# Ward Manager - Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-manager-peterborough/4d716d87-fc8c-4557-a074-26c87ffbc7bd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-manager-peterborough/4d716d87-fc8c-4557-a074-26c87ffbc7bd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Peterborough City Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Ward manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T11:12:41.130Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Ward_Trauma_Orthopaedics/Ward_Trauma_Orthopaedics-v8228136 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8228136?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This opportunity has arisen for the ideal candidate to join us in the post of Ward Manager – B5 Ward Trauma Orthopaedics on a fixed term/secondment basis. Are you a passionate, motivated and caring individual who would relish the opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring the Trust provides high quality patient focused care, then perhaps you are the person we are looking for? This post forms an integral part of the Trauma and Orthopaedics service. The ideal applicant will be a key member of the multidisciplinary team and will have overall continuing clinical responsibility for managing the ward, including ward finances, staff deployment, delegation and supervision of all grades of staff and ensuring continuous high standards of patient care and safety within the resources available. If you feel that you would like the challenge of working in this environment, with a forward facing dynamic team, looking to respond to the changing pathways within medicine and be part of a forward thinking CBU, then this may be the post for you. ### Main duties of the job Be an expert clinical role model. Manage and lead the ward nursing staff in liaison with deputies. Collaborative working with the Practice Development Team and operational team, including external teams, to ensure effective working relationships. Lead by example to motivate, develop and establish a well-trained, competent workforce to deliver safe and effective care to all patients within the ward / department. Coordinate nursing and multi professional activity within the clinical setting, ensuring that there is appropriate skill mix for the patient caseload within available resources. Promote and role model effective communication within the nursing and multi professional team, to patients, carers and visitors. Receive and report sensitive information. There is more information available on the attached job description for key responsibilities of this role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please access the detailed job description and person specification for this job role for information and the 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 **Desirable** - Set standards of care by implementing evidence-based protocols in order to change clinical practice ### Experience **Essential** - Experienced in caring for patient group within the speciality - Evidence of Management experience including HR processes - Management and development of staff - Knowledge of ongoing research/developments relating to care of the speciality patient group **Desirable** - Evidence of previous service development, improvement or change management experience - Experience within creating and managing rosters - Evidence of developing policies, protocols and competency assessments ### Key Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Ability to resolve conflict and motivate a team ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse - Post registration evidence of further training within the speciality - Leadership Course - Evidence of Degree level study **Desirable** - ILS Trained - Acute care course or equivalent ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [job description (pdf, 328.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10538429) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [person specification (pdf, 168.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10538430) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) ## 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.