# Clinical Nurse Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inc HCA
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-18T10:51:32.587Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Newham/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_health/Mental_health-v8297258
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8297258?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to work as the Ward Manager for Galaxy Ward (PICU) CAMHS inpatient PICU ward ward based in Newham.

We are looking for somebody who is passionate and skilled to take on this role.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be enthusiastic, forward thinking and have a keen interest in working with adolescents and their families in a mental health setting. You will be working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, providing care for young people with a wide range of needs.

The Clinical Nurse Manager will have 9-5 Monday to Friday operational responsibility and accountability for the provision and management of high quality nursing care and for the treatment of service users within the inpatient service area. You will be required to clinically lead, develop the service and nursing team, support care delivery and work with service users and staff to ensure the provision of practices that respond effectively to both individual and service need.

### Main duties of the job

To co-ordinate and provide care and treatment to an identified group of patients without direct supervision. In addition, supporting junior staff in delivery of care provision.

To manage and organise work as required.

Take responsibility for the development and delivery of evidence based practice for service users with complex needs, ensuring that it supports and reflects service user individual needs, Trust objectives and professional guidance.

Promotes evidence based practice and embeds QI.

Postholder will be responsible for high quality care provision with highly complex service users and groups.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Furthermore, the post holder will be responsible for establishing and maintaining team systems and processes for the effective operation of the service. The successful candidate must display a considerable degree of initiative, possess mature judgement and maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner when dealing with service users, their relatives, colleagues and visitors.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of quality improvement practices
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for complex patients
- Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of implementing strategy, change management and practice development

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant experience of management and leadership roles at band 6 level or above
- Working with people with mental health problems/ learning disabilities
- Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
- Supporting and supervising students and junior staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) OR Registered Nurse (Learning Disability) OR Registered Nurse (Adult)

**Desirable**

- Masters qualification or equivalent experience
- Specialist Area Training

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616102)
- [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110)
- [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090)
- [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111)
- [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844)

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