Service/Nurse Manager-Addictions (Maudsley Health-UAE)
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-25-0584 |
Summary
5. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The post-holder is expected to achieve the following outcomes: Service Management Staff within the CAG are appropriately led and supported to deliver to their full potential and deliver the outcomes for which they are responsible. Patient care is delivered to the highest standards, and there is continual oversight and monitoring of process and outcomes. Staff have the appropriate skills to deliver care. All staff understand their responsibilities in the delivery of care, and how they are accountable for this. Clinical staff have access to information about the quality and effectiveness of clinical care delivery and are empowered to change practice to improve outcomes at a local level. The post-holder actively contributes to the delivery of the agreed contract, this may include assuming agreed responsibilities at hospital-wide level that contribute to the success of the contract. Making recommendations about resources required to ensure the care is of a high standard. Risk and Governance The post-holder manages clinical governance systems within the CAG to ensure that clinical practice meets all regulatory and risk management requirements, and that clinical care is delivered consistently and to a high standard. The CAG operates with a pro-safety culture that positively encourages staff and service users to detect and report safety risks, hazards, incidents and near misses. CAG staff are able to describe how they report, manage and reduce risks, respond to patient feedback, and embed learning in order to improve services. There is positive contribution to the Risk Management framework within the hospital, providing assurance and compliance with agreed standards. The CAG meets targets for compliance with the agreed accreditation framework, and staff are actively engaged in striving for excellence. Best practice is recognised and rewarded, and learning shared across the hospital through contributions to formal communication channels. Service users are meaningfully involved in assurance and compliance activity. Nurses continuously monitor the impact and acceptability of care delivery, questioning established practices and using innovative approaches within agreed parameters. Oversee safeguarding procedures related to substance misuse (e.g., domestic violence, exploitation, overdose risk, children at risk). Professional and Clinical Leadership Nursing performance is consistent with expected standards of practice and inconsistency is identified and remedied. All nurses within the Hospital are competent as measured against expected continuing professional development standards and requirements for appraisal and supervision. Nursing practice standards are based on contemporary evidence-based policies, guidance and protocols which take account of all relevant statutory and professional guidance, and systems give assurance that all the nurses work to these policies. Nurses in the hospital are aware of their professional Code, and any serious contraventions of the Code are dealt with swiftly. Expert nursing advice is accessible, and professional standards are consistently maintained without unacceptable variation. The post-holder maintains a full knowledge of new and emerging development in nursing policy, practice and education and leads on their introduction into clinical services. The post-holder will act as a credible clinical leader to CAG staff, visibly role modelling excellent nursing care and demonstrating professional boundaries with service users and carers. Analyze outcome data (e.g., relapse rates, re-admission rates, detox completion) to inform service improvements.