Ward Manager - Ridgeway
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 9-month fixed-term opportunity for a Ward Manager in Ridgeway, working within Secure Inpatient Services. The role involves nurturing the recovery journey of individuals with mental health disorders, learning disabilities, or autism who exhibit challenging behaviours. The successful candidate will contribute to providing individualised, comprehensive care packages within Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings, focusing on collaborative, person-centered, and recovery-focused approaches. It requires a genuine desire to improve lives and strong leadership skills.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council (RMN / RNMH / RNLD)
- Be educated to Master's level in a subject area relevant to the area of practice OR.
- Have equivalent clinical experience to that of master's level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience - which also includes significant experience of managing people. (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD
- Be trained in Clinical Supervision and providing clinical supervision
- Be a Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
- [contact details removed] managing people
- Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
- Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
- Working collaboratively with others (external partners, staff, service users and their families/carers)
- Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Risk assessment and management and its application in practice.
- Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
- Developing, maintaining and auditing practice standards
- Evidence of training in Quality Improvement methodology or coaching, and/or using same in quality improvement
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
- Knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- Research methodology
- The Trust's Quality Improvement system (QIS) - or completion of training within agreed timescale
- Governance and its application in practice
- Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)
- Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council (RMN / RNMH / RNLD)
- Be educated to Master's level in a subject area relevant to the area of practice OR.
- Have equivalent clinical experience to that of master's level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience - which also includes significant experience of managing people. (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD
- Be trained in Clinical Supervision and providing clinical supervision
- Be a Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
- [contact details removed] managing people
- Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
- Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
- Working collaboratively with others (external partners, staff, service users and their families/carers)
- Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Risk assessment and management and its application in practice.
- Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
- Developing, maintaining and auditing practice standards
- Evidence of training in Quality Improvement methodology or coaching, and/or using same in quality improvement
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
- Knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- Research methodology
- The Trust's Quality Improvement system (QIS) - or completion of training within agreed timescale
- Governance and its application in practice
- Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Ward Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting fixed term (9 months) opportunity has arisen for a Ward Manager in Ridgeway to work as part of the Secure Inpatient Services.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
The Secure Inpatient Service provides a specialist service for adults with a mental health disorder, learning disability or autism who exhibit behaviours of concern to others and to themselves. The service provides individualised, comprehensive packages of care within Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings and has links to High Secure services and prisons.
The ethos of the service is to work collaboratively with service users and carers in the completion of assessments, treatment, intervention planning and rehabilitation to enable a person-centered recovery-focused approach to care, meeting their needs in a holistic manner.
**You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, due to the fixed term period of less than 12 months, the role wo
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