# Ward Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The Harbour - Byron Ward
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Manager and corporate
- **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-24T14:18:47.425Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8250920
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250920?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Ward Manager to lead Byron Ward, our Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). This is a rewarding opportunity for a highly motivated leader to provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership within a fast-paced, acute mental health setting.

Byron Ward delivers high-quality, patient-centred care to women requiring intensive support in a safe, therapeutic environment. As Ward Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring excellence in care delivery, staff development, and service improvement.

### Main duties of the job

The inpatient units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the inpatient hospital model providing leadership to professional and direct care staff, ensuring the availability of appropriate administrative support services in their wards to release clinical time to care.

The post holder will provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence on wards, to whom patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
- Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
- Can provide evidence of recent professional/personal development

### Experience

**Essential**

- Post graduate experience at Clinical Leader level
- Supervision and management of staff
- Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Mental Health Nurse.
- Post reg. learning and development relevant to the role.
- Mentorship qualification.

## Documents

- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 592.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10563215)

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