Clinical Nurse Manager - Specialist Mental Health Services

About the role

NHS Lothian is recruiting a Clinical Nurse Manager (Band 8A) for Royal Edinburgh and Associated Services (REAS) Specialist Mental Health Services. This is a senior nursing leadership role, permanent and full time (36 hours per week), based at St John's Hospital. The post holder provides professional, strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of highly specialised regional and national services, working in partnership with multidisciplinary and multi-agency colleagues to deliver safe, effective, person-centred and recovery-focused care.

Key responsibilities

• Provide nursing leadership across the Lothian Community Perinatal Mental Health Team, the Regional Mother and Baby Unit and the Regional Eating Disorders Unit, all based at St John's Hospital
• Lead the Lothian Eating Disorders Service at Royal Edinburgh Hospital and the National Mental Health Service for Deaf People, also based at St John's Hospital
• Support service improvement and workforce development across these specialist services
• Work with a supportive senior leadership team to deliver strategic priorities across local, regional and national provision

Required profile

• Experience and inspiration as a nursing leader
• Commitment to excellence in patient care, developing high-performing teams and supporting innovation in complex mental health services
• A caring, compassionate and motivated approach
• PVG Scheme membership or record; if not a current member, an application to Disclosure Scotland must be made and deemed satisfactory before starting
• Right to work in the United Kingdom

What we offer

• Salary Band 8A (£65,125 - £70,303)
• Leadership development, innovation, collaborative working and participation in national networks influencing mental health policy and practice across Scotland
• Clinical education support through the Clinical Education and Training team, education co-ordinators, induction programmes and preceptorship