Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Must be able to Work Day shifts and night shifts)
- Job ref
- 380-AC0792
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Martins Hospital
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Ward Manager
Band 6
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Here are some clips of our Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
We are looking for a registered mental health or learning disabilities nurse to join our supportive team as a Deputy Ward Manager.
You will have a passion for supporting adults during admissions to inpatient services - supporting them and their families in their recovery.
If you have a keen interest in developing your leadership skills then we have the support for you to develop them.
We offer access to NHS leadership academy courses, our own in-house leadership courses, coaching and mentoring as well as reflective practice and management and clinical supervision!
In order to be shortlisted you will need:
- Post-qualification experience working as a nurse
- Strong leadership skills
- Care and passion for the people that we serve
Main duties of the job
We commit to you that we will act with care, kindness, compassion and inclusivity.
- We will work beside you and collaboratively with you.
- We will listen to you.
- Your voice will be centre to your care.
- We strive to continually improve ourselves and our service.
If you feel your values align with our teams then we would love to hear from you. We are an 18 bedded acute female mental health ward caring for people during a mental health crisis. The work can be challenging and very rewarding.
You will be working with people to support them with their mental and physical health, learning new skills to cope with distress and keeping people safe.
A key part of our role is working with family and loved ones, as well as part of our wide multidisciplinary team (Doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists and more).
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- You must have post-registration experience and have completed mentorship training to be able to mentor students.
- You must also be able to support the needs of people with acute mental illness, their relatives and carers.
- This requires excellent communication and liaison skills.
- You will need to have a good knowledge of MHA and safeguarding.
- You will also have excellent interpersonal skills to manage and supervise staff effectively.
- You will be working with a wide range of experienced and friendly professionals providing high quality care with compassion.
- We offer regular clinical supervision and management supervision.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good working knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
- Computer skills
- Ability to provide, undertake and use supervision effectively
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation.
Qualification
Essential criteria
- RMN completion of Preceptorship programme
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Leadership Experience
- Experience of working in an inpatient setting
- Up to date knowledge and clinical leadership on all aspects of mental health and learning disability nursing
Desirable criteria
- Training in leadership
- Previous experience as a Band 6
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vicky Fernandez
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01227812373
- Additional information
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