Mental Health Nurse-Children's Inpatients; Maudsley Health, Abu Dhabi

Overview

Go back South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 March 2026

Grade: Equivalent to experienced Band 5 and Band 6

Hours: 40 plus break. Flexibility will be expected and shift work will be required from the postholder.

Clinical Academic Group (CAG): Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Children's Ward

Reports To: Ward Manager

Accountable to: Chief Nursing Officer

Bachelor's Degree in Mental Health Nursing/Nursing Studies, NMC Registration and a minimum of 2 years' experience in a Children's Inpatient ward is required for this role.

The Charge Nurse will be responsible for the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centered services, directing staff to maintain high standards of professional conduct. They will monitor the quality of clinical care, including safety, outcomes and patient feedback; and develop staff to strive for the delivery of excellence. With the CAG Ward Manager, they will set the standards and act as role models for an effective multi-professional culture.

They are responsible for the delivery of agreed operational objectives, key performance indicators, driving quality improvements, and supporting the CAG accreditation programme, through values-based leadership, establishing a strong culture of accountability.

Maudsley Health is the brand name for the collaboration between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and MACANI, the local partner. It was formed in 2015 to support the development of high-quality mental health services within the Middle East. Ambitious development plans are being progressed, and the service is growing geographically and clinically in a planned way.

We usually discuss salaries after successful interviews.

However, in terms of benefits we provide:

• relocation contribution: one-way economy class flights to the UAE at the start of employment
• 14 nights accommodation for staff members
• medical insurance for yourself and family
• Visa for yourself as well as a license to practice in the UAE
• Contribution amount for yearly flights to the UK

Clinical Skills

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:

Supporting and supervising junior staff nurses to develop the management of care needs

Coordinating with staff nurses and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered.

Escorting service users, as required, in line with relevant policies.

Advocating for service users needs and rights within local policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Communication, Risk and Governance

Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information to patients, carers, family, friends and colleagues.

Engaging and listening carefully and actively and responding using appropriate language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations, acknowledging religious and cultural differences and professional boundaries.

Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective verbal and written handover of relevant and objective information. Demonstrating ability to determine key information, ability to recognise and describe effectively symptoms of mental illness, distress or of a deteriorating patient, and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner.

Contributing towards the on-going quality of service and care by managing the patient caseload, organising care including delegating tasks and duties appropriately to staff with relevant competency, identifying and mitigating any risk issues in relation to the service users health and social care.

Maintaining timely and accurate service user written/electronic records in line with local policy. Use care plans, pathway documents and electronic medical records system appropriately and in a timely manner.

Reporting, without delay, any safety or security concerns to maintain the safety of service users, carers, staff and others in line with local policy.

Understanding and contributing to the local risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures; being aware of the necessity to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times when working with service users.…