Overview
This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary.
We're recruiting a Forensic Charge Nurse to join our team at Marlborough House in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. You'll be working at our inpatient ward forensic directorate with a total of 20 beds.
Our team works closely with the forensic community team to support patients with a successful transition from hospital. The forensic service focuses less on procedural and environmental security and more on relational security to enhance recovery journeys.
Shift pattern
Shift work includes 07:00‑15:00, 13:30‑21:30, 21:00‑07:15 and two clinical support shifts of 09:00‑17:00 per month.
Qualifications
* Registered mental health nurse with experience in a forensic setting.
* Fully qualified to work in the UK; if based outside the UK you must have already passed your OSCE and hold an NMC pin number.
Responsibilities
* Deliver specialist nursing care to patients as part of the multidisciplinary team.
* Lead a team of nurses and support workers in planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for a group of patients; act as a "named nurse" for inpatients on the ward and take responsibility for their individual nursing care needs.
* Support the ward manager in delivering unit objectives in terms of patient care, staff development and service development; provide clinical leadership of the ward environment, promoting recovery principles and ensuring safe, effective care provision for all patients.
* Act as the team leader: articulate a clear vision, contribute to a positive learning environment, provide supervision and mentorship to qualified and unqualified staff including students, and ensure nursing practice within the Clinical Governance Framework.
Benefits
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Competitive pension scheme
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
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