Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-CEN7152949
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rollesby Ward
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Charge Nurse
Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Rollesby Ward PICU has an exciting opportunity for a Charge Nurse to join the team. Rollesby Ward is a 10 bed female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, it has strong philosophy of holistic trauma informed care.
As a charge nurse you would be an important part of the leadership team. Working with the MDT to support service delivery, lead on improvements projects and support junior staff.
We are looking for a compassionate individual who is committed to providing high quality inpatient care. You will need excellent communication skills and be able to work well with other professionals in planning and delivering care.
Rollesby Ward is committed to the development of staff and the role will include mentoring and training opportunities.
Main duties of the job
Rollesby Ward is looking for an enthusiastic and caring charge nurse. They would have an active role in leadership and role modelling excellent care to others this can include:
- Have 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 Prevention and management of violence and aggression.
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’re an hour and a half away from 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.
Detailed job description and main 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!
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.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN
- Registration with the NMC and Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Completion of the preceptorship
- Signed off as a mentor/supervisor
- Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- ENB 998 / Mentorship
- Leadership / Management Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to problem solve autonomously
- Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting
Desirable criteria
- At least 2 years experience as Band 5
- Experience working in a PICU
- Management / Leadership of junior staff.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to show leadership and management skills
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good verbal and written skills
- Good observation and reporting skills
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to display calm, mature responses to difficult situations, be self-aware and have the ability to learn and ability to motivate others
- Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work and ability to demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management and also excellent communication skills and ability to effectively prioritise and delegate workload as required. Also use of systems such as Rostering systems, Electronic Patient Record System
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of pro-active involvement within a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to supervise others
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of issues arounds confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of medicines management and treatment
- Understanding of PICU pathway and referral process
- Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it
- Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act 1983
Other
Essential criteria
- Fitness to undergo full PMA training and perform full duties of the post
Desirable criteria
- Ability to travel, flexibility and adaptability and the ability to undertake Breakaway and Physical Intervention training . Also Remain trained in Breakaway and/or Physical Intervention techniques
- Enthusiastic and well-motivated and able to work as part of a close team. Also awareness and understanding of equality and diversity issues and flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Devan Green
- Job title
- Deputy Modern Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 421535
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