Ward Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• Provide expert nursing and clinical care, ensuring holistic, person-centred care for individuals with mental health needs.
• Lead and inspire the ward team, driving improvements in service delivery and fostering a culture of high-quality care.
• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead and multidisciplinary team to maintain and enhance patient care standards and experience.
• Promote and sustain fully collaborative care planning with patients, families/carers, and professionals.
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding requirements.
• Coach and develop staff, supporting performance management, supervision, and professional growth.
• Maintain a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors, embedding robust risk management and health & safety practices.
• Chair multidisciplinary reviews and safeguarding meetings, ensuring effective discharge planning and continuity of care.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Desirable criteria

• Degree or equivalent qualification related to mental health and/or leadership in the field of older people's mental health
• Student mentor training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working at a senior level and within the specialism of older people's mental health
• Leadership/management of a team - community or hospital based
• Excellent nursing skills - ability to lead by example, deliver broad range of interventions
• Using key leaderships skills - holding people to account, managing poor performance, motivating/inspiring staff/teams, meeting key performance indicators
• Evidence of successful working within multi-disciplinary teams and external partners
• Developing staff and teams through - appraisal, mandatory/specialist training, performance feedback, supervision, coaching, role modelling
• Experience within relevant service area

Desirable criteria

• Lived experience of mental health services
• Experience of effective working with broad range of stakeholders
• Track record of leading and managing a high performing older people's in-patient team
• Track record of meeting a broad range of KPIs, developing an improving team and individual performance
• Experience acting as a professional nurse lead - advising on practice, supporting investigations

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• In-depth knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act
• Including the Interface of these acts and the potential for error
• In-depth knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Standards and how these apply to the practice/clinical area
• In-depth knowledge of the safeguarding policies and procedures
• In-depth knowledge of clinical governance, risk assessment/management and adverse incident reporting arrangements
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and policies in relation to Data Protection and information management
• Ability to lead by example, inspiring and sharing the commitment of a person-centred quality service, provided by competent caring practitioners, in a safe environment

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of in-depth training at level 3 / 4 regarding MCA, 2005 and DOLS

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and experience of working in dementia care settings
• Ability to commit to and demonstrate the ideal of a person-centred quality service, provided by competent caring practitioners, in a safe environment
• Strong leadership and motivational qualities. Knows how to inspire and develop a team / individuals
• Self - aware and able to assess own inter-personal skills and how this may impact on the behaviours of others - promotes an engaging, positive outlook, commitment, reliability, forward thinking, passionate about mental health spectrum
• Able to demonstrate initiative and be proactive
• Committed to personal and team development

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to tolerate working unsocial hours
• Ability to concentrate for sustained periods of time
• Ability to participate in physical care and control procedures

Desirable criteria

• Ability to travel independently across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines

Other

Essential criteria

• Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
• Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working
• Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
• Open and honest promoting a role model culture of openness in raising concerns when care quality is compromised
• Willingness "to go the extra mile" for the team and patient experience
• Champion, create and stimulate a service that celebrates and rewards individual and team achievements

Desirable criteria

• Dignity champion

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

• Ward Manager (PDF, 262.8KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)
• CPFT Benefits (PDF, 74.4KB)