025

Working as a Ward Sister to provide effective patient care whilst working as a member of the nursing team across East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. To ensure the maintenance of high standards of patient care in response to service needs.

This is a post consisting of day and night shifts.

Main duties of the job

Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG, Verification of Death, IV Drugs and HLS, good Communication skills. Facilitating Staff development and empowerment. Negotiation. The ability to converse at ease with patients, doctors and relatives, and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Degree in Nursing
• NMC
• Preparation of mentors or equivalent

Clinical Skills and experience

• Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG, Verification of DEath, IV Drugs and HLS.
• Facilitating staff development and empowerment
• Negotiation Skills
• The ability to converse at ease with patients, doctors and relatives and provide advice in accurate spoken English
• Health & Safety
• ILS
• Having difficult conversations

Knowledge

• Clinical Governance
• Risk Management issues
• Key issues and developments in nursing
• Quality improvement tools and ward metrics
• Previous experience of undertaking appraisals, managing staff and sickness absence
• Experience of surgical pathways

Other requirements

• Upholds and models the Trust Values
• Current understanding of key issues facing the NHS both locally and Nationally
• A drive for improvement to patient experience
• Ability to work on own intiative using sound decision-making and problem solving skills
• Be able to improve or establish new ways of working

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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust