Deputy Ward Manager

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Deputy Ward Manager

The closing date is 16 October 2025

Working as a Ward Sister to provide effective patient care whilst working as a member of the nursing team across East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust.

To ensure the maintenance of high standards of patient care in response to service needs.

This is a post consisting of day and night shifts.

Main duties of the job

Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG, Verification of Death, IV Drugs and HLS, good Communication skills.

Facilitating Staff development and empowerment.

Negotiation.

The ability to converse at ease with patients, doctors and relatives, and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people.

Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'.

Everything we do is guided by our values : 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.

We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'.

It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day.

We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Degree in Nursing

NMC

Preparation of mentors or equivalent

Clinical Skills and experience

Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG, Verification of DEath, IV Drugs and HLS.

Facilitating staff development and empowerment

Negotiation Skills

The ability to converse at ease with patients, doctors and relatives and provide advice in accurate spoken English

Health & Safety

ILS

Having difficult conversations

Knowledge

Clinical Governance

Risk Management issues

Key issues and developments in nursing

Quality improvement tools and ward metrics

Previous experience of undertaking appraisals, managing staff and sickness absence

Experience of surgical pathways

Other requirements

Upholds and models the Trust Values

Current understanding of key issues facing the NHS both locally and Nationally

A drive for improvement to patient experience

Ability to work on own intiative using sound decision-making and problem solving skills

Be able to improve or establish new ways of 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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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