Charge Nurse - Whitlingham ward

NSFT Jobs; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care service provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Charge Nurse to lead a multidisciplinary team in providing high-quality care. This role includes mentoring junior staff and championing trauma-informed practices. The ideal candidate will be dedicated to improving outcomes for women with complex mental health needs. Competitive development opportunities await in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Dynamic and experienced Charge Nurse role required.
• Ability to lead and coordinate nursing care with a focus on safety and engagement.
• Experience in supporting health initiatives for women in forensic settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing care on the ward ensuring safety and dignity.
• Support physical health initiatives for women.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Champion trauma-informed care.
• Mentor and support junior staff.

Skills

Leadership in nursing practice

Mentoring junior staff

Collaborative care

Trauma-informed care

Health literacy promotion

Job description

Whitlingham Ward is part of NSFT’s Secure Services, providing specialist care for women with complex mental health needs. We are committed to reducing health inequalities and delivering holistic, trauma‑informed care that empowers our service users. Our team is innovative, compassionate, and driven by a shared mission to improve outcomes for those with severe and enduring mental illness.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Charge Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in leading nursing practice, supporting junior staff, and ensuring high standards of physical and mental health care. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a forward‑thinking service that values innovation, education, and person‑centred care.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate nursing care on the ward, ensuring safety, dignity, and therapeutic engagement.
• Support physical health initiatives to improve health inequalities for women in forensic inpatient settings.
• Promote health literacy through ward‑based activities such as the women’s group, awareness weeks, and targeted education.
• Collaborate with the ward multi‑disciplinary team to deliver onsite health interventions.
• Champion trauma‑informed care and contribute to service development and improvement projects.
• Mentor and support junior staff and students, fostering a culture of learning and excellence.
• Promote and reinforce good quality governance processes, inline with NSFT governance model.
• Champion platforms for service user, carers and staff collaboration and feedback in the future development of Whitlingham wards processes and environment.
• Provide line management for junior staff and support their accountability to good quality patient care.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tom CLipsham Job title: Matron Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07443293700