# Deputy Ward Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-ward-manager/6f6c20db-5b56-407d-add3-5ad48d0df0e0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-ward-manager/6f6c20db-5b56-407d-add3-5ad48d0df0e0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Northumbria House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Ward manager - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rota per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T10:10:52.047Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Alnwick/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Band/Band-v8265313 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8265313?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen on The Alnwick Ward at Alnwick Community Hospital. We require a Deputy Ward Manager to join our team. The ward is an innovative and forward thinking, bedded Care of the Elderly Ward. We are looking for candidates who have a commitment to ensuring safe and high-quality care is delivered to our patients, as well as being a role model and supporting our junior workforce. The ward has a strong focus on multidisciplinary team working, to ensure safe and timely patient discharges or transfers to appropriate care settings. You will be expected to work as part of a dynamic nursing team, delivering all aspects of care to patients and have excellent communication skills. As part of this role you will be required to coordinate the ward and also support the Ward Manager. The successful candidate will gain a wide range of clinical and managerial experience. Previous experience in a similar setting is desirable, but not essential. The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. ### Main duties of the job The main purpose of the role is to assist, plan and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the multidisciplinary team under the supervision of the ward manager. You will also be responsible for the organizing and co-ordination of the nursing services in the absence of the ward manager, lead a team of nurses and be innovative. The successful post holder must be able to be a role model, compassionate and show inclusive leadership skills. This is to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager. - To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team. - To provide senior nurse site management cover. - To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. - To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards. - To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients. - To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous post registration experience - Experience of relevant speciality - Experience of change management in ward/department area - Evidence of practice development - Experience of co-ordinating a team **Desirable** - Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools - Knowledge of or experience in quality improvement tools, techniques and methods - Evidence of innovation in practice ### Qualifications **Essential** - First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse - PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent - Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period) **Desirable** - Diploma or degree in nursing - Qualification in specialty - Leadership course - Management course ## Documents - [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867) - [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899) - [nur0784-deputy ward manager (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591915) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.