Service/Nurse Manager-Addictions (Maudsley Health-UAE)

Job description

Job responsibilities

5. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The post-holder is expected to achieve the following outcomes:

Service Management

Staff within the CAG are appropriately led and supported to deliver to their full potential and deliver the outcomes for which they are responsible.

Patient care is delivered to the highest standards, and there is continual oversight and monitoring of process and outcomes.

Staff have the appropriate skills to deliver care.

All staff understand their responsibilities in the delivery of care, and how they are accountable for this.

Clinical staff have access to information about the quality and effectiveness of clinical care delivery and are empowered to change practice to improve outcomes at a local level.

The post-holder actively contributes to the delivery of the agreed contract, this may include assuming agreed responsibilities at hospital-wide level that contribute to the success of the contract.

Making recommendations about resources required to ensure the care is of a high standard.

Risk and Governance

The post-holder manages clinical governance systems within the CAG to ensure that clinical practice meets all regulatory and risk management requirements, and that clinical care is delivered consistently and to a high standard.

The CAG operates with a pro-safety culture that positively encourages staff and service users to detect and report safety risks, hazards, incidents and near misses.

CAG staff are able to describe how they report, manage and reduce risks, respond to patient feedback, and embed learning in order to improve services.

There is positive contribution to the Risk Management framework within the hospital, providing assurance and compliance with agreed standards.

The CAG meets targets for compliance with the agreed accreditation framework, and staff are actively engaged in striving for excellence.

Best practice is recognised and rewarded, and learning shared across the hospital through contributions to formal communication channels.

Service users are meaningfully involved in assurance and compliance activity.

Nurses continuously monitor the impact and acceptability of care delivery, questioning established practices and using innovative approaches within agreed parameters.

Oversee safeguarding procedures related to substance misuse (e.g., domestic violence, exploitation, overdose risk, children at risk).

Professional and Clinical Leadership

Nursing performance is consistent with expected standards of practice and inconsistency is identified and remedied.

All nurses within the Hospital are competent as measured against expected continuing professional development standards and requirements for appraisal and supervision.

Nursing practice standards are based on contemporary evidence-based policies, guidance and protocols which take account of all relevant statutory and professional guidance, and systems give assurance that all the nurses work to these policies.

Nurses in the hospital are aware of their professional Code, and any serious contraventions of the Code are dealt with swiftly.

Expert nursing advice is accessible, and professional standards are consistently maintained without unacceptable variation.

The post-holder maintains a full knowledge of new and emerging development in nursing policy, practice and education and leads on their introduction into clinical services.

The post-holder will act as a credible clinical leader to CAG staff, visibly role modelling excellent nursing care and demonstrating professional boundaries with service users and carers.

Analyze outcome data (e.g., relapse rates, re-admission rates, detox completion) to inform service improvements.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Bachelors degree in Nursing/Mental Health Nursing (min. course duration of 3 years)

Desirable

• Masters Degree or equivalent in relevant subject

Experience

Essential

• Two (2) years of experience post qualification in a clinical setting.
• Experience of clinical service management, working effectively with multi-professional teams

Registration

Essential

• Registered with NMC

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Health

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

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