Sister/Charge Nurse - CAMHS inpatient unit

NHS Greater Manchester; Bury; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health services provider as a clinical leader in a CAMHS inpatient unit. You will oversee and support a dedicated team, ensuring high-quality care for young people while benefiting from ongoing professional development. Engage in various leadership activities and quality improvement projects, impacting the lives of young people and their families.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts across retail, leisure, and travel

Qualifications

• Experience in a CAMHS inpatient environment is essential.
• Sign off mentor for student nurses preferred.
• Ability to work shifts across 7 days, 24 hours.

Responsibilities

• Assist in operational management and clinical supervision.
• Provide evidence-based care for young people with mental health issues.
• Involve in recruitment and staff development.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Mental health knowledge

Risk assessment

Empowering others

Education

RMN/RNLD qualification

Mentorship/Preceptorship Qualification

Job description

This is your opportunity to be leader and part of a dynamic and caring team.

We are passionate about providing outstanding care to young people and families/carers, at our CAMHS inpatient unit.

You will assist the unit manager in all aspects of service provision and delivery of care within the unit. You will provide managerial and clinical supervision to a team of staff and act as a role model, providing supervision, support and leadership.

We have access to training to support you to develop your skills, including DBT/Safeguarding/STORM/Physical Health/Eating Disorder/MBT

We will offer you excellent opportunities to develop you leadership skills and you will be well supported by an established and experienced clinical team.

There is access to staff support groups, monthly supervisions and reflective practice.

Main duties of the job

To assist the unit manager in the effective operational management of the unit.To provide clinical leadership to staff from all disciplines including student nurses.Responsible for creating and maintaining an evidence based and positive culture within the unit.To assist the unit manager in ensuring that all staff in sphere of managerial responsibility carry out their duties and responsibilities in a manner acceptable to the trust, in keeping with Trust policies and procedures and the unit philosophy and operational policy.To ensure that the governance agenda is delivered on the ward.To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care for young people with serious mental health issues and / or complex emotional / behavioural difficulties. Co-ordinate and manage a team of staff undertaking this responsibility.To provide advice on care for young people with serious mental health issues and / or complex emotional/behavioural difficulties, including significant risk to self and others.To carry out risk assessments and management plans.To ensure that a high standard of individualised care is provided in line with the young persons care plan that will assist in recovery and rehabilitation and enhance their daily living skills.

To be involved with Quality Improvement projects, including young people and families in the process.

Involvement with recruitment and staff development.

You will provide line management and clinical supervision to more junior staff.

About us

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and person specification. Use your supporting information section of your application to give examples of how you demonstrate each of the essential and where possible the desirable criteria on the person specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Demonstrable recent experience of working within a CAMHS inpatient environment.
• Demonstrable experience of working directly with families / carers of young people.
• Evidence of working as a sign off mentor for student nurses on placement

Knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health issues in young people
• Knowledge of legislation and National policies in relation to mental health issues in young people.
• Good working Knowledge of Mental Health Act
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and implementation
• Knowledge of CPA processes.

Skills

• Experience of or strong interest in working with children and / or young adults with mental health issues, and their families
• Experience of supervising the work of others
• Skills in environmental / clinical risk assessment of young person with complex needs.
• Competent skills in the assessment of self-harm and serious mental illness
• Ability to empower others

Education/Qualifications

• RMN/RNLD or relevant health and social care qualification
• Evidence of professional qualification
• Mentorship/Preceptorship Qualification, inculding sign off
• Knowledge of legislation and policy
• Experience of supervision others
• Ability to work shifts across 7 days 24 hours
• Previous experience in inpatient setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum, pro rata