Duty Senior Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Milton Keynes is seeking a Charge Nurse / Duty Senior Nurse to lead the nursing team and ensure high-quality patient care. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, supporting the Ward Manager, and maintaining standards in assessment and evaluation of care. This position offers opportunities for career development within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills in a nursing environment.
• Ability to maintain high-quality patient care standards.
• Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nursing team in providing excellent patient care.
• Collaborate with police and mental health professionals.
• Ensure effective patient admission and flow processes.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Patient care quality

Team collaboration

Education and supervision

Job description

Overview

The Campbell Centre are looking to recruit into the Charge Nurse / Duty Senior Nurse role.

The postholder will be responsible for leading the nursing team and ensuring a high quality of patient care and will work with the staff to ensure that the process of assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care is of an excellent standard.

The post holder will demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals.

Role and Responsibilities

• The Duty Senior Nurse/Charge Nurse will offer leadership, support, advice and expertise to the clinical teams, leading on clinical and managerial issues when the staff teams themselves are unable to do so, reporting all relevant information to the Senior Management, leading on admission processes, ensuring effective patient care and patient flow.
• The Duty Senior Nurse will work collaboratively with the police officers to facilitate access to the HBPoS and organise Mental Health Assessments with Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) for individuals who have been detained.
• The Charge Nurse will work with the staff to ensure that the process of assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care is of an excellent standard.
• The postholder will be responsible for leading the nursing team and supporting Ward Manager by active involvement in service development.
• The post holder will undertake the role Duty Senior Nurse and have responsibility for liaising with internal and external agencies.
• The main role of the DSN is to offer leadership, support, advice and expertise to the clinical teams, leading on clinical and managerial issues when the staff teams themselves are unable to do so, reporting all relevant information to the Senior Management, leading on admission processes, ensuring effective patients care and patient flow.
• The DSN will also work collaboratively with the police officers to facilitate access to the HBPoS and organise Mental Health Assessment with AMHP for detained individuals.

Development and Equality

CNWL are committed to progressing and supporting their staff with career development and training, and ensuring staff health and wellbeing and job satisfaction, as part of the role you will have the opportunity to attend the band 6 development programme.

About CNWL and Care

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

Recruitment Message

We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.

The postholder will be responsible for leading the nursing team and ensuring a high quality of patient care. The Charge Nurse will work with the staff to ensure that the process of assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care is of an excellent standard.

The postholder will work to support the Ward Manager by active involvement in service development.

The post holder will demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals.

The post holder will undertake the role Duty Senior Nurse and have responsibility for liaising with internal and external agencies.

The main role of the DSN is to offer leadership, support, advice and expertise to the clinical teams, leading on clinical and managerial issues when the staff teams themselves are unable to do so, reporting all relevant information to the Senior Management, leading on admission processes, ensuring effective patients care and patient flow. The DSN will also work collaboratively with the police officers to facilitate access to the HBPoS and organise Mental Health Assessment with Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) for individuals who have been detained.

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025