Band 7: Mental Health Nurse (United Arab Emirates)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Camden Town is seeking a Ward Manager to ensure the safe delivery of nursing care in line with established protocols and high standards. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and demonstrate experience in team management, evidence-based practices, and the ability to lead a dedicated staff in a challenging environment. This role may require flexibility in working hours, including evenings and weekends.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Licensing support

Support with employment visa

Transition assistance to UAE

Qualifications

• Experience in managing clinical teams.
• Ability to implement high-quality, evidence-based care.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, or nights as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop nursing teams to provide effective care.
• Ensure compliance with mental health legislation and policies.
• Monitor KPIs and manage resources effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Evidence-based practice

Compassionate care

Cultural sensitivity

Knowledge of UAE regulations

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Hours: 40 plus break, on occasion additional hours may be required to undertake the role well. Under Labour Law, the hours must not exceed 48. Flexibility will be required and it is expected that some evening, weekend or night shifts may be required from the postholder.

CAG: CAMHS, Adult, Addictions, Mental Health of Older Adults, Intellectual Disability Reports To: CAG Service Manager Accountable to: Chief Nurse Please note that a Bachelors Degree in Nursing is a mandatory requirement for this role in order to obtain a license to practice in the UAE.

The Ward Manager has overall responsibility for the safe and effective delivery of care within the ward, in line with organisational policies, local regulations, and international best practice. The post-holder will: Lead, support, and develop the nursing team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care. Oversee clinical standards, operational management, and effective use of resources. Promote a culture of safety, patient-centred care and multidisciplinary collaboration. Uphold the reputation of Maudsley Health, MACANI, and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust through professional leadership and exemplary practice.

Management of Nursing Care and Practice

• Ensure that all nursing practice is developed using up-to-date evidence-based practice, and that staff are supported to maintain the appropriate knowledge and skills for the service user group.
• Oversee service users' care pathways, ensuring effective resource utilization and leading the team in implementation.
• Promote a culture of compassionate, trauma informed and least restrictive care, ensuring safety, dignity, and recovery-focused approaches to care.
• Ensure systems are in place to support patient and carer-centred involvement in ward activities.
• Ensure all service users are informed about, encouraged, and assisted to access available services, especially community-based resources.
• Ensure compliance with all local mental health legislation, the new UAE Mental Health Law, and safeguarding principles in line with statutory and policy requirements.
• Lead on clinical governance initiatives, audits, and incident reviews to support continuous improvement.
• Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs) including bed occupancy, length of stay, incidents, and patient satisfaction.
• Uphold infection prevention and control standards across the ward.
• Ensure safe staffing levels with escalation procedures in place.
• Respond effectively to complaints and feedback from patients and families.

Leadership and Staff Management

• Ensure nursing staff receive regular supervision, appraisal, and essential/developmental training in line with their personal development plans and service needs.
• Provide visible, accessible, and supportive leadership to promote a positive and professional culture.
• Promote staff engagement, wellbeing and retention.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across all professional groups.
• Role model high professional standards, ethical behaviour, and compassionate care.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, and induction of new staff.
• All absences and duty hours are managed as per the organisation's policy.
• Oversee team compliance with health and safety, fire safety, BLS and other mandatory training requirements.
• Maintain the efficient use of staffing resources on the ward, ensuring that staffing levels are safe, appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix on each shift.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and accountability, ensuring lessons learned inform practice development.
• Implement all the local HR policies, and ensure staff are aware of how to access this information.
• Delegate duties and responsibilities to other staff as appropriate to assist in the operation of the unit and to aid the development of individual staff.

Management of Financial and Material Resources

• Ensure ward finances are managed within allocated budget, including recruitment of staff.
• Communicate to all staff how they can contribute to the efficient management of financial and material resources.
• Identify and escalate financial pressures where necessary.

Management of Clinical Standards

• Set, monitor, and maintain standards of professional behaviour and compassionate, person-centred care, in collaboration with the CAG Service Manager and CAG Clinical Director.
• Ensure compliance with DOH standards and Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation standards.
• Ensure that all practices and interactions on the unit are based on the preservation and respect of service users' dignity, individual and cultural identity, wishes (whenever possible) and are in accordance with the maintenance of individuals' independence.
• Ensure that all staff are aware of the standards of professional behaviour expected on the unit by the organisation through the use of role modelling and the promotion of reflective practice.
• Ensure that the service provides continuity out of hours, appropriately relating to the senior manager on-call and out of hours medical team.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and involve them in all relevant day to day decisions, strategy and business planning, and maintain close liaison with the CAG Service Manager and CAG Clinical Director.

Management of Information and Communication

• Develop and maintain procedures which result in good communication between the multidisciplinary team and other agencies.
• Arrange and in some instances chair relevant meetings involving other agencies, patients and carers when necessary to facilitate good communication.
• Attend meetings and forums, representing the ward at various levels both within the organisation and with external agencies, ensuring that all staff are kept fully briefed on any new developments etc.
• Ensure that all communication (verbal or written) between the ward and other departments or agencies is of a high standard both in its content and presentation.
• Ensure that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel and is stored in accordance with local policy and procedures.
• Oversee collection and reporting of data to support service monitoring and improvement.

Management of the Environment

• Ensure that the ward environment adheres to relevant standards at all times. This will involve monitoring the services provided by other departments in accordance with the adopted procedures and will involve liaison with the Facilities Department and other relevant personnel.
• Ensure that the Health and Safety is adhered to by all staff. The post-holder will be responsible for taking immediate action to deal with any problem which might affect service user, visitor or staff safety.
• Ensure local response in managing incidents by using the organisation incident policy and implementation outcomes
• Ensure that learning from incidents are disseminated to the team to ensure improvement within the service delivery.

Personal Development

• Be prepared to physically move between sites as needed.
• Ensure that they are fully aware of current developments and practice in their clinical area.
• Acknowledge their own limitations and discuss/identify their training and development needs with their line manager.
• Make effective use of supervision with their line manager on a regular and agreed basis.
• Be aware of the need to reflect on their practice both as clinician and manager.
• Manage their own time efficiently.
• Be aware of and adhere to all Policies and Procedures and act as a role model to other staff.
• Meet the requirements for Standards of Professional Practice, Code of Conduct.
• Recognise emotional and mental effort required to fulfil the post.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights.

We aim to put this commitment into practice by: Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note: That all applications for this post will need to be made online That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process That we are a smoke-free Trust SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe

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As the service is developing, a degree of flexibility and creativity will be required together with an appreciation of relevant cultural issues. Of greatest importance is the ability to deliver high quality, evidence-based and compassionate care. The ability to speak Arabic is an advantage but is not essential. The successful applicants will need to fulfil the professional registration requirements of the relevant Emirate.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) is working with MACANI, a highly respected Abu Dhabi based organisation with a mission to develop and extend high quality mental health care across the United Arab Emirates. Maudsley Health is now progressing significant developments across the spectrum of mental health care in the Middle East. The aim is to replicate the high quality of the specialist services within SLaM. As a result, we are looking for additional experienced, high-quality nursing staff. If you have a flexible approach, use evidence base practice and want to spend your time engaging positively with patients, we would be pleased to have an initial discussion with you. A thorough induction programme will be offered along with a commitment to continuing professional development. Supervision is provided either through Maudsley Health in the UAE or through SLaM in London. Good remuneration package that also includes: Medical insurance Support with licensing and employment visa Support with transition to the UAE