Charge Nurse - Band 6 - Willow Ward

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Charge Nurse - Band 6 to join a dedicated team at the Woodlands Unit, Ipswich. This role includes managing ward operations, delivering patient care, and leading clinical activities while working within a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants must possess RMN registration and relevant experience in mental health, with a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum (pro rata).

Benefits

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

27 days annual leave, increasing to 33

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting.
• Management / Leadership of junior staff.
• Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Plan and deliver direct patient care with appropriate supervision.
• Monitor nursing practice on a day-to-day basis.
• Provide clinical lead to staff in various areas of practice.
• Participate in a 24-hour site management rota for the Woodlands Unit.

Skills

Ability to process, plan and delegate work

Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality

Education

RMN Registration

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Completion of the preceptorship

Signed off as a mentor/supervisor

Leadership / Management Training

Job description

Willows Ward are looking for a Charge Nurse - Band 6 to work as part of an exciting, service provision focused and dynamic team.

Willows is located at the Woodlands Unit on the Ipswich Hospital site. Willows is an Older Persons, functional and Organic inpatient service, focusing on specialist care for our service users. We work closely with family, carers, service users and external agencies to provide high quality integrated models of care. We are a mixed gender unit, providing 19 beds for individuals with a various mental health related complexities.

Main duties of the job

You will work supportively and collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist 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 and multi-agency environment.

As part of collaborative working amongst Senior Nurses you will be expected to provide a clinical lead 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 work towards implementing reviews and changes in practice at the discretion of the Clinical Team Leader.

You will also be required to work shifts across a 24-hour period in order to meet the needs of the service and actively participate in a 24 hour site management rota for the Woodlands Unit through our daily Operational Huddle.

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

• 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

For internal applicants we can offer fixed term roles as secondments with your current managers approval. Please advise your recruitment officer if you would like to be considered for this role on a secondment basis

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Knowledge

• Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality

Skills

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work

Qualifications

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

Experience

• Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting
• Management / Leadership of junior staff.

Other

• 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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)