# Ward Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-leader/c28b93c9-964e-4452-877f-e01308db174a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-leader/c28b93c9-964e-4452-877f-e01308db174a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Cornwall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Ward manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: Full time - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-13T14:16:45.809Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8354696 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8354696?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an exceptional nurse leader ready for your next challenge? As Ward Leader, you will provide visible, compassionate, and effective leadership to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care within a busy inpatient environment. You will be professionally accountable for the operational management of the ward, leading on quality, patient safety, workforce development, patient flow, and service improvement. You will work closely with the Clinical Matron, medical colleagues, and the wider multidisciplinary team to create a positive culture that promotes excellence, continuous learning, and innovation. As a role model for professional practice, you will inspire and support staff to deliver outstanding care, ensuring patients and their families receive the best possible experience. The successful candidate will be an experienced registered nurse with strong leadership skills, a passion for developing others, and a commitment to driving quality improvement. They will be responsible for maintaining high standards of clinical care, ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements, and leading the team to achieve key performance, safety, and quality objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking leader who is committed to making a lasting difference to patient outcomes, staff wellbeing, and the future development of the service. ### Main duties of the job The Ward Leader provides clinical, operational, and professional leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate patient care. Key responsibilities include: Leading the day-to-day management of the ward and maintaining safe staffing levels. Providing visible leadership and support to nursing and multidisciplinary teams. Promoting high standards of patient safety, quality, and patient experience. Managing incidents, complaints, risks, and safeguarding concerns, ensuring learning is embedded into practice. Supporting patient flow, bed management, and effective discharge planning. Leading staff recruitment, appraisal, performance management, wellbeing, and professional development. Ensuring compliance with Trust policies, clinical governance, and professional standards. Managing ward resources effectively, including workforce, equipment, and budgets. Leading audits, quality improvement, and service development initiatives. Working collaboratively with the Clinical Matron and multidisciplinary teams to deliver operational and strategic objectives. Acting as a role model for Trust values through compassionate, inclusive leadership. Supporting service transformation and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes. The post holder will maintain clinical credibility and contribute to direct patient care when required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. ### 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** - Experience of leading and managing teams - Knowledge of governance, risk management, and patient safety frameworks - Resilient and adaptable under pressure **Desirable** - Practice Assessor/Mentorship qualification - Experience of managing budgets and resources - Ability to influence and lead change ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse with current NMC registration - Degree in Nursing or equivalent professional qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to leadership and clinical practice - Compassionate, visible, and approachable leader **Desirable** - Knowledge of workforce planning and e-rostering systems - Experience analysing and using performance data to drive improvement - Acts as a positive role model for Trust values and behaviours ## Documents - [ward leader (pdf, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10680580) ## 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.