Job summary
The CAMHS Ward Manager will have overall management responsibility for the delivery of care within the unit, in accordance with local policies and procedures. To lead a team of nursing staff in the delivery of high-quality evidence-based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisal take place. To manage administrative and operational resources in a cost-effective manner, evaluating the standard of service delivered. To co-ordinate multidisciplinary working, maintaining excellent communication and working relationships with all team members, and other services within the organisation, to ensure effective interface and continuity of care between disciplines and services.
The post holder will carry out nursing procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care is being achieved.
There is an expectation that the post holder will place the needs of service users at the centre of care delivery.
The reputation of Maudsley Health, MACANI, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Emirates Health Service should be upheld and be enhanced due to the contribution of the post holder.
Main duties of the job
Management of Nursing Care and Practice
- Ensure that all nursing practice is developed using up to date evidence-based practice, ensuring that all nursing staff have the appropriate skill base and supporting mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
- Ensure systems are in place to support user and carer-centred involvement in the everyday activities on the ward.
Management of Financial and Material Resources
- Ensure ward finances are managed within allocated budget, including recruitment of staff.
Management of Clinical Standards
- Set, monitor and evaluate overall standards of care and practice on the ward in liaison with the CAG Service Manager, CAG Lead.
Management of Human Resources
- Maintain the efficient use of staffing resources on the ward, ensuring that staffing levels are safe, appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix on each shift, but recognising and supporting Improving Working Lives within the confines of a safe service.
Management of Information and Communication
- Develop and maintain procedures which result in good communication between the multidisciplinary team and other agencies.
Management of the Environment
- Ensure that the ward environment adheres to relevant standards at all times.
About us
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) is working with MACANI, a respected Abu Dhabi based organisation with a mission to develop and extend high quality mental health care across the United Arab Emirates.The staff experience is that the UAE is a great place to live and work. It is safe, clean, welcoming and family orientated, it also has lots of attractions for all ages.Maudsley Health is now progressing CAMHS developments across the Middle East. The aim is to replicate the high quality of the specialist services within SLaM. As a result, we are looking for additional experienced, high-quality clinical staff. If you have a flexible approach, use evidence base practice and want to spend your time engaging positively with patients, we would be pleased to have an initial discussion with you. Athorough induction programme will be offered along with a commitment to continuing professional development. Supervision is provided either through Maudsley Health in the UAE or through SLaM in London. Good remuneration package that includes:
- Medical insurance
- Support with licensing and employment visa
- Support with transition to the UAE: Hotel Accommodation and Flight
- Tax free salary
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder is expected to achieve the following outcomes:
Management of Nursing Care and Practice
- Ensure that all nursing practice is developed using up to date evidence-based practice, ensuring that all nursing staff have the appropriate skill base and supporting mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
- Oversee a service user's care pathway, utilising available resources and Patient Journey framework and lead the team in its implementation.
- Ensure systems are in place to support user and carer-centred involvement in the everyday activities on the ward.
- Ensure that nursing staff receive regular supervision and appraisal, and are offered essential and developmental training in accordance with their personal development plans, and the needs of the service.
- Ensure that all service users are made aware of, encouraged, and assisted to use all services available to them, in particular, those in the community.
- Ensure that the requirements of all local mental health legislation are met.
- Ensure that the key principles of Safeguarding are adhered to in accordance to local policy and statutory requirements.
- To embed and operationalise the new UAE Mental Health Law.
Management of Financial and Material Resources
- Ensure ward finances are managed within allocated budget, including recruitment of staff.
- All absences, duty hours are managed within budget and local guidelines.
- Communicate to all staff how they can contribute to the efficient management of financial and material resources.
- Identify and deal with cost pressures which may have an impact on the financial expenditure of the ward. The post-holder will be expected to notify any such situations to the service manager if they cannot be dealt with at a local level.
Management of Clinical Standards
- Set, monitor and evaluate overall standards of care and practice on the ward in liaison with the CAG Service Manager, CAG Lead.
- Ensure that all practices and interactions on the unit are based on the preservation and respect of service users dignity, individual and cultural identity, wishes (whenever possible) and are in accordance with the maintenance of individuals independence.
- Ensure that all staff are aware of the standards of professional behaviour expected on the unit by the organisation through the use of role modelling and the promotion of reflective practice.
- Ensure that the service provides continuity out of hours, appropriately relating to the senior manager on-call and out of hours medical team.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and involve them in all relevant day to day decisions, strategy and business planning, and maintain close liaison with the CAG Service Manager and CAG Lead when difficulties arise.
Management of Human Resources
- Maintain the efficient use of staffing resources on the ward, ensuring that staffing levels are safe, appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix on each shift, but recognising and supporting Improving Working Lives within the confines of a safe service.
