# MHCAS Manager (North) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mhcas-manager-north/82ac15e2-78d0-4518-a320-410a7dd23eee - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mhcas-manager-north/82ac15e2-78d0-4518-a320-410a7dd23eee.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 Per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-17T15:03:19.754Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Services/Acute_Services-v8092155 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8092155?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The North London NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit motivated and experienced MHCAS 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 MHCAS 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. ### Detailed job description and main 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 Details The North London NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit motivated and experienced MHCAS 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 MHCAS Service. 1 Please submit your detailed application highlighting your nursing leadership skills, and experience as relevant to the role and person specification. ## Job Description 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. ## 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 ### 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. ### 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 ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 231.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385502) - [mchas service manager (north) (pdf, 760.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385501) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.