Senior Charge Nurse - Mental Health Services
Fakeeh University Hospital View all jobs
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
Clinical Leadership:
- Inpatient and Outpatient Unit Oversight: Provides strategic leadership for both inpatient mental health wards and outpatient clinics. Ensures alignment in care protocols and consistent quality of mental health services across both settings
- Supervision of Multidisciplinary Teams: Leads a multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatric nurses, therapists, social workers, and support staff. Promotes collaboration between inpatient and outpatient teams to ensure continuity of care
- Workforce Planning and Development: Manages staffing levels for both settings, ensuring that the right mix of skills is available to meet patient needs, including managing on-call rotations and handling staffing challenges unique to mental health care
- Crisis Management Leadership: Serves as the key leader in managing mental health crises, including psychiatric emergencies in both inpatient and outpatient settings, such as acute psychosis, suicidal ideation, or aggressive behavior
- Lead and manage nursing staff, ensuring high standards of care are maintained.
- Coordinate patient care activities, ensuring appropriate nurse-to-patient ratios.
- Serve as a resource and role model for clinical staff, and junior charge nurses providing guidance and support.
- Ensure compliance with hospital policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- To deputize for Nurse Manager in his/her absence.
- Provides strategic leadership for the nursing team in multiple ambulatory care units, overseeing complex workflows and patient care processes across various outpatient services.
- Engages in succession planning and mentoring junior charge nurses to build leadership capacity.
- Ensure timely and accurate documentation of patient care activities.
- Facilitate effective communication among the healthcare team, patients, and families.
- Address patient and family concerns promptly and professionally
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing holding a BSc Nursing /Diploma of Nursing, not less than 4 years study duration
- Advanced Degrees (Preferred): A Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus on mental health or psychiatric nursing is often preferred for leadership roles.
- Certifications in Mental Health: Certification in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (PMHN) from an accredited body (e.g., the American Nurses Credentialing Center or equivalent) is highly valued.
- Current license in country of origin
- UAE DHA License
- Minimum 5 years of continuous nursing experience in UAE or from home country
- 3-5 years of experience in psychiatric or mental health nursing, including both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Minimum 3 years' experience in senior position.
- Previous overseas experience is advantage but not required
- Current RN license from a recognized accredited professional body
- Has a valid BLS, ACLS certification
- People and Operations Supervision
- Accountability & Role Understanding
- Valuing Diversity
- Abilitty to manage stress
- Adaptability & Resilience
- Compassionate and Effective Communication
- Quality Oriented
- Taking Responsibility
- Teamwork
- Accountability & Role Understanding with Accreditation Knowledge
- Patient-Centered Care & Therapeutic Communication
- Ability for Mental health risk assessment
- Ability to manage acutely ill psychiatric patients