Job summary
- Main area
- Adults Inpatient
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 376-NLTT-0247
- Employer
- Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Oaks
- Town
- Scunthorpe
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Are you ready to lead the way for modern inpatient care?
Great leadership is defined by vision, compassion and the ability to foster a therapeutic community. That is why we are opening the door to our 17-bed inpatient ward to all registered professionals.
Why Mulberry Ward is different:
- A Multi-Million Environment: We have completed a structural redesign, creating a modern and psychologically informed space.
- Gold-Standard Quality: The only ward in the Trust to achieve the Royal College of Psychiatrists Accreditation.
- Pioneering Anti-Racism: The first ward to deliver a mandatory anti-racism programme to 100% of our team.
- Clinical Innovation: Leading with diagnosis-led length of stay initiatives and embedding DIALOG+.
- A True MDT Infrastructure: You are supported by a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist, Band 6s, and dedicated ward-based clinical leaders, alongside embedded Peer Support Workers, volunteers, and a 7-day-a-week therapeutic activities programme.
About the Role & You:
As Ward Manager, you will be the operational and cultural lead, holding overall responsibility for safety, quality, operational, financial and clinical pillars, with a degree of autonomy. You are an experienced, registered professional with proven clinical leadership. You bring deep curiosity, a passion for equity, and the ability to maintain a calm, supportive environment during acute challenges. We offer robust leadership coaching, CPD, and profession-specific clinical supervision.
Main duties of the job
The Role:
As Ward Manager, you hold overall operational, financial and cultural responsibility for our gold-standard, RCP-accredited 17-bed acute ward, leading the team through its most exciting chapter yet. Your main responsibilities will include:
- Clinical and Quality Governance: Oversee high-acuity, mixed-sex mental health care , using least restrictive practice. Drive clinical innovations including DIALOG+, diagnosis-led length of stay initiatives, and 5 Always Measures to guarantee personalised care.
- Cultural Stewardship & Equity: Sustain the ward's trailblazing anti-racism programme. Embed monthly behavioural themes to ensure active anti-racist practices are integrated into handovers, 1:1 supervision, and clinical practice, ensuring equity for our diverse staff and patients.
- Operational Precision: Manage rosters, budgets and vacancies and to ensure the ward runs with precision and safety, whilst maintaining performance targets across across RADAR incident reporting, PDRs, MAST compliance and sickness absence.
- MDT Integration & Supervision: Lead and coordinate a full MDT, fostering a culture where every professional voice is heard. Act as a relationally strong inclusive leader, protecting professional boundaries and diversity.
- Person Specification: Active professional registration and clinical leadership experience required. You are a resilient, data-driven strategic thinker who leads with change and compassion.
Working for our organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification to view the full details about the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applicants.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Holds a professional registration (RMN / RNLD / RGN / OT / AHP / AMHP / Psychological Professional)
- 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)
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification
- Degree qualification in a subject relevant to the area of practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
- Significant experience working with patients who display high risk behaviours
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Providing Management supervision.
- Developing practice standards.
- Quality improvement activities
- Leadership or management experience
- Staff management experience
Desirable criteria
- 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.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical knowledge to degree level – or equivalent in own area of specialist practice.
- Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, 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
Desirable criteria
- Previous Management experience
- Principles of change management.
- Principles of project management
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- 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.
- Use approved techniques in physical intervention.
- Demonstrate recovery-focussed practice.
- Standard keyboard skills
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natasha Littlewood
- Job title
- Deputy Care Group Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Whilst Natasha Littlewood is on annual leave, please contact Natasha Jarrett (Service Manager) on [email protected]
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