Charge Nurse

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Great Yarmouth; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

NHS discounts

Comprehensive training programmes

Résumé du poste

Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Nurse for Gt Yarmouth Acute ward to provide clinical leadership and oversee patient care in a busy mental health facility.

You will work with the MDT to plan and deliver direct patient care, supervise junior staff, and participate in a 24-hour shift roster to meet service needs at Hellesdon hospital area. NHS experience and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience leading and mentoring junior staff.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to assess risk and respond to challenging situations.

Responsabilités

• Provide clinical leadership to ward staff and ensure safe, patient-centred care.
• Plan and deliver direct patient care with supervision within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Coordinate with MDT to meet patient needs and discharge planning.
• Participate in 24-hour duty senior nurse roster to meet service requirements.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Supervision

Calm under pressure

Formation

Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC)

Mentor/Supervisor qualification

Description du poste

Gt Yarmouth Acute, is an acute admission ward. The team offers assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for male & Female service users over the age of 18. we provide care services with following conditions:

• Anxiety
• Delusions
• Intrusive thoughts
• Personality disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Significant thoughts of self-harm.

The length of stay on GYAS can vary from a few days to a few weeks, including a period of rehabilitation. Our team work with our inpatients to ensure we meet their needs and ensure that their stay is as short as possible.

Inpatients receive a review each week or more frequently as required. This can include family members, carers or an advocate. Community nurses are also involved in our inpatients care while on the ward.

Main duties of the job

You will work supportively and collaboratively with the clinical team leader ensuring the effective management of the ward in all respects, environmental, financial and clinical in so far as this relates to nursing practice.

Your duties will also include the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary team.

As a senior nurse you will be expected to provide clinical leadership to staff in various areas of practice, adhering to the philosophy and clinical skills base of the unit.

You will monitor nursing practice on a day to day basis and ensure that nursing compliments the practice of other professionals.

You will be a crucial part of working collaboratively within our MDT, providing holistic care packages for individuals and families on the ward.

You will be required to work shifts across a 24 hour period in order to meet the needs of the service and actively participate in the duty senior nurse roster for the Hellesdon hospital.

About us

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 professional 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.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• 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)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Signed off as a mentor/supervisor
• Registration with the NMC
• Completion of the preceptorship
• Leadership / Management Training

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting
• management / leadership of junior staff

Skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations
• Ability to demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management
• Ability to supervise others

Knowledge

• Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
• Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act 1983

Other

• Ability to travel
• The ability to undertake Breakaway and Physical Intervention training
• Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)