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Deputy Ward Manager
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 15 day(s) ago
Reference: 319-8284222KD
Job summary
To assume responsibility for the management of Hyper Acute Stroke Unit including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
- Act as a role model to your team
- Ensure and maintain patient, staff and visitor safety
- Hold the site bleep responsibility
- Ensure team and patient safety-including safe guarding
- Contribute to ward assurance and audit
- Work with the wider MDT to ensure high standards of effective patient care
- Ensure safe staffing level, contribute to off duty
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Details
Date posted
23 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
319-8284222KD
Job locations
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team, acting as a role model and ensure effective mentorship
- Ensure safe staffing
- contribute to team well being
- Ensure high standards of ward assurance
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
- Work with patient, their carer and visitors to ensure a positive patient experience
- Contribute to clinical supervision and appraisal
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team, acting as a role model and ensure effective mentorship
- Ensure safe staffing
- contribute to team well being
- Ensure high standards of ward assurance
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
- Work with patient, their carer and visitors to ensure a positive patient experience
- Contribute to clinical supervision and appraisal
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse
- PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent
- Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
Desirable
- Leadership course
- Management course
- Diploma or degree in nursing
- Qualification in specialty
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Previous post registration experience
- Experience of relevant speciality
- Experience of co-ordinating a team
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse
- PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent
- Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
Desirable
- Leadership course
- Management course
- Diploma or degree in nursing
- Qualification in specialty
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Previous post registration experience
- Experience of relevant speciality
- Experience of co-ordinating a team
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)