Senior Nurse

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Biggleswade; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Bedfordshire is seeking a Senior Nurse to lead nursing operations and support the team in providing complex mental health care. The role requires supervising staff, overseeing clinics, and ensuring quality nursing practice. Ideal candidates will have a Registered Nurse qualification and experience in mental health nursing, alongside strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health nursing.
• Ability to supervise and support nursing staff.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Support the team managers in nursing operations.
• Oversee physical health and depot clinics.
• Provide professional casework for complex mental health difficulties.
• Accountable for caseloads of newly qualified nurses.
• Influence and improve nursing practice.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

The Senior Nurse will support the team managers in effective operation of the team by undertaking practice and professional lead responsibility for specified areas of nursing.

To oversee the effective operation and coordination of physical health and depot clinics within the teams.

To provide professional and comprehensive casework to people with complex mental health difficulties.

To hold care coordinator/ key worker responsibility and be accountable for any caseloads worked jointly with newly qualified Band 5 nurses.

The post holder will take a leadership role to positively influence and improve the quality of nursing practice by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for staff within the Mid Bedfordshire Community Mental Health services.

Responsibilities

• To undertake lead professional responsibility for nursing in the day to day running of the team.
• To ensure the team manager is kept fully appraised of problems arising from workload and seek advice as and when necessary.
• To supervise nurses and other healthcare staff as required and to deputise for the Team Manager in all or some of their functions as required in their absence.
• Develop the systems, staff skills, and abilities to provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care in keeping with evidence-based practice.
• Lead on the educational requirements to support nursing staff and students within the service.
• Developing a learning environment and opportunities for staff to obtain specialist guidance relevant to complex care in their clinical specialty.
• Develop and maintain structures and procedures to support Student Nurses and Nursing Associates when on placement within the teams.
• Develop and maintain structures and procedures to support preceptorship as per Trust Policy and NMC Guidance.
• To work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the Trust, and represent the service by contributing to internal and external forums
• To help ensure that care reflects individual and cultural needs
• To support the service to acquire and enhance clinical skills, and assist in achieving the appropriate levels of competence

Our values

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.