Main area: Mental Health
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days and nights)
Job ref: 354-FH-20497-A
Site: Chichester Centre
Town: Chichester
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/12/2024 23:59
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care.
Job overview
We are currently seeking a motivated mental health nurse to join our team as a Charge Nurse at the Chichester Low Secure Forensic Service. The Chichester Centre is a modern unit providing low secure services for men and women.
As a Charge Nurse you will possess excellent communication skills, leadership skills and evidenced based clinical skills, providing high quality holistic, research based, non-judgmental patient centred care at all times.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions).
Main duties of the job
* Clinically responsible for providing nursing assessments of referred patients.
* Manage and supervise all junior staff throughout each span of duty.
* Work collaboratively with medical staff and other health professionals.
* Provide effective leadership and management to staff.
* Assess, plan and implement care, providing specialist nursing advice.
* Assist the Ward Manager in ensuring the effective running of the ward.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Undertake assessments of individuals with complex mental health presentations.
* Develop care plans in collaboration with the service user.
* Provide clinical and managerial leadership on the ward.
* Assess and manage ongoing risks.
* Provide supervision of junior staff and trainees.
* Regularly take charge of the clinical environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
* Registered Nurse with current registration
* Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
* Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
* Significant post qualifying experience relevant to the care group
* Experience of supervising staff
* Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
We encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will require a Disclosure submission.
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