Band 6 Charge Nurse - Fountain Way, Salisbury

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in Salisbury is seeking dedicated individuals to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves coordinating shifts, care planning, risk assessment, and advocating for service users. Opportunities for development and training in the NHS Care Certificate are available. The position requires shift work, including evenings and weekends, to ensure comprehensive care for service users.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Clinical training package

Career development opportunities

Access to apprenticeship programmes

Qualifications

• Dedication to patient care.
• Experience in mental health settings is beneficial.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate shifts.
• Care planning and evaluation.
• Risk assessing and discharge planning.
• Advocating for service users.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Person-centred approach

Job description

Job overview

Beechlydene is a 21 bedded mixed acute Mental Health unit, offering assessment, treatment and high quality care for service users suffering with acute mental illness. Our highly skilled and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team are motivated towards supporting service users with their recovery by working collaboratively with individuals and their families. We have a positive and close working relationship with our community and intensive team colleagues, to ensure the service user pathway is optimised.

You will require dedication, excellent communication skills, passion to make a difference, a person centred approach and exceptional problem solving skills. In return, we can offer you the opportunity to work with an experienced team of professionals, generous annual leave allowance, clinical training package, opportunities for career development and a chance to access apprenticeship programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity, which offers the successful candidate the chance to be a part of a team that puts pride, empowerment, hope and optimism at the forefront of everything they do.

Main duties of the job

Co-ordinating shifts.

Care Planning, implementation and evaluation.

Risk assessing.

Discharge Planning.

Contributing to ward reviews and being a proactive member of the MDT.

Advocating for service users.

Delivering brief interventions.

Supporting junior staff.

Providing management supervision.

Deputising for the ward manager.

You will be learning on the job and continually building new skills. There will also be developmental and learning opportunity that are accessible, which include a comprehensive statutory and mandatory training programme and a comprehensive induction programme. You will also receive training to complete the NHS Care Certificate and a Level 3 Healthcare apprenticeship.

The ward operates on a 24/7 shift basis and you will be required to work shifts including evenings, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays and will qualify for unsocial enhancements in addition to your basic pay.