Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working in an inpatient setting
- Experience
Up to date knowledge and clinical leadership on all aspects of mental health and learning disability nursing
- Knowledge and Skills
Good working knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
- Knowledge and Skills
Good organisational and time management skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Computer skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to provide, undertake and use supervision effectively
- Knowledge and Skills
To be competent in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
- Knowledge and Skills
To pass medication and physical health competencies Significant awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience.
- Training, Qualifications and Registration
Maintain NMC registration through agreed CPD.
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previous experience as a Band 6
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.
- Training, Qualifications and Registration
Be on the live register of mentors and participate in student mentorship and preceptorship.
Job overview
As our new Deputy Ward Manager on the Priority House site, you will provide senior clinical leadership and support the Ward Manager and across the site in the 24-hour management of the acute inpatient environment.
You will act as a role model for the nursing team, ensuring that patients in the most acute phase of their mental illness receive safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care.
When the Ward Manager is away, you are the clinical lead on the ground, making pivotal decisions to ensure ward safety and flow.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Leadership: Lead the nursing teams in delivering high-quality care, overseeing complex admissions and discharges, and ensuring Care Programme Approach (CPA) standards are met, this may be across site.
Operational Management: Assist in the management of rosters, recruitment, InPhase and safeguarding reviews, and the supervision of Band 5 Nurses and Healthcare Assistants.
Risk & Safety: Lead on risk assessments and safety plans. You will be a key figure in managing incidents, conducting debriefs, and ensuring the ward remains a therapeutic environment.
Quality Improvement: Participate in audits (i.e. IPC audits, Risk Assessment and Care Plan Audits, MRSA audits etc. ) and drive clinical excellence through the implementation of "Safety Culture Bundle".
Mentorship: Act as a Practice Supervisor/Assessor for student nurses and a preceptor for newly qualified staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
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.
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This advert is for Deputy Ward Manager with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in Maidstone, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Ward manager role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Nov 2026.
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