Band 6 Charge Nurse - Green Lane Hospital

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Devizes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust is seeking a Band 6 Charge Nurse for Poppy Unit in Wiltshire. The role involves managing nursing assessments, care planning, and mentoring junior staff within a dynamic and supportive team. This opportunity offers a chance to promote mental health while developing professionally in a fulfilling environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to carry out comprehensive nursing assessments.
• Experience in implementing care plans and rehabilitation programs.
• Knowledge of medication management and mental health legislation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate shifts and ensure high-quality nursing care.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop management strategies.
• Lead quality improvement projects and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Risk assessment

Clinical leadership

Quality Improvement

Supervisor skills

Medication administration

Mental Health legislation knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Band 6 Charge Nurse - Green Lane Hospital

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Poppy Unit is a 20 bedded mixed acute unit located in the heart of Wiltshire. We work with a range of service users who are presenting as acutely unwell and in crises.

We are looking for professional and enthusiastic nurses to come and work with our wonderful team of qualified nurses, HCA's, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist, Exercise Specialists, Activities Coordinator and Doctors.

As a Band 6 Nurse you will be expected to co-ordinate shifts, risk assess, show clinical leadership, and implement Quality Improvement projects, as well as acting up into the band 7 role in the absence of a band 7. Skilled management and clinical work within Poppy Ward can be rewarding. You will receive regular supervision within the team.

Here at Poppy Ward we are keen for you to develop within your role, and we offer new learning experiences and encourage training opportunities alongside the expectation of duties of the job outlined below.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided.
  
  

This Will Include

• Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care.
• Implementation of care and rehabilitation programme.
• Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users.
• Ability to implement research-based practice.
• Following successful completion of preceptorship, ability to supervise junior and unqualified staff.
• Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for individual clients; ICPA/SAP to people who present with mental health problems.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant mental Health Legislation.
• Ensure the ordering storage, administration and disposal of medication complies with relevant trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010,Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and MHA (1983).
  
  

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shannon James Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01380 731203

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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