Job summary
Are you keen to develop your skills and CV further?
Are you passionate about providing high-quality care as part of a skilled multi-disciplinary team?
We are looking for experienced staff who are motivated to:
Be part of new developments and be at the forefront of planning, implementing, and quality improvement plans.Help us take these services to the fore in the field of forensic services!
Secure services are currently working hard to develop and improve our services, and we require outward-thinking and innovative approaches from our staff while remaining committed to maintaining safety and security.
Main duties of the job
The band 6 charge nurse role is a key member of the in-patient multidisciplinary team. Band 6 charge nursesare expected to provide clear clinical leadership and supervision of junior staff and trainees whilst workingwith service users and their families, friends and carers to help make a difference to the experience of thoseusing our services by:
- Demonstrating kindness, respect and compassion through the delivery of confident and competentnursing.
- Helping to keep people safe through effective risk assessment and good clinical decision making.
- Helping to develop coproduced plans of care, which are personalised and responsive to people'sneeds.
- Providing health promotion and education information to service users and carers.
- Undertaking effective treatment supported and delivered in line with current legislation, standardsand evidence-based guidance.
- Providing supervision and mentoring to other staff and students o Being part of the AWP vision to provide high quality care.
In addition to these key tasks, the band 6 charge nurse is expected to provide clinical and managerialleadership to nursing and support staff, and ensure the effective running of the inpatient setting in theabsence of the Ward Manager.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
This will include:
Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport to be able to provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information including distressing or emotional circumstances.
Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.
Undertaking complex comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills ona range of problems requiring investigation.
Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.
Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level, supplemented by specialist clinical training and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.
Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Delivering a range of psychosocially informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.
Organising complex interventions requiring formulation of need and risk.
Demonstrating highly developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.
Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice whilst supporting challenging behaviour and verbal aggression.
Delivery of restrictive interventions within Trust and legislative guidance, requiring a varying level of physical effort.
Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance, by different routes including injectable medicines.
Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.
Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.
Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.
Leading clinical meetings to support the service users journey through the care pathway, proactively identifying and overcoming barriers to discharge.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
This will include:
Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport to be able to provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information including distressing or emotional circumstances.
Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.
Undertaking complex comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills ona range of problems requiring investigation.
Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.
Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level, supplemented by specialist clinical training and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.
Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Delivering a range of psychosocially informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.
Organising complex interventions requiring formulation of need and risk.
Demonstrating highly developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.
Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice whilst supporting challenging behaviour and verbal aggression.
Delivery of restrictive interventions within Trust and legislative guidance, requiring a varying level of physical effort.
Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance, by different routes including injectable medicines.
Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.
Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.
Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.
Leading clinical meetings to support the service users journey through the care pathway, proactively identifying and overcoming barriers to discharge.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Valid NMC Registration
Essential
- Registered under the relevant part of the NMC register
- Not currently under fitness to Practice investigation by the NMC
Relevant Skills
Essential
- Nursing Assessment Skills
- Medication Management Skills
- Risk Assessment Skills
- Mental State Assessment Skills
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Safeguarding Knowledge and how to report concerns
- Ability to build therapeutic relationships with Service users
- De-escalation Skills
- Collaborative Working with the MDT
Desirable
- PMVA trained
- Previous experience of mentoring students
- Evidence of CPD
- Trained in CBT, DBT or other therapy/intervention
Experience at Band 5 Level
Desirable
- Experience working as a UNIC
Leadership Qualities
Essential
- Ability to influence
- Enthusiasm for the role
- Good communicator
- Ability to drive or support change
- Ability to promote Quality and high standards
Desirable
- Previous experience of teaching
Person Specification
Valid NMC Registration
Essential
- Registered under the relevant part of the NMC register
- Not currently under fitness to Practice investigation by the NMC
Relevant Skills
Essential
- Nursing Assessment Skills
- Medication Management Skills
- Risk Assessment Skills
- Mental State Assessment Skills
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Safeguarding Knowledge and how to report concerns
- Ability to build therapeutic relationships with Service users
- De-escalation Skills
- Collaborative Working with the MDT
Desirable
- PMVA trained
- Previous experience of mentoring students
- Evidence of CPD
- Trained in CBT, DBT or other therapy/intervention
Experience at Band 5 Level
Desirable
- Experience working as a UNIC
Leadership Qualities
Essential
- Ability to influence
- Enthusiasm for the role
- Good communicator
- Ability to drive or support change
- Ability to promote Quality and high standards
Desirable
- Previous experience of teaching
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).
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