North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Deputy Ward Manager
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Ward 5 Deputy Ward Manager Job Advert
Due to maternity leave, we have an exciting opportunity for a fixed-term band 6 Deputy Ward Manager on Ward 5, a neuropsychiatry inpatient service at Harplands Hospital. This fixed-term post is for 10 months starting from February 2027.
This post is an integral senior role within the ward, supporting clinical leadership and management alongside the Ward Manager. On Ward 5, we provide evidence-based, research-led, person-centred assessment, creating an innovative service. Working in partnership with patients and carers to maximize choice, independence, and rehabilitation opportunities for adults with mental health needs as a result of a neurological disorder or brain injury.
You will need to be flexible and willing to work in an acute environment, where prompt assessment and decision-making are necessary to facilitate safe and timely discharges from the hospital. You will also need the ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) and with community providers.
This post will provide an opportunity to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest-improving Mental Health Trust in the country.
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Role of the Deputy Manager
The role of the deputy manager is to provide support and assistance to the ward manager in ensuring the effective management and running of the service. This will include having specific responsibilities delegated by the ward manager and will require the post holder to deputize for the ward manager as and when appropriate/required.
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of care and for the supervision of others who are carrying out all aspects of the caring process. The post-holder will assist in setting and maintaining standards of care, will participate in maintaining effective management of the team and unit, and will also maintain effective integration with the multi-disciplinary team and assist with the facilitation of a collaborative approach to patient-focused care.
As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high-quality care.
We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and, as such, provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
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We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk)). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognize that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities, and the planet alike.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups, including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi, and trans communities.
The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Hannah Stone
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: hannah.stone@combined.nhs.uk
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