- The post-holder will ensure that each member of staff is fully aware of their responsibilities and has a personal development plan which is based on a balance between the needs of the individual and the service.
- Manage the overall development of the ward team, encouraging staff to contribute their views and ideas as appropriate.
- Implement all the local policies and Human Resource Management, and ensure staff are aware of how to access this information.
- Delegate duties and responsibilities to other staff as appropriate to assist in the operation of the unit and to aid the development of individual staff.
Management of Information and Communication
- Develop and maintain procedures which result in good communication between the multidisciplinary team and other agencies.
- Arrange and in some instances chair relevant meetings involving other agencies, patients and carers when necessary to facilitate good communication.
- The post-holder will lead the team in setting, implementing and monitoring realistic and achievable objectives for the ward team in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
- Attend meetings and forums, representing the ward at various levels both within the organisation and with external agencies, ensuring that all staff are kept fully briefed on any new developments etc. The post-holder may be required to participate in specific inter-agency work relevant to the service.
- Ensure that all communication (verbal or written) between the ward and other departments or agencies is of a high standard both in its content and presentation.
- Ensure that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel and is stored in accordance with local policy and procedures.
- Ensure that staff are aware of the importance of the collection of statistical data and ensure that this is collected and stored in an accurate and timely fashion.
Management of the Environment
- Ensure that the ward environment adheres to relevant standards at all times. This will involve monitoring the services provided by other departments in accordance with the adopted procedures and will involve liaison with the Facilities Department and other relevant personnel.
- Ensue that the Health and Safety is adhered to by all staff. The post-holder will have particular responsibility for ensuring that all staff receive any training necessary in order to meet the requirements. (eg. fire training, first aid, food hygiene, etc.). The post-holder will be responsible for taking immediate action to deal with any problem which might affect service user, visitor or staff safety. This will involve liaison with the relevant co-ordinator.
- Ensure local response in managing incidents by using the organisation incident policy and implementation outcomes to change and improve practice.
- Ensure that learning from incidents are disseminated to the team to ensure improvement within the service delivery.
Personal Development and Freedom to Act
The post-holder will:
- Be prepared to physically move between sites as needed.
- Ensure that they are fully aware of current developments and practice in their clinical area.
- Acknowledge their own limitations and discuss/identify their training and development needs with their line manager.
- Make effective use of supervision with their line manager on a regular and agreed basis.
- Be aware of the need to reflect on their practice both as clinician and manager.
- Manage their own time efficiently.
- Be aware of and adhere to all Policies and Procedures and act as a role model to other staff.
- Meet the requirements for Standards of Professional Practice, Code of Conduct.
- Recognise emotional and mental effort required to fulfil the post.
Other Responsibilities
The post-holder will also be responsible for:
- Undertaking site wide co-ordination roles as required, eg. Supervisor.
- Establishing and building on excellent working relationships between other services within and external to the Organisation.
- Ensuring that systems are in place which invite service users and their carers to comment on the quality of services they receive.
- Implementation of the complaints procedure including investigation, response, and resolution.
- Ensuring that their line manager is kept informed of all developments and changes within the ward environment.
- The safe storage and administration of medications.
- The creation and maintenance of an environment which is conducive to learning and which meets the educational standards required by Educational Institutions whose students are placed on the ward.
- Actively participating in the wards training and education of staff from a variety of disciplines.
- Participating in projects within the Unit and the Hospital as required by the senior management of the Organisation.
- Ensuring a license to practice is obtained and also to retain the license. Support through the initial process would be provided along with advice about retention of the license
- Acting with integrity and honesty
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder is expected to achieve the following outcomes:
Management of Nursing Care and Practice
- Ensure that all nursing practice is developed using up to date evidence-based practice, ensuring that all nursing staff have the appropriate skill base and supporting mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
- Oversee a service user's care pathway, utilising available resources and Patient Journey framework and lead the team in its implementation.
- Ensure systems are in place to support user and carer-centred involvement in the everyday activities on the ward.
- Ensure that nursing staff receive regular supervision and appraisal, and are offered essential and developmental training in accordance with their personal development plans, and the needs of the service.
- Ensure that all service users are made aware of, encouraged, and assisted to use all services available to them, in particular, those in the community.
- Ensure that the requirements of all local mental health legislation are met.
- Ensure that the key principles of Safeguarding are adhered to in accordance to local policy and statutory requirements.
- To embed and operationalise the new UAE Mental Health Law.
Management of Financial and Material Resources
- Ensure ward finances are managed within allocated budget, including recruitment of staff.
- All absences, duty hours are managed within budget and local guidelines.
- Communicate to all staff how they can contribute to the efficient management of financial and material resources.
- Identify and deal with cost pressures which may have an impact on the financial expenditure of the ward. The post-holder will be expected to notify any such situations to the service manager if they cannot be dealt with at a local level.
