Job summary
- Main area
- General surgical
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 34.5 hours per week (days and nights)
- Job ref
- 344-2459KCH
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kent &Canterbury
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Deputy Ward Manager
Band 6
Job overview
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. |
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Degree in Nursing
- NMC
- Preparation of mentors or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Previous management experience
Clinical Skills and experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Health & Safety
- ILS
- Having difficult conversations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- On-going professional development
- Clinical Governance
- Risk Management issues
- Key issues and developments in nursing
Desirable criteria
- Quality improvement tools and ward metrics
- Previous experience of undertaking appraisals, managing staff and sickness absence
- Experience of surgical pathways
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work on own intiative using sound decision-making and problem solving skills
- Be able to improve or establish new ways of working
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
- Sara Button
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01227862321
- Additional information
mobile number : 07934603448
Monday-Friday 9-5. Please leave a message if no response, I will return any calls as soon as possible
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