Job summary
Clinical Nurse Manager
We are seeking to recruit to an inpatient Clinical Nurse Manager post (Band 7) within Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health on fixed-term position. It is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Clinical Nurse Manager within ELFT or outside of the service to progress to a ward manager role on our Older Adult Ward

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead on continuous development and improvement of nursing in providing high quality care to patients. It also calls for visible and inclusive leadership as part of a multi-disciplinary team and other teams across the service.

In this role you will be required to support the ongoing relational security, trauma informed care and reducing restrictive practices initiatives in the service.

Please state "three reasons to shortlist me" in the first paragraph of the supporting statement in order to be considered for shortlisting.

Main duties of the job

• Developing the teams' ability to ensure that a service user centred multi-disciplinary approach to care is present.
• Ensuring the team provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluating care in keeping with evidence based practice.
• Lead in direct care to complex service users or groups of service users and role model to junior staff.
• To provide specialist guidance to junior staff relevant to clinical speciality.
• Ensuring that a high standard of practice is maintained in relation to the detention of mentally ill clients under the Mental Health Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Ensuring that least restrictive practices are promoted within individual care.
• Support the team to develop and implement specialist programmes of care which could include individual and group interventions.

About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations

Details
Date posted
07 August 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£56,276 to £63,176 a year
per annum Inc HCAs
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
3 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
363-TH8180359
Job locations
Leadenhall, Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health
Bancroft Road
London
E1 4DG
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for further details.

Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) OR Registered Nurse (Learning Difficulty) OR Registered Nurse (Adult)

Desirable

• Masters qualification or equivalent experience
• Leadership / Management Training
• Specialist Area Training

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience of management and leadership roles at band 6 level or above
• Working with people with mental health problems/ learning disabilities
• Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care
• Supporting and supervising students and junior staff

Desirable

• Evidence of quality improvement

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of quality improvement practices
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for complex patients
• Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
• Ability to recognize and manage stress, in self and others
• Emotional Intelligence and Personal Resilience
• NMC Code of Conduct
• Current Developments in nursing
• Knowledge of supervision and reflective practices

Desirable

• Ability to lead and develop a team
• Knowledge of implementing strategy, change management and practice development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).