Band 6, Charge Nurse, Devizes

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Devizes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service is seeking a Band 6 Nurse for the Bluebell Unit, providing care for individuals in crisis. The role involves clinical leadership, risk assessments, and collaboration with multiagency services. Opportunities for professional development and training are available.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health nursing.
• Ability to implement research-based practice.
• Knowledge of mental health legislation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out clinical practice and nursing assessments.
• Implement care and rehabilitation programmes.
• Supervise junior and unqualified staff after preceptorship.

Skills

Communication

Clinical leadership

Risk assessment

Evidence-based practice

Supervision

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Job overview

Bluebell Unit offers a place of safety to adults and children brought in by police on S135 or S136 of the Mental Health Act. Bluebell is a 24 hour, fast paced and dynamic service catering to the specific needs of a wide variety of presentations and personalities whilst in crisis.

Communication plays a vital part within this role and you will develop close links with multiagency services throughout BSW such as AMHP teams, safeguarding, street triage, on-call consultants and police.

As a Band 6 Nurse you will be expected to co-ordinate shifts, risk assess, show clinical leadership, and implement Quality Improvement projects, as well as acting up into the Band 7 role in the absence of a Band 7. Skilled management and clinical work within Bluebell can be rewarding. You will receive regular supervision within the team.

Here at Bluebell we are keen for you to develop within your role, and we offer new learning experiences and encourage training opportunities.

Main duties of the job

To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided.

This will include:

Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care.

Implementation of care and rehabilitation programme.

Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users.

Ability to implement research-based practice.

Following successful completion of preceptorship, ability to supervise junior and unqualified staff.

Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for individual clients; ICPA/SAP to people who present with mental health problems.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant mental Health Legislation.

Ensure the ordering storage, administration and disposal of medication complies with relevant trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010,Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and MHA (1983).