# Deputy Ward Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Liverpool University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Ward manager
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent: multiple posts available. Will include rotation onto night duty.
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (nights and days)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T10:44:56.297Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Liverpool_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gastro/Gastro-v8317453
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8317453?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is a very exciting opportunity for Deputy Ward Managers to support leadership on our Winter Escalation Ward as part of our proactive response to Site capacity, demand and patient flow

We are looking for a dynamic , highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our Multi-disciplinary team providing high quality nursing care within this busy ward.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, team working skills and dedicated to improving the patients experience.

You will need to demonstrate continuing professional development and a strong commitment to develop others and work closely within a Multidisciplinary team.

Applicants must have at least 2 years demonstrable experience of working as a Band 5 ideally in an acute hospital setting.

Although this post is a permanent post and in the first instance for Ward 24 Winter Escalation Ward successful candidates will be required to be redeployed to another clinical area when the ward closes.

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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

### Other

**Essential**

- Supportive of colleagues
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Well motivated

### Skills

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of management experience
- Evidence of change management
- Application of evidence based practice
- Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
- Lead role in education of staff and patients

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Post registration qualification in speciality

**Desirable**

- 1st level degree
- Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent

## Documents

- [risk assessment (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638645)
- [recruitment documents (pdf, 383.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638646)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 222.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10638644)

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