Charge Nurse

Job overview

Opportunity to join Sandpiper and other Wards at Hellesdon Hospital as a Charge Mental Health Nurse band 6.  Are you looking for a role where you can develop your leadership skills and have the opportunity to enhance patient care?

The Charge Nurse will provide effective clinical leadership within an acute mental health inpatient ward, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, and recovery-focused care.   You will coordinate day-to-day ward activities, lead shifts, and support the multidisciplinary team in managing patients with complex and acute mental health needs.

Working alongside the Ward Manager,  Charge Nurse will promote a therapeutic environment, oversee risk management, and ensure compliance with clinical standards, policies, and relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act. The role includes supervising and supporting staff, contributing to service improvement, and ensuring a positive patient experience.

You  will play a key role in maintaining patient safety, supporting effective patient flow, and ensuring the efficient use of resources within a busy and dynamic ward environment.

Main duties of the job

All the  wards are looking for an enthusiastic  and caring staff member as a charge nurse would have an active role in leadership and role modelling, excellent care to others including:

• Excellent knowledge of the Mental health act.
• Have excellent record keeping skills, including care documentation and audits.
• Have good communications both within the multi-disciplinary team and with other professionals such as social care.
• Being the head of a care team, ensuring patient needs are advocated for and that staff feel supported in their role.
• Keeping up to date with the most recent NICE guidelines and local procedures and sharing any changes with the team.
• Being lead in a certain area for the ward e.g. Infection control, safeguarding
• Ensuring that adequate supervision is given to those who you have been allocated.
• Take part in Quality Improvement projects where relevant.
• Be trained in, or able to be able to be trained in Physical intervention programme.

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!

Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days’ notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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