Job summary
- Main area
- Registered mental health nurse.
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - Can apply for flexible working
- Job ref
- 270-TG053-MH
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Berrywood Hospital
- Town
- Duston
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Charge Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are currently looking to recruit a Charge Nurse for our female acute admissions ward at Berrywood Hospital . This position is a permanent role working with a well-established team. We support working age adults between 18- 65 yrs with a wide range of mental health issues.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate leadership skills and have a genuine desire to work in co-production with our service users and carers. The role will have a strong emphasis in continually improving the service. Supporting staff will be a key feature of the role. You must be able to have the drive, commitment and ability to deputise for the Ward Matron in their absence and take part in the hospital Clinical Team Leader duty rota.
You will be able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, at times taking the lead. We have an expectation that you will be able to work together, take responsibility, be authentic and embrace change; we will support you to develop these leadership behaviours so that you become an exceptional member of your team delivering outstanding compassionate care to our patients.
You will possess excellent interpersonal skills, be highly motivated with a positive 'can do’ approach, as well as being able to motivate and develop others. Other skills required for the role are to be reliable and have resilience to working in a busy and at times stressful highly emotive environment. You must have excellent communication skills both verbally and written.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are currently looking to recruit a Charge Nurse for our female acute admissions ward. This position is a permanent role working with a well-established team. We welcome applications from experienced Band 5 Staff Nurses who want to gain experience and further their management and leadership skills.
We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate leadership skills and have a genuine desire to work in co-production with our service users and carers. The role will have a strong emphasis in continually improving the service. Supporting staff will be a key feature of the role. You must be able to have the drive, commitment and ability to deputise for the Ward Matron in their absence and take part in the hospital Clinical Team Leader duty rota.
You will be able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, at times taking the lead. We have an expectation that you will be able to work together, take responsibility, be authentic and embrace change; we will support you to develop these leadership behaviours so that you become an exceptional member of your team delivering outstanding compassionate care to our patients.
You will possess excellent interpersonal skills, be highly motivated with a positive 'can do’ approach, as well as being able to motivate and develop others. Other skills required for the role are to be reliable and have resilience to working in a busy and at times stressful highly emotive environment. You must have excellent communication skills both verbally and written.
All the posts are rotational posts with the expectation of day and night working over the 7-day week. All candidates must be physically fit and be able to engage in PMVA (Teamwork) training having the ability to employ such interventions when necessary.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- 18 months + experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further training/ qualifications
Essential
Essential criteria
- Able to express knowledge, have given examples of practice/ values.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of supporting students
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
- Laura Jones
- Job title
- Service manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000271819
- Additional information
Lisa Calvert 03000 271769
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