Head of Mental Health Nursing

Unicare is a nurse-led provider supporting adults with autism, learning disabilities, mental health needs and behaviours that challenge, across nine supported living services and community outreach in Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire and South London.

We are appointing a Head of Mental Health Nursing to hold professional and clinical accountability for mental health nursing practice across the group. This is the senior clinical voice for mental health in the organisation, and it reports directly to the Chief Executive — deliberately, so that a clinical objection is heard at the level where decisions are actually made.

It is not an operational management post. Services are run by Registered Managers reporting through the Head of Care. Your authority is professional: you set the standard, you audit against it, and you are expected to say so plainly when it is not being met.

Non-medical prescribing (V300), a clinical supervision qualification, and experience of Transforming Care or long-stay hospital discharge pathways are all strongly welcomed and will be reflected in the offer.

Most senior clinical roles of this kind sit three or four layers from the decision-maker. This one does not. You will have direct access to the Chief Executive, a genuine remit to set standards rather than administer someone else’s, and an organisation that has deliberately created the post because it wants the challenge that comes with it.

Please send your CV, together with a short covering note setting out why this role interests you, Applications are reviewed as they arrive and we may close the advert early once we have a strong field.

Unicare Complex Care Specialist Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the adults and children we support. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, verification of NMC registration, satisfactory references covering your full employment history and proof of your right to work in the UK.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and will make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the process.