Management of Clinical Standards
- Set, monitor and evaluate overall standards of care and practice on the ward in liaison with the CAG Service Manager, CAG Lead.
- Ensure that all practices and interactions on the unit are based on the preservation and respect of service users dignity, individual and cultural identity, wishes (whenever possible) and are in accordance with the maintenance of individuals independence.
- Ensure that all staff are aware of the standards of professional behaviour expected on the unit by the organisation through the use of role modelling and the promotion of reflective practice.
- Ensure that the service provides continuity out of hours, appropriately relating to the senior manager on-call and out of hours medical team.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and involve them in all relevant day to day decisions, strategy and business planning, and maintain close liaison with the CAG Service Manager and CAG Lead when difficulties arise.
Management of Human Resources
- Maintain the efficient use of staffing resources on the ward, ensuring that staffing levels are safe, appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix on each shift, but recognising and supporting Improving Working Lives within the confines of a safe service.
- The post-holder will ensure that each member of staff is fully aware of their responsibilities and has a personal development plan which is based on a balance between the needs of the individual and the service.
- Manage the overall development of the ward team, encouraging staff to contribute their views and ideas as appropriate.
- Implement all the local policies and Human Resource Management, and ensure staff are aware of how to access this information.
- Delegate duties and responsibilities to other staff as appropriate to assist in the operation of the unit and to aid the development of individual staff.
Management of Information and Communication
- Develop and maintain procedures which result in good communication between the multidisciplinary team and other agencies.
- Arrange and in some instances chair relevant meetings involving other agencies, patients and carers when necessary to facilitate good communication.
- The post-holder will lead the team in setting, implementing and monitoring realistic and achievable objectives for the ward team in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
- Attend meetings and forums, representing the ward at various levels both within the organisation and with external agencies, ensuring that all staff are kept fully briefed on any new developments etc. The post-holder may be required to participate in specific inter-agency work relevant to the service.
- Ensure that all communication (verbal or written) between the ward and other departments or agencies is of a high standard both in its content and presentation.
- Ensure that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel and is stored in accordance with local policy and procedures.
- Ensure that staff are aware of the importance of the collection of statistical data and ensure that this is collected and stored in an accurate and timely fashion.
Management of the Environment
- Ensure that the ward environment adheres to relevant standards at all times. This will involve monitoring the services provided by other departments in accordance with the adopted procedures and will involve liaison with the Facilities Department and other relevant personnel.
- Ensue that the Health and Safety is adhered to by all staff. The post-holder will have particular responsibility for ensuring that all staff receive any training necessary in order to meet the requirements. (eg. fire training, first aid, food hygiene, etc.). The post-holder will be responsible for taking immediate action to deal with any problem which might affect service user, visitor or staff safety. This will involve liaison with the relevant co-ordinator.
- Ensure local response in managing incidents by using the organisation incident policy and implementation outcomes to change and improve practice.
- Ensure that learning from incidents are disseminated to the team to ensure improvement within the service delivery.
Personal Development and Freedom to Act
The post-holder will:
- Be prepared to physically move between sites as needed.
- Ensure that they are fully aware of current developments and practice in their clinical area.
- Acknowledge their own limitations and discuss/identify their training and development needs with their line manager.
- Make effective use of supervision with their line manager on a regular and agreed basis.
- Be aware of the need to reflect on their practice both as clinician and manager.
- Manage their own time efficiently.
- Be aware of and adhere to all Policies and Procedures and act as a role model to other staff.
- Meet the requirements for Standards of Professional Practice, Code of Conduct.
- Recognise emotional and mental effort required to fulfil the post.
Other Responsibilities
The post-holder will also be responsible for:
- Undertaking site wide co-ordination roles as required, eg. Supervisor.
- Establishing and building on excellent working relationships between other services within and external to the Organisation.
- Ensuring that systems are in place which invite service users and their carers to comment on the quality of services they receive.
- Implementation of the complaints procedure including investigation, response, and resolution.
- Ensuring that their line manager is kept informed of all developments and changes within the ward environment.
- The safe storage and administration of medications.
- The creation and maintenance of an environment which is conducive to learning and which meets the educational standards required by Educational Institutions whose students are placed on the ward.
- Actively participating in the wards training and education of staff from a variety of disciplines.
- Participating in projects within the Unit and the Hospital as required by the senior management of the Organisation.
- Ensuring a license to practice is obtained and also to retain the license. Support through the initial process would be provided along with advice about retention of the license
- Acting with integrity and honesty
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) at Degree Level
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Master's Degree
- Completion of Senior Leadership Programme
- PSTS/PMVA Training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) at Degree Level
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Master's Degree
- Completion of Senior Leadership Programme
- PSTS/PMVA Training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
