Job overview

Exciting opportunities at Walker Close, want to be part of a friendly, excited and energised team?

We have an opportunity for a Charge Nurse (Band 6) to come and support the Clinical leadership at the Learning Disability &/or Autism Wards at Walker Close, Ipswich. We are looking for a senior nurse to provide leadership to the Ward 

You will be joining a friendly, motivated and enthusiastic team who are on their journey to outstanding.  The wards form part of the acute service for learning disability and autism, along with the Intensive Support Team (IST), who work with people in the community to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions or providing transitional support between services. The acute teams are part of a wider specialist service who all work closely together to create a seamless approach for the clients and their families. 

To undertake this role you must hold current RNLD or RMN qualification. We are looking for someone who has knowledge and experience and an interest in working with and supporting people with Learning Disability and/or Autism. In addition, you would need leadership experience of working in a ward environment. 

Main duties of the job

 Key responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrating quality and safety of the ward via a strong governance process.
• Escalating any safety concerns and acting to mitigate risks.
• Provide clear junior leadership to the in-patient team and foster a culture of safety and learning.
• Completing supervisions, appraisals, attendance and performance management
• Running of the ward environments in absence of the Clinical Team Lead (CTL)

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like 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.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We are close to London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

We can accommodate some flexible working in line with the service need.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• 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.