Ward Manager | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Are you a compassionate, dynamic and motivated nurse looking for a rewarding leadership role that combines staff management with patient-centred care?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Ward Manager onForest Ward, Willow Therapy UnitatNorwich Community Hospital. Forest Ward is one of two wards within the 48-bed Willow Therapy Unit, providing inpatient reablement care for patients across Norfolk.

As Ward Manager, you will provide visible leadership to a dedicated multidisciplinary team, ensuring the ward operates safely, effectively and efficiently. You will promote high standards of care, support staff development and wellbeing, and oversee the day-to-day management of the ward to deliver excellent patient outcomes and experiences.

Working closely with senior leaders and clinical colleagues, you will help maintain quality and safety standards, lead service improvements, and ensure patients receive compassionate care that promotes dignity, recovery and independence.

We are looking for an inspiring and compassionate leader with experience of supporting and developing healthcare teams

Please note that this advert may close early if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received.

As Ward Manager, you will

· Provide visible and collaborative leadership across the ward, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care for patients requiring community rehabilitation and recovery services.

· Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team, creating a positive culture that promotes quality improvement, professional development and excellence in patient care.

· Drive high standards of clinical governance, patient safety and patient experience, using audit, quality improvement and evidence-based practice to achieve the best possible outcomes.

· Work collaboratively with colleagues across health, social care and community services to support seamless patient pathways, effective discharge planning and integrated care delivery to achieve the expected length of stay for the unit.

· Put patients at the centre of everything we do

· Create a culture where colleagues feel valued, supported and empowered

· Continuously improve and develop services to meet the needs of our communities

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· Lead and manage a 24-hour, 7-day inpatient ward service.

· Working in collaboration with peer ward manager and therapy clinical leads and support across the Unit as required

· Provide visible clinical and professional leadership to nursing and support staff.

· Ensure delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care.

· Support reablement, rehabilitation and discharge planning pathways.

· Work collaboratively with therapy teams, GPs, social care, acute hospitals and community partners.

· Lead workforce planning, recruitment, appraisal, supervision and performance management.

· Drive quality improvement, governance, audit and patient safety initiatives.

· Manage service pressures, operational performance and delegated budgets.

· Champion innovation and new ways of working to improve patient outcomes and experience

This advert closes on Saturday 7 Nov 2026