Deputy Ward Manager
| Posting date: | 17 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £43,014 to £46,314 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 December 2025 |
| Location: | TN5 7HU |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Priory |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Ticehurst |
Summary
Priory Hospital Ticehurst is looking to recruit a Deputy Ward Manager for our Female Acute Ward to join the team. This is a full time 37.5 hours role. We are also offering a £5,000 welcome bonus.
Set within 48 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens in a small village in East Sussex, Priory Ticehurst House is an idyllic location which allows us to provide a highly therapeutic environment, making us the perfect place for people staying with us to begin their recovery. We work collaboratively with the discharge teams to ensure a smooth transition back into existing community services, or to an individual’s home, where possible.
Priory’s acute services aim to allow more people to be treated closer to home and we support the NHS to repatriate out-of-area patients back to local areas.
What you'll be doing
You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. You will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patients
Works as Senior Nurse in a Ward or equivalent area ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, their families and visitors.
Apply relevant policies and statutory requirements within the ward and hospital framework of governance and communicates requirements to the wider team.
Ensures that risk is assessed and managed across the immediate and wider working environment and that statutory requirements are met.
Respects and applies the requirements of diversity and inclusion, promoting and role modelling these across the team.
Set within 48 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens in a small village in East Sussex, Priory Ticehurst House is an idyllic location which allows us to provide a highly therapeutic environment, making us the perfect place for people staying with us to begin their recovery. We work collaboratively with the discharge teams to ensure a smooth transition back into existing community services, or to an individual’s home, where possible.
Priory’s acute services aim to allow more people to be treated closer to home and we support the NHS to repatriate out-of-area patients back to local areas.
What you'll be doing
You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. You will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patients
Works as Senior Nurse in a Ward or equivalent area ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, their families and visitors.
Apply relevant policies and statutory requirements within the ward and hospital framework of governance and communicates requirements to the wider team.
Ensures that risk is assessed and managed across the immediate and wider working environment and that statutory requirements are met.
Respects and applies the requirements of diversity and inclusion, promoting and role modelling these across the team.