The closing date is 04 November 2026
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Job summary
The Band 6 Deputy Ward Manager/Charge Nurse plays a key leadership role within an Adult Inpatient Mental Health Unit, supporting the Ward Manager in the delivery of safe, effective, and high-quality care. The post holder provides clinical leadership, operational management, and professional supervision to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that service users receive person-centred, recovery-focused care within a therapeutic environment.
Job responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the ward.
- Act as Nurse in Charge and deputise for the Ward Manager when required.
- Provide leadership, supervision, and support to nursing and support staff.
- Deliver and oversee high-quality, person-centred mental health care.
- Undertake assessments, care planning, risk management, and evaluation of patient outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding procedures, and Trust policies.Co-ordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Manage incidents, complaints, and clinical risks appropriately.
- Support staff development through supervision, appraisal, and training.
- Contribute to audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, carers, and external agencies to promote recovery and positive patient outcomes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Mental Health
- Successful completion of preceptorship programme
- Appropriate demonstrable experience of relevant post qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working within a health / care setting
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing (Making Every Contact Count)
Knowledge
Essential
- Effective knowledge & understanding of the specialist assessment required for older adults
- Recognised Mentorship qualification
- Can demonstrate a working knowledge of the management requirements of the role e.g. HR and sickness absence
- Commitment to lifelong learning
- Excellent communication skills
- Good facilitation skills
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks
- Ability to motivate service users
- Theoretical knowledge of MHA legislation and MCA legislation
- Awareness of local and national mental health developments
Desirable
- Working knowledge and application of the recovery model in collaboration with service users.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Good facilitation skills
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills
- Awareness of local and national mental health developments
- Knowledge of safeguarding children and adults policy
- Awareness of service and personal Risk Health and Safety requirements
- Able to use a computer to meet the requirements of the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).