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Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Working with complex, acute mental health.
- Experience
Providing staff supervision and appraisal to both qualified and non
- Experience
professionally aligned staff.
- Experience
Undertaking audits within a clinical setting.
- Experience
To have experience in working / liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care.
- Experience
The 1983 Mental Health Act and related legislation, codes of
- Experience
practice and guidance.
- Experience
Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Qualifications
Current RMN registration.
- Qualifications
NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy.
- Qualifications
Teaching qualification ENB 998, TICS, MELPS.
- Qualifications
Other specific job related post registration qualification.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
Lead with Compassion, Care with Purpose
Waterloo Manor Hospital is the largest female personality disorder service in the United Kingdom, providing specialized assessment and treatment for women with complex mental health needs.
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Charge Nurse to join the team!
Main duties of the job
What Youll be Doing
Support the Ward Manager and manage nursing teams during shifts
Oversee patient care planning, delivery, and documentation
Support crisis management and recovery-focused interventions
Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic care
Mentor junior staff and promote professional development
Uphold safety, dignity, and compliance with clinical standards
About us
Waterloo Manor Hospital is a specialist hospital dedicated to supporting women with complex mental health needs, particularly personality disorders. Situated in serene, landscaped grounds on the outskirts of Garforth, Leeds, our facility blends exceptional clinical expertise with compassion, dignity and hope.
The team at provide compassionate, person-centred, and evidence-based care for individuals experiencing a wide range of mental health conditions including personality disorders, mental illness, and secondary conditions such as challenging behaviour, substance misuse, learning disabilities, disordered eating and dissociative identity disorder.
Individuals are supported by a highly experienced Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), which includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Social Worker. Approaches include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy, with a strong focus on trauma-informed care. Occupational Therapists help develop practical coping strategies through meaningful daily activities and vocational support, alongside a social worker who co-ordinates family involvement, legal matters, and discharge planning to ensure continuity of care within the community.
Details
- Date posted: 02 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £43,500 to £47,760 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: E0126-26-0033
- Job locations: Waterloo Manor Hospital, Selby Road, Leeds, LS25 1NA, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
- Delivering person-centered care for adults with complex mental health needs.
- Assessing patient health problems and needs, developing nursing care plans, and maintaining medical records.
- Administering nursing care to patients, ensuring their privacy, dignity, and respect.
- Acting as a key worker for nominated patients under the direction of a registered nurse.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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This advert is for Charge Nurse with InMind in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Charge nurse role. The advertised salary is £43,500 to £47,760 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Sep 2026.
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