Charge Nurse- Southgate Ward *3K Welcome Bonus*
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 open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. 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 while 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, sees 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 the ability to work shifts including nights and weekends over a 7‑day period.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who likes nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Job 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 to ensure the effective management of the ward in all respects – environmental, financial, and clinical.
Benefits
* A comprehensive in‑house & external training programmes
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Completion of the preceptorship
* Leadership / Management Training
Experience
* Relevant post‑registration experience in a mental‑health setting
* Management/Leadership of junior staff
Skills
* Ability to supervise others
Knowledge
* Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
* Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it
* Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act 1983
Other
* The ability to undertake Breakaway and Physical Intervention training
* Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24‑hour, 7‑day a week period
* Ability to travel
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year gross per annum / pro rata
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