Ward Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join St John's Hospice as a Ward Manager. You will provide professional, managerial, and robust clinical leadership to a specified ward area, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care. The role involves leading a committed nursing team, influencing patient experience, developing staff, and shaping the future of hospice care. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, fostering a positive culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Provide professional, managerial and robust clinical leadership to a specified ward area.
- Promote and assure robust risk assessment and management processes.
- Manage within the constraints of the identified budget as directed by the Service Manager.
- Actively support and participate in the integration of a whole system approach with multidisciplinary working.
- Perform delegated duties on behalf of the Service Manager in their absence.
- Ensure everyone, including staff, patients and visitors, has their right to be treated with respect and have their values and beliefs maintained.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Relevant Postgraduate qualification in a subject relevant to the area of practice
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Post-registration experience of palliative and end of life care
- Experience of working in an inpatient ward area
- Working collaboratively with Patients and their families/carers
- Providing Management supervision.
- Developing practice standards
- Quality improvement activities
- Leadership or management experience at minimum of a Band 6 role
- Staff management experience
- Clinical knowledge to degree level - or equivalent in own area of specialist practice
- Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients within Palliative care
- Previous Management experience
- Principles of change management
- Principles of project management the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Capacity Act.
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
- Understanding and keeping up to date with research in specific area of expertise
- The Trust's Quality
- Improvement system (QIS) - within agreed timescale
- Good knowledge of record keeping principles
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and motivational skills
- Demonstrate effective communication, organisational and administrative skills
- Write reports.
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Standard keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification.
- Degree qualification in a subject relevant to the area of practice
- Project and change management
- Inter-agency and partnership working
- Delivering training and education to multi professional groups
- Experience of working within a range of services, including inpatient and community settings
- Experience of undertaking or participating in research
- Evidence of financial management
- Teaching, education and presentation skills
- Project or change management skills
- Advanced communication skills training.
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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Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Ward Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
Ward Manager (Band 7)
St John's Hospice, Doncaster 37.5 Hours per Week
Lead compassionate care. Inspire a dedicated team. Make a lasting difference.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join St John's Hospice as our Ward Manager.
This is a rewarding leadership role within a highly respected specialist palliative and end of life care service, where you will have the opportunity to influence patient experience, develop staff and shape the future of hospice care. You will lead a committed nursing team delivering outstanding, person-centred care to patients and those important to them during some of life's most significant moments.
Working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership, ensure safe, effective and compassionate care whilst fostering a positive culture of learning, development and continuous improvement.
Why join us?
At RDaSH, we are committed to creating services that are compassionate, inclusive and focused on delivering the highest standards of care. As Ward Manager, you will be supported by experienced clinical and operational leaders and will have opportunities for professional developm
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