Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) – RPN3
Core
Frontline nursing leadership role coordinating shifts, supporting clinical governance, leading nursing teams, and contributing to unit culture and quality improvement in mental health settings.
Role type
Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM)
Builds
Clinical care delivery and operational leadership within mental health units
Domain
Healthcare / Mental Health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical shift coordination, staffing and resource management, autonomous clinical decision-making, nursing workforce development, coaching and mentoring, quality and safety initiative leadership, clinical incident response, clinical governance, multidisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Forensic mental health experience, acute inpatient psychiatry, secure mental health services, psychiatric intensive care, correctional health environments, clinical leadership in multidisciplinary teams
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Coordinate and lead clinical shifts, manage staffing and resources, make autonomous clinical decisions, support nursing workforce development, coach and mentor junior clinicians, drive quality and safety initiatives, lead responses to clinical incidents and emergencies, maintain high standards of clinical governance, build collaborative multidisciplinary relationships
Seniority
Mid-level leadership (Year 1/Year 3)
