North London NHS Foundation Trust

MHCAS Manager(North)

The closing date is 12 August 2025

Job summary

The North London NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit motivated and experienced MCHAS Service Manager who are keen to make positive changes within nursing inpatient settings.

The post holders will be accountable for the allocation, deployment, prioritisation and delivery of nursing strategy and for implementing and reviewing systems, policies, standards and procedures that ensure the provision of high-quality services with frameworks agreed by the Trust. The post holder has overall responsibility for the management and development of integrated North MCHAS Service.

1 Please submit your detailed application highlighting your nursing leadership skills, and experience as relevant to the role and person specification.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, leading a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional Mental Health Care service, is responsible for ensuring that the team operates to the requirements of the service operational policy/strategy and that safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care is delivered in a timely manner to service users. They will have a leadership in developing pathways of care and collaborative working to meet the mental health needs of service users.

In carrying out this role the post holder, working with Team Managers, will make best use of the resources available to them in the monitoring of service and individual performance; ensuring that at all times best use is made of health and social care resources. Working closely with the Head of Service they will have responsibility for ensuring the delivery of high standards of quality care within the service.

About us

Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust?

We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1.We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2.With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3.We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4.We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff, and visitors.

  • We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
  • We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
  • NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme
  • We have excellent internal staff network support groups

Details

Date posted

29 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year Per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0298

Job locations

Chase Building, Chase Farm

127 Ridgeway

London

EN2 8JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will effectively lead on governance and audit within the service, ensuring that team members are supported and developed to their potential and that new team members are comprehensively inducted and successfully integrated into the team.

As an experienced manager the post holder will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement and professional development, overseeing the development of clinical practice to ensure that delivery of care is regularly reviewed and that service improvements are implemented when necessary.

This job description is written as an indication of the nature and scope of duties and responsibilities. Additional competencies may be required to fulfil the needs of specific areas and client groups. It is not intended as a fully descriptive list and does not include specific skills or therapeutic interventions that may be required of the specialist service area. The job holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by the Head of Service, which are appropriate to the grade.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will effectively lead on governance and audit within the service, ensuring that team members are supported and developed to their potential and that new team members are comprehensively inducted and successfully integrated into the team.

As an experienced manager the post holder will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement and professional development, overseeing the development of clinical practice to ensure that delivery of care is regularly reviewed and that service improvements are implemented when necessary.

This job description is written as an indication of the nature and scope of duties and responsibilities. Additional competencies may be required to fulfil the needs of specific areas and client groups. It is not intended as a fully descriptive list and does not include specific skills or therapeutic interventions that may be required of the specialist service area. The job holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by the Head of Service, which are appropriate to the grade.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with extensive experience of Management and knowledge of Inpatient services

Education and Experience

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level or Equivalent
  • Sound practical experience of the provision of mental health services
  • Experience of managing a team and working directly with Human Recourses
  • Experience of using Quality Improvement methodology to implement positive change

Desirable

  • Experience of writing reports and undertaking investigations
  • Leadership Qualification
  • Evidence of managing change to support staff well being

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial management experience in a senior capacity managing the provision of care for people with mental health or substance misuse issues in an in-patient or community care setting.
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with extensive experience of Management and knowledge of Inpatient services

Education and Experience

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level or Equivalent
  • Sound practical experience of the provision of mental health services
  • Experience of managing a team and working directly with Human Recourses
  • Experience of using Quality Improvement methodology to implement positive change

Desirable

  • Experience of writing reports and undertaking investigations
  • Leadership Qualification
  • Evidence of managing change to support staff well being

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial management experience in a senior capacity managing the provision of care for people with mental health or substance misuse issues in an in-patient or community care setting.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chase Building, Chase Farm

127 Ridgeway

London

EN2 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chase Building, Chase Farm

127 Ridgeway

London

EN2 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Service Lead Adult Acute Services

Runa Bhoobun

runa.bhoobun1@nhs.net

07792768718

Details

Date posted

29 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,631 to £68,623 a year Per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0298

Job locations

Chase Building, Chase Farm

127 Ridgeway

London

EN2 8JL


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