Charge Nurse

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust; St Leonards; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a dedicated Band 6 nurse to join a committed team at a leading NHS Trust. This role focuses on providing exceptional care for adults facing complex mental health challenges within a supportive environment. As part of a small, specialized team, you will have the chance to make a real difference in patients' lives while enjoying a culture that values your contributions and encourages professional growth. With a commitment to lifelong learning and a supportive atmosphere, this position offers a unique chance to enhance your skills and advance your career in mental health nursing.

Benefits

£2,000 Golden Hello

Relocation Incentive

Fully funded lifelong learning opportunities

Enhanced payments for unsocial hours

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the NMC as an RMN.
• Experience in risk management and working with complex mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Support junior staff and work closely with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Conduct governance checks and lead in clinical areas.

Skills

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Risk Management

Inpatient Nursing Care

Clinical Assessments

Multi-disciplinary Teamwork

Education

NMC Registration

Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Job description

Main area: Mental Health

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern)

Job ref: 354-AE-21067

Site: Castle Ward, Woodlands Centre for Acute Care

Town: St Leonards on Sea

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills, and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, and enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention, and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation that puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued, and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills, and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership, you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers, and families across our communities.

As a Trust, we are committed to making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during the interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Are you an RMN with experience working with adults with complex mental health problems?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 nurse to work in Woodlands Acute unit Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Hastings.

The successful candidate will be working on Castle Ward which specializes in men's care and is a relatively small acute ward. Castle ward's team is supported by Abbey Ward team that work next door in a 14 bed acute female unit.

Both wards have undergone recent structural changes in order to provide a safe environment for both patients and staff. Current feedback from patients tells us that the provision is a great improvement and allows staff to be out in the ward environment with the patients and have the time to nurse, which has a major positive impact on patient recovery time.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

Main duties of the job

Band 6’s at Woodlands also incorporate the role of the unit co-ordinator and the 136 nurse for our Place of Safety on a rotation basis in addition to working on the wards. The role will be supporting junior staff with supervision, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and role modelling. The role also supports the management team by undertaking governance checks on the wards such as clinical audits and taking the lead in clinical areas. We pride ourselves on the high standard of care delivered to people that have been detained by the police and brought to us for a safe assessment of their mental health needs, so there would be training and ongoing support from the ward managers across the unit in order to maintain this high standard and make you feel supported in delivering this role.

Our patients are keen for new nurses joining the team to demonstrate empathy, time to talk, and listen.

Working for our organisation

We are very proud of our standards and are looking for someone who is ready to learn and keen to develop. An important attribute is the ability to adapt to evolving change in order to facilitate excellent clinical care.

In November 2018, Woodlands was recognized at the Trust's Positive Practice awards with a Gold medal in the Team Award (clinical) category, an outstanding achievement for the team.

In 2021, Woodlands was part of the Hastings services that received the Highly Commended Covid Response Team of the year.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

• Be registered with the NMC as an RMN
• Have good experience of risk management
• Possess prior experience working with adults with complex mental health difficulties
• Be passionate about working with adults with complex mental health difficulties

It would also be advantageous if you are:

• Have experience delivering a high standard of inpatient nursing care

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

This position carries enhanced payments for unsocial hours, as stipulated by the Agenda for Change guidelines:

• Time plus 30%: All time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any weekday after 8 pm and before 6 am
• Time plus 60%: All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

For further information please visit the NHS Employers website

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience/Knowledge

• Significant post-qualifying experience relevant to the care group
• Experience of working alongside people with severe mental health problems particularly in their acute phase of illness
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessment
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of working within the CPA process
• Understanding of clinical governance

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarize themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.