NHS
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Ward Manager The closing date is 26 October 2025
Management and clinical practice development for up to 35 WTE or up to 40 individual healthcare staff.
Provide overall management and clinical leadership for up to 18 working age adult patients
Work with up to 28 different multi-disciplinary teams
Be an authorised signatory for a budget up to £1.3M.
Wotton Lawn Hospital tour - YouTube
Main duties of the job Lead in the operational and clinical management of the Service, providing day-to-day management, leadership and line management to staff including non-clinical staff as appropriate.
Undertake specialist assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in an in-patient setting for service users with severe/complex mental health conditions.
Demonstrate enhanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs.
Collect and collate data/information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
Mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
Work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
About us We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job responsibilities Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH)
Significant experience as a team leader or manager working within mental health
Formal Teaching and Assessing Certificate/ Qualification
Evidence of post registration learning
Knowledge of mental health issues
Non- Medical Prescriber
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of working in an in-patient setting at management level
Previous experience supervising / managing staff, undertaking basic HR functions
Experience of working with service users with complex care needs requiring higher levels of expertise
Experience of audit, research and the application of evidence-based practice
Experience of teaching, assessing and developing training programmes
Evidence of recent multi-disciplinary working
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.
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Ward Manager The closing date is 26 October 2025
Management and clinical practice development for up to 35 WTE or up to 40 individual healthcare staff.
Provide overall management and clinical leadership for up to 18 working age adult patients
Work with up to 28 different multi-disciplinary teams
Be an authorised signatory for a budget up to £1.3M.
Wotton Lawn Hospital tour - YouTube
Main duties of the job Lead in the operational and clinical management of the Service, providing day-to-day management, leadership and line management to staff including non-clinical staff as appropriate.
Undertake specialist assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in an in-patient setting for service users with severe/complex mental health conditions.
Demonstrate enhanced competence in complex decision making, assessment and the management of clinical needs.
Collect and collate data/information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
Mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
Work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
About us We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job responsibilities Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH)
Significant experience as a team leader or manager working within mental health
Formal Teaching and Assessing Certificate/ Qualification
Evidence of post registration learning
Knowledge of mental health issues
Non- Medical Prescriber
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Experience of working in an in-patient setting at management level
Previous experience supervising / managing staff, undertaking basic HR functions
Experience of working with service users with complex care needs requiring higher levels of expertise
Experience of audit, research and the application of evidence-based practice
Experience of teaching, assessing and developing training programmes
Evidence of recent multi-disciplinary working
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.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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