Job Description

Job Overview

Are you ready for a new challenge and the next step in your career?

Then come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We are looking for a compassionate, experienced, and motivated Band 6 Deputy Ward Sister to join our dedicated team on Heather Ward.


Heather Ward is an 18-bedded female acute mental health ward, providing high-quality, person-centred care to individuals experiencing mental health difficulties.


This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical expertise and leadership skills while making a real difference to patients' lives.


As a Band 6 Deputy Ward Sister, you will:

Support the Charge Nurse in the day-to-day management of the ward. Take charge in their absence, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care and patient experience. Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff and students, fostering a positive and supportive learning environment.

We value the health and wellbeing of our team and offer a robust induction programme, regular supervision, and ongoing support to help you thrive. You will also have access to a structured learning and development pathway, empowering you to achieve your long-term career goals and build on your strengths.



We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support Various Staff Support Networks

Contact Details:

Hazel Panton - Hazel.panton@nhs.net

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

Deputise and take charge of the designated area in the absence of the Charge Nurse.

Be a role model in delivering compassionate, person-centred care and support a culture of kindness, safety, and respect.

Mentor, teach, supervise and assess students and learners on placement. Support the ongoing education and development of nursing staff.

Work collaboratively with senior nurses, the wider multidisciplinary team, and external stakeholders to promote excellent mental health care and develop the role of specialist nursing across the Trust.


Provide visible, professional nursing leadership, clinical advice, and management relating to key dimensions of healthcare quality:


o Patient Safety

o Effectiveness of Health Care Interventions

o Patient Experience

o Quality of the Care Environment


Support effective clinical leadership and contribute to the operational management of the ward.


Actively contribute to continuous quality improvement, service development, and the implementation of evidence-based practice to meet the needs of service users and their families.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.