Job overview

If you are looking for the next step in your mental health career pathway, Rowan Ward (Older Adults) and Bluebell Ward (Working age adults) can offer a great environment that will enable you to develop your clinical and leadership skills as a Charge Nurse.

Our flexible working patterns consisting of short and long days give colleagues options that support an improved work life balance.

Rowan Ward specialises in dementia care and related mental health illnesses. Bluebell Ward supports adults with early onset and enduring mental health conditions including early psychosis, Bipolar affective disorder, depression, and schizophrenia.

Both wards can support up to 20 patients in a caring and compassionate environment.

Based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading, the wards work closely with patients and families to help to identify their needs and participate actively in their care, while providing a place of empathy, kindness, and compassion. 

This role attracts the Duty Senior Nurse (DSN) allowance of £2,000 pa. The core function of the DSN is to operationally manage the hospital on a rotational basis between the hours 06:45 – 09:00 hours or 16:30 – 20:00 hours. You will be responsible for ensuring safe staffing across the wards, be the first responder to emergencies, and be available to address any enquiries that may not relate to specific inpatients or wards. The role is broad, gives a great opportunity to develop leadership and problem-solving skills in a collaborative setting. 

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

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