Deputy Ward Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Education and Experience

Essential Criteria

• NMC Registration
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Completion of preceptorship
• Experience of working alongside people with severe mental health problems particularly in their acute phase of illness
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working within an Inpatient environment /PICU

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential Criteria

• Knowledge of relevant legislation, e.g. Mental Heath Act (1983).
• Awareness of research methods and clinical audit cycle
• Ability to utilize evidence-based clinical assessments and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to develop effective professional relationships with others
• Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships
• Establish and maintain communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any differences in communication
• Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development
• Participate in partnership working with individuals, groups, communities and agencies
• Organising and co-ordinating the activities of others within the ward
  environment
• Co-ordinating ward meetings

Desirable Criteria

• Demonstrate knowledge of the carers agenda.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of gender specific issues within inpatient services.
• Planning off-duty rotas
• Implementation of quality improvements

Other Essential Criteria

• Work an internal rotation across 24 hours, 7 days a week, including
  bank holidays.
• Ability to carry out PMVA Training
• Ability to administer medication as required.
• Ability to use manual handling techniques.
• There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

1

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

2

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

3

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 - 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Person specification

Education and Experience

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered
• Post-preceptorship
• Evidence of supervising students

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in PICU or acute mental health settings
• Supervision of junior staff

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Delegation, Leadership skills
• Participation in Quality Improvements

Desirable criteria

• Planning off-duty
• Audit experience
• ILS Trained

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website - click here.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 243.4KB)
• Important Candidate information (PDF, 2.5MB)