Clinical Nurse Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Hold a current registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Nurse. RN3, RNMH, RN4, RN5, RN6, RNLD.

Desirable criteria

• Masters Degree or equivalent experience
• ENB 770 or equivalent
• ENB 998 or45
• Teaching Qualification
• NVQ Assessor
• Relevant post registration health care and/or management qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria

• First line management experience.
• Two years' experience as Band 6 in Mental Health Care inpatient services.
• Experience of providing management supervision.
• Experience as Primary Nurse

Desirable criteria

• Experience of leading teambuilding.
• Experience in teaching/developing nurses.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Good leadership skills
• Able to deal with complex inter-related information and activities
• Excellent team player and ability to facilitate partnership working
• Budget and resource management understanding
• Through personal actions provide innovative practice role model
• Competent in receiving and providing clinical supervision
• Facilitates contributions from all staff.
• Encourages innovation.
• Create a climate and environment where staff feel valued and empowered.
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Displays perseverance and tenacity to achieve results, including problem solving and influencing skills.
• Ability to impart knowledge.
• Effective communication and positive interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills in mental health nursing practice with a clear understanding of contemporary forensic issues.
• A good understanding of operating CPA systems.
• Be able to demonstrate professional development
• Able to assess priorities and identify patients' needs.

Desirable criteria

• Vision about service direction and clinical practice developments.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Maintain awareness of professional and organisational developments.
• Emotional Resilience
• Good attendance record.
• Ability to undertake training and duties compatible with the role including PMVA
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Maintain high levels of integrity and professionalism.
• Maintain standards of organisational and professional conduct.
• To be highly accessible and visible.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences.

While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application. The success of an application will always be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, so it is important to ensure that your application and any supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.

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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.

Documents to download

• JD CNM (PDF, 936.2KB)