Senior Acute Care Nurse

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Brant Ward, Witham Court, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Senior Acute Care Nurse on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will provide safe inpatient care for older adults with complex mental health needs and lead a multidisciplinary team.

Based at Brant Ward, you will contribute to care planning, clinical standards and staff development, with opportunities for extension depending on funding and service needs.

Qualifications

• RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
• Certificate in clinical supervision and management training.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective inpatient nursing care to older adults with acute mental health needs.
• Coordinate shifts and provide clinical leadership to staff.
• Support admission, treatment and discharge planning across the acute care pathway.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and participate in governance and quality improvement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Decision making

Education

RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC)

Tools

Certificate in clinical supervision

Management Training

Job description

Main area Brant Ward Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (or Secondment) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available) Job ref 274-12277-OA

Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Brant Ward, Witham Court Town Lincoln Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 08:00

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Bring your experience. Shape excellent older adult inpatient care.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join Brant Ward as a Band 6 Senior Acute Care Nurse on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Based at Witham Court, Brant Ward provides acute assessment and treatment for older adults experiencing complex mental health needs. This is an opportunity to take on a senior nursing role in a challenging and rewarding environment, combining clinical care, shift leadership and support for colleagues.

You will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, person-centred care, strengthen clinical standards and contribute to quality improvement. We welcome nurses who bring sound clinical judgement, initiative and a commitment to learning, teamwork and therapeutic relationships.

Building on your existing experience, you will contribute your ideas, develop your leadership practice and help shape how care is delivered. The role includes supervision and supporting the development of students and colleagues.

The appointment is fixed term for 12 months. There may be scope for extension or a permanent opportunity, subject to funding, service requirements and approval; neither is guaranteed.

If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a meaningful difference to patients and carers, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

Provide safe, effective and compassionate inpatient nursing care to older adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties, working collaboratively with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
Undertake nursing and risk assessments; develop, implement and evaluate person-centred care and risk management plans; and deliver evidence-based interventions that support recovery, autonomy and wellbeing.

Coordinate shifts and provide clinical leadership, supporting staff to prioritise care, respond to changing needs and maintain safe ward practice.

Coordinate named-nurse care, contribute to clinical reviews and support admission, treatment and discharge planning across the acute care pathway.

Provide supervision and guidance to colleagues and students within delegated responsibilities, supporting learning, reflective practice and professional development.

Support the Ward Manager with delegated operational duties, clinical standards, audit, governance and service improvement. Promote reducing restrictive practice and recognise, respond to and escalating safeguarding or safety concerns.

Maintain accurate, timely records and effective handovers, practising in accordance with professional standards, Trust policies and information governance requirements.

Work flexibly within a 24-hour, seven-day inpatient service.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Operational hours are over 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Provide a high standard of clinical care, ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.

To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients' care, where appropriate.

Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet people’s identified needs and manage their inherent risk with comprehensive Clinical Risk Formulation

To assess carers’ and families’ needs and develop, implement and review programs of support for carers and families.

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.

To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making with other professionals and agencies.

To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to coordinate and monitor those of the team.

To adhere to N.M.C. or other professional codes of conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.

To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent


• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice


• Certificate in clinical supervision


• Management Training

Experience

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.


• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health


• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.


• Experience of working within mental health care within the NHS

Skills

• Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of information


• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patient care, where appropriate.


• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team


• Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes


• Ability to work independently and collectively


• Understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to support colleagues move through appropriate process

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have UK NHS experience.

We reserve the right to withdraw or close a vacancy at any time. We will give priority to employees who are at risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.