# Charge Nurse- Southgate Ward *3K Welcome Bonus* > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/charge-nurse-southgate-ward-3k-welcome-bonus/4ddef3d8-37b0-4745-9b6a-0eb0cb91e1bc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/charge-nurse-southgate-ward-3k-welcome-bonus/4ddef3d8-37b0-4745-9b6a-0eb0cb91e1bc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum/ pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (required to cover day and night shifts - day shifts 7.30am to 9.30pm - night shifts 9pm to 8.00am) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T12:01:45.424Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8039518 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8039518?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We’re looking for aspiring leaders and clinically credible nurses to join our dedicated team in Suffolk as a Charge Nurse on Southgate Ward! This role is a great opportunity for you to develop your leadership skills and progress your nursing career. We are looking for a registered mental health nurse with great clinical expertise who is  ready to move from staff nurse to charge nurse, or who already has experience to share in this field. Whilst experience in working in inpatients would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health.  But we would like individuals to be well motivated, have good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and an enthusiasm for working with acutely unwell adults  and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being. We also offer great training opportunities to support staff development. ### Main duties of the job We will look to support you to develop your skills in a variety of ways, including through leadership courses, mentorship as well as formal recognised qualifications too. It can be a challenging environment at times, so we need clinicians with a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and a hands-on approach. It is vital that the clinician is reflective around issues of power and difference, see the importance of working across systems, and can do that effectively. If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people’s lives then we would love to hear from you. This post does require full PMA fitness (full training will be given) and to be able to work shifts including nights and weekends over a 7 day period. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As Charge Nurse, you will be expected to take responsibility for supporting your care team, working within governance processes to support the implementation of individualised and responsive care. You will work supportively and collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist in ensuring the effective management of the ward in all respects, environmental, financial, and clinical. 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! Some of the benefits you can expect: - NHS pension - a comprehensive in house & external training programmes - career progression - starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) - staff physio service - NHS discounts and many more. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs * Previous applicants need not apply * ## Job Details We’re looking for aspiring leaders and clinically credible nurses to join our dedicated team in Suffolk as a Charge Nurse on Southgate Ward! This role is a great opportunity for you to develop your leadership skills and progress your nursing career. We are looking for a registered mental health nurse with great clinical expertise who is ready to move from staff nurse to charge nurse, or who already has experience to share in this field. Whilst experience in working in inpatients would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. But we would like individuals to be well motivated, have good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and an enthusiasm for working with acutely unwell adults and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being. We also offer great training opportunities to support staff development. ## Job Description We will look to support you to develop your skills in a variety of ways, including through leadership courses, mentorship as well as formal recognised qualifications too. It can be a challenging environment at times, so we need clinicians with a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and a hands-on approach. It is vital that the clinician is reflective around issues of power and difference, see the importance of working across systems, and can do that effectively. If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people’s lives then we would love to hear from you. This post does require full PMA fitness (full training will be given) and to be able to work shifts including nights and weekends over a 7 day period. ## Responsibilities As Charge Nurse, you will be expected to take responsibility for supporting your care team, working within governance processes to support the implementation of individualised and responsive care. You will work supportively and collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist in ensuring the effective management of the ward in all respects, environmental, financial, and clinical. 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! Some of the benefits you can expect: NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs * Previous applicants need not apply * ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - The ability to undertake Breakaway and Physical Intervention training - Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period - Ability to travel ### Skills **Desirable** - Ability to supervise others ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality **Desirable** - Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it - Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act 1983 ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting **Desirable** - Management/Leadership of junior staff ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Mental Health Nurse - Completion of the preceptorship **Desirable** - Leadership / Management Training ## Documents - [charge nurse b6 (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10327966) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.