# Ward Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-manager/bf821e55-4edf-4c4f-bb0c-1bb4b24b5426 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ward-manager/bf821e55-4edf-4c4f-bb0c-1bb4b24b5426.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** Northampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Ward manager - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum / pro rata - **Contract type:** Secondment: 6 months - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:51:00.961Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Northampton/Northampton_General_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v8283959 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8283959?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate paediatric nurse leader for a six-month secondment as Ward Manager for Paddington Ward. The ward provides inpatient paediatric medical care and incorporates the Paediatric High Dependency Unit and Medical Day Case Unit. You will be an experienced registered children’s nurse or adult nurse with significant paediatric experience at Band 6 or above, with strong clinical credibility, leadership potential and the ability to coordinate a busy clinical environment. - Current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration as a children’s nurse. - Significant paediatric experience, ideally at Band 6 level. - Evidence of leadership, team working and service improvement. - Strong communication, decision-making and organisational skills. - Commitment to patient safety, staff development and inclusive, family-centred care. This is an ideal development opportunity for an experienced Band 6 nurse taking their first steps into management. You will gain Band 7 ward-management experience with full support from an experienced senior leadership team. ### Main duties of the job - Provide visible, compassionate leadership to the multidisciplinary team. - Oversee daily ward operations, patient flow, staffing, acuity and escalation. - Maintain high standards of safe, effective and family-centred care. - Lead workforce development, wellbeing, performance and a positive team culture. - Drive governance and improvement through incident review, audit, risk management and learning. - Manage ward resources effectively and work collaboratively across Child Health and wider services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see full job description attached for further information. Role overview: Band 7 Ward Manager for Paddington Ward, responsible for the paediatric medical ward, High Dependency Unit and Medical Day Case Unit. Reporting to the Child Health Matron, the post provides visible clinical and operational leadership to ensure safe, evidence-based, family-centred care and effective 24-hour management. Core responsibilities: Lead clinical standards, patient safety and experience; manage staffing, performance, education, rostering, budget and resources; oversee governance, safeguarding, infection prevention, incidents, risks and audits; and drive service improvement, collaborative working and delivery of Trust priorities. Essential requirements: Registered Children’s Nurse/RSCN with leadership and management training, APLS or EPLS, teaching and assessing experience, and substantial acute paediatric experience at Band 6 or above. Strong leadership, communication, governance, safeguarding, organisational and change-management skills are required, alongside resilience and commitment to equality, inclusion and Trust values. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent leadership, management, support and motivational skills - Excellent communication skills both verbally and written - Effective communication with people from varied social, cultural and professional backgrounds - Evidence of Expert clinical skills - Skilled in implementing change - Teaching experience - Able to prioritise workload and work to timeframes - Excellent organisational skills - Computer literate - Experience of working with an ODN - Able to cope with difficult, challenging and sometimes emotional situations as they arise - Physically able to fulfil requirements of the job, e.g. manual handling. ### Knowledge and experience **Essential** - substantial Paediatric Experience at Band 6 or above in an acute setting / PICU/ PHDU - Experience of Multi-professional working - Experience of managing a Team - Credible professional knowledge of paediatric nursing - Experience of dealing with safeguarding issues - Knowledge of clinical governance practices relating to paediatrics **Desirable** - Project management experience - Participation in clinical Governance / audit - Ward manager experience ### Education, Training and Qualifications **Essential** - RSCN or RN(Child) - Active NMC PIN - Leadership course - Evidence of appropriate continuous professional development - APLS / EPLS qualification - \>3 years experience in Acute setting with minimum 1 year at Band 6 in relevant speciality. **Desirable** - APLS / EPLS instructor qualification - Ward manager experience ### Key competencies , Personal qualities and Attributes **Essential** - Passionate about role - Caring approach to sick CYP and their family - Innovator and motivator - Able to work autonomously - Able to work under pressure ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 185.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1875) - [benefits and ngh (pdf, 379.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1874) - [code of conduct - band 7+ (pdf, 140.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1873) - [respect and support document (pdf, 207.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1869) - [staff fair processing statement (pdf, 90.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1868) - [b7 ward manager paediatric ward (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10600931) ## 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.