Senior Charge Nurse - Young Onset Dementia Service

NHS National Services Scotland; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the NHS Lanarkshire's Young Onset Dementia Team as a Senior Charge Nurse, a vital role offering assessment, care, and leadership for patients under 65 diagnosed with dementia. This permanent, full-time position involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to improve service delivery and support patients and families through their care journey.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

8 public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a focus on Mental Health.
• Post graduate expertise within specialty.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, care, and treatment for patients with dementia.
• Manage junior staff including supervision and appraisal.
• Develop and implement Post Diagnostic Support plans.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team-working

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration

Degree Level Education

Management qualification or equivalent

Job description

The Role

The Young Onset Dementia Team are a specialist multi-disciplinary team who work in partnership with other agencies to provide assessment, and management for adults under the age of 65 who have been diagnosed as living with dementia, who require secondary care mental health services across NHS Lanarkshire.

Additional Information Specific to the Role

The Senior Charge Nurse will work within a specialist multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other agencies to provide assessment, care and treatment for people under the age of 65 who have been diagnosed as living with dementia who require secondary care mental health services across NHS Lanarkshire.

The post holder will have a role assessing, collaborating and working with patients and families following their diagnosis. The post holder will be responsible for the planning and implementation of Post Diagnostic Support for patients.

This is a management role and will require the successful candidate to undertake, Quality Improvement activity, line management of junior staff including one to one supervision and appraisal. Identifying Training and development needs for staff members.

To have an active role in service development, to improve service delivery, within a specialist field of Mental Health Nursing.

This is a unique opportunity to use core and specialist Mental Health Nursing skills to plan, deliver and evaluate care which responds to the individual needs of patients.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration - Mental Health/Learning Disability
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
• Management qualification or equivalent gained through experience and continuous professional development
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Effective time management skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Evidence of continuous Professional development and Clinical updating
• Previous managerial and leadership experience
• Extensive post registration experience
• Relevant expert practice within the speciality
• Evidence of contribution to professional standards /Guidelines
• Evidence of continued development through leadership training
• Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Young Onset Dementia Service within Coathill Hospital

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday 9-5pm

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Alison McPherson, on [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on lynn [e-mail](Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

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Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.