Ward Manager

Caring for our most acutely ill patients is a vital responsibility and a key component of the Trust's mental health services. The impact of our staff in these roles is immense and highly valued.

We are pleased to announce an opening on Castle Ward, a 19-bed female acute ward dedicated to adults with mental health needs. This 24-hour facility supports working-age women (18-65) experiencing acute mental health challenges.

As Ward Manager, you will lead with confidence in the daily management of the ward. Key qualities include curiosity, creativity, self-awareness, and assertiveness, enabling you to think innovatively while staying aligned with the Trust's Vision and Values. Your role will involve responsibility for clinical and financial KPIs, working collaboratively with the Multidisciplinary Team to uphold high standards of care individually and as a team.

A commitment to delivering high-quality care should come naturally, along with an openness to change. You will foster a culture of best practices, effective communication, transparency, and equity in patient care., Manage and hold 24-hour responsibility for the provision of clinical care on a ward.

To co-ordinate and make effective use of staff, supervise staff and ensure training is maintained.

To ensure adequate staffing levels and provide clinical leadership for staff.

To ensure cost effective use of resources

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.