Deputy Ward Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a fixed-term Deputy Ward Manager role on Ward 5 Neuropsychiatry inpatient service, Harplands Hospital, due to maternity leave. The post involves providing clinical leadership and management support to the team, working with patients and carers to maximize choice, independence, and rehabilitation opportunities for adults with mental health needs resulting from neurological disorders or brain injury. You will need to be flexible, able to make prompt assessments and decisions, and work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams.
Key responsibilities
- Provide support and assistance to the ward manager in ensuring the effective management and running of the service.
- Deputise for the ward manager as and when appropriate/required.
- Deliver care and supervise others carrying out the caring process.
- Assist in setting and maintaining standards of care.
- Maintain effective integration with the multi-disciplinary team and facilitate a collaborative approach to patient-focused care.
- Act at all times in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional Conduct.
Essential criteria
- 1st Level Registered Nurse (RMN/RNLD/RGN)
- Ability to provide managerial and clinical leadership
- Evidence of Scope of professional Practice
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Deputy Ward Manager
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
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 Neuropsychiatry inpatient service, 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 with the clinical leadership and management support to our team 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 maximise 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 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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