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Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period
- Skills
Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
- Knowledge
Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
- Experience
Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting
- Qualifications
Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Qualifications
Signed off as a mentor/supervisor
- Qualifications
Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience
- Qualifications
Completion of the preceptorship
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to supervise others
- Experience
Management / Leadership of junior staff.
- Qualifications
Leadership / Management Training
Job overview
Blickling Ward is looking for a Charge Nurse - Band 6 to work as part of an exciting, service provision focused and dynamic team that delivers high quality Care for our Older Patients across NSFT.
Blickling Ward is located at Becky Wilson House, Julian Hospital and is an Female Older Persons, functional inpatient service, focusing on specialist care for our service users. We work closely with family, carers, service users and external agencies to provide high quality integrated models of care. we have18 beds for individuals with a various mental health related complexities.
Main duties of the job
You will work supportively and collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader and MDT ensuring the effective management of the ward in all respects, environmental, financial and clinical in so far as this relates to nursing practice.
Your duties will also include the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
As part of collaborative working amongst Senior Nurses you will be expected to provide a clinical lead to staff in various areas of practice, adhering to the philosophy and clinical skills base of the unit.
You will monitor nursing practice on a day to day basis and ensure that nursing compliments the practice of other professionals.
You will be a crucial part of working collaboratively within our MDT, providing holistic care packages for individuals and families on the ward.
You will work towards implementing reviews and changes in practice at the discretion of the Clinical Team Leader.
You will also be required to work shifts across a 24-hour period in order to meet the needs of the service and actively participate in a 24 hour site management rota for Julian Site through our daily Operational Huddle.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Band 6 Charge Nurse - Sandringham ward with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Charge nurse role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum (pro rata). The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (or Secondment). The application deadline is 18 Oct 2026.
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