Clinical Charge Nurse

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK seeks an experienced Clinical Charge Nurse for an intensive care ward. This role requires a Registered Mental Health Nurse with strong leadership skills and a commitment to providing high-quality care. The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years of RMN experience and will support junior staff while ensuring excellent care standards. The position includes a comprehensive benefits package including flexible working options and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Work-life balance

Career development opportunities

Car lease options

Keyworker housing

NHS discounts

Counselling services

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Staff restaurants

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of working as an RMN.
• Experience of research-based/reflective practice.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team and support junior staff.
• Ensure high standards of care and safe staffing levels.
• Work closely with the Ward Manager to manage resources.

Skills

Quality care provision

Teaching ability

Resilience

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Go back South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Charge Nurse

The closing date is 14 October 2025

Gresham 1 Ward is an intensive care unit which is a busy, highly functioning 20-bed female ward located on Bethlem Royal Hospital site. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Clinical Charge Nurse to join our well-established team within Croydon Acute Care Service.

The Clinical Charge Nurse's role is suitable for Registered Mental Nurses who have successfully completed preceptorship and have registered as an approved NMC mentor.

The successful candidate is expected to work with the ward team and the manager in providing high-quality nursing care and leadership. He/she will be a highly skilled and well-motivated individual with considerable experience of working in a dynamic acute mental health service.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing and monitoring all policies and ensuring that the ward functions in line with the Trust and the ward's philosophy of providing respectful compassionate care that is of the highest quality.The post holder will also ensure that supervision and appraisal systems are robustly implemented and that the care provided is of the highest possible standard in line with the service's clinical governance framework.

The Clinical Charge Nurse is expected to work closely with the Ward Manager who is ultimately responsible for providing a safe environment within which all staff can deliver care and support to patients and their significant others. He/she must ensure effective deployment of resources within agreed budgets.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of a multi -disciplinary team you will have excellent communication skills and team working abilities. A key role of the Clinical Charge Nurse is to lead by example and be a role model for the nursing team. We are looking for an individual who is able to support junior staff and students in their professional development, through excellent and effective clinical leadership and sharing of knowledge.

You will work very closely with the ward manager and other Clinical Charge Nurses to ensure that the unit maintains the highest standard of care provision and safe level of staffing. The post holder will have a role in all aspects of service development and improvement. In return, our service will provide you with high levels of supervision and support during your working career with us and provide you with personal development plans to help you develop in this role.

You will develop confidence in assessing risk on a formal and informal basis and be able to balance this effectively with acting in the least restrictive way, fostering a safe yet therapeutic service.

It is essential you have an understanding of the challenges that face nurses caring for individual's with mental health difficulties today and be able to demonstrate resilience and empathy. Most important to us is that you have a commitment and passion to want to be part of an excellent service.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience

• Experience of researchbased/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
• Significant relevant clinical experience
• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
• Experience of assessing physical health needs in a mental health setting
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
• Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
• Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas Eg. Quality Improvement initiative

Skills and Abilities

• Provides quality care that is responsive to service user's needs and demonstrates an inclusive approach
• Teaching ability - Able to communicate and present concepts and information to a group effectively
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
• Evidence of leadership within current workplace (eg. Involvement/leading QI project)
• Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action with minimal supervision
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment

Minimum of 2 years of working as an RMN

• Minimum of 2 years of working as an RMN
• Minimum of 2 years of working as an RMN

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.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS