Deputy Ward Manager (Eating Disorders)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Registered Nurse who has completed preceptorship and is an approved NMC Practice Supervisor/Assessor. The Deputy Ward Manager will provide clinical leadership, ensuring high-quality, safe, and effective nursing care within the Eating Disorders Unit. They will support junior staff development, coordinate patient care, manage risk, and contribute to service improvement. The post involves deputising for the Ward Manager and promoting collaborative, person-centred care.
Key responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe, high-quality, recovery-focused care.
- Coordinate and oversee patient care, support effective risk management, and promote evidence-based practice.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop junior staff, student nurses, and healthcare support workers.
- Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate person-centred care, including medication administration and supporting complex needs.
- Deputise for the Ward Manager, supporting workforce management, clinical governance, and resource allocation.
- Contribute to education, training, audit, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse.
- Practice Supervisors or Practice Assessors
- Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
- Significant relevant clinical experience.
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision.
Desirable criteria
- Master's degree.
- Experience of taking responsibility for a ward / clinical unit.
- Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The Deputy Ward Manager/Clinical Charge Nurse role is for Registered Nurses who have completed preceptorship and are approved NMC Practice Supervisors and/or Practice Assessors.
The post holder will provide high-quality, safe, and effective nursing care, ensuring compliance with the NMC Code. They will demonstrate clinical leadership, promote evidence-based practice, and support the development of junior staff through supervision, appraisal, and education.
The role includes a commitment to ongoing professional development, including postgraduate study opportunities. As a senior nurse within the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership, the post holder will promote collaborative working and contribute to the delivery of integrated, person-centred care.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Ward Manager/Clinical Charge Nurse will provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, recovery-focused care. The post holder will coordinate and oversee patient care, support effective risk management, and promote evidence-based practice. They will supervise, mentor and develop junior staff, contribute to service improvement, and support the operational management of the ward, including deputising for the Ward Manager when required. Strong leadership, communication, organisational and decision-making skills
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