Deputy Charge Nurse - Acute Mental Health Unit

NHS National Services Scotland; Larbert; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Scotland is seeking a Deputy Charge Nurse for their Mental Health Acute Older Adult Admissions Ward. This role is focused on delivering exceptional mental health services and requires a Registered Mental Health Nurse with post registration experience. Applicants should demonstrate their ability to collaborate effectively and improve services while supporting staff wellbeing. The position is for a 12-month secondment and emphasizes the importance of fulfilling requirements within the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in mental health nursing.
• Commitment to improving services and supporting staff.
• Ability to collaborate with others in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality mental health care to older adults.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure compliance with PVG Scheme membership.

Skills

Collaboration

Service improvement

Supporting staff wellbeing

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity* for 12 months to cover substantive post holders secondment leave.

*Secondment Opportunity – Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager and complete the secondment request form prior to interview. The secondment request form and the associated secondment policy can be found on the HR/Recruitment intranet pages and must be completed and signed by the substantive line manager. The Candidate should then take it with them to interview as confirmation that an agreement has been granted.

We are excited to be recruiting to Deputy Charge Nurse for our Mental Health Acute Older Adult Admissions Ward 5 based in the Mental Health Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital for a 12 months secondment/fixed term contract.

We welcome applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses with post registration experience who are committed to and get excited by improving services and supporting staff wellbeing and who love collaborating with others to deliver the very best care to those we serve.

Our job description details which wider skills, experience, qualifications, values and behaviours are essential within this particular role. Sharing with us, in your application, about how you have demonstrated these in your work in the past and how this is relevant to this role will help us get to know you and your unique skills further.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk

We love it when people contact us to discuss advertised posts. It allows you to find out more about us and the role and allows us to support you with your application process which we enjoy doing. Please do get in touch!

For informal enquiries contact Carla Grzebien, Senior Charge Nurse [e-mail]

Certificate of Sponsorship

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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.