Job summary
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.
About us
Benefits included with this role are: -
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Job description
Job 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.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Job description
Job 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.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Completion of the preceptorship
- Signed off as mentor/supervisor
- Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Leadership / Management Training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Management / Leadership of junior staff
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
Desirable
- Ability to supervise others
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of issues arounds confidentiality
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Completion of the preceptorship
- Signed off as mentor/supervisor
- Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Leadership / Management Training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Management / Leadership of junior staff
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
Desirable
- Ability to supervise others
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of issues arounds confidentiality
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
