# 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:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum Inc HCAs
- **Contract type:** Secondment: 6 months
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T08:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T09:10:32.423Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Nursing/Mental_Health_Nursing-v8358358
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8358358?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

City & Hackney Centre for Mental Health is seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse to provide strong clinical and operational leadership to the team on Brett Ward. The post holder, whilst on secondment will ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred care while supporting staff development, clinical governance and service improvement.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide visible clinical and professional leadership to the nursing team.
- Support the day-to-day operational management of the ward.
- Ensure safe staffing, effective deployment and appropriate skill mix.
- Promote high standards of patient care, safety and patient experience.
- Lead on clinical governance, risk management, and safeguarding procedures.
- Support staff supervision, appraisal, performance and professional development.
- Work collaboratively with the MDT, patients, carers and wider services.
- Monitor quality, compliance and clinical standards and lead improvement initiatives.
- Support recruitment, induction, retention and workforce development.
- Contribute to effective resource management and delivery of service objectives.
- Act as a positive role model, promoting compassionate leadership and evidence-based practice.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further details.

Provide three reasons to be shortlisted as part of your application supporting information.

### 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

### 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
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care
- Supporting and supervising students and junior staff

**Desirable**

- Evidence of quality improvement

### Knowledge and Skills

**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
- Emotional Intelligence and Personal Resilience
- Demonstrate Leadership ability
- Current Developments in nursing
- Knowledge of supervision and reflective practices

**Desirable**

- Ability to lead and develop a team
- Knowledge of implementing strategy, change management and practice development

### Education/ Qualification/ Training

**Essential**

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

**Desirable**

- Masters qualification or equivalent experience
- Leadership / Management Training
- Specialist Area Training

## Documents

- [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090)
- [elft staff benefits (pdf, 653.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3107)
- [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844)
- [elft staff benefits leaflet new (pdf, 465.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3106)
- [job description and persons specification (pdf, 352.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10684650)

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