Charge Nurse - Whitlingham ward

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Norwich; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a compassionate nurse to lead and coordinate care for women with complex mental health needs. You will ensure safety and therapeutic engagement while promoting health literacy through activities. This role requires mentoring junior staff and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Strong commitment to trauma-informed care is essential. Join a supportive team dedicated to transformation in mental health services.

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing care for women with mental health needs.
• Commitment to trauma-informed care and health initiatives.
• Ability to mentor and support junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate nursing care on the ward.
• Support physical health initiatives.
• Champion trauma-informed care.

Job description

Overview

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.

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 cafés, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.