Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse - Older Adults Ward

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to mental health care, where you will lead a team in providing exemplary care for older adults with mental health needs. In this role, you will be pivotal in setting clinical standards, fostering effective communication, and ensuring the development of your team. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on service delivery while collaborating with various departments and care agencies. This position offers a dynamic environment where your leadership will help shape the future of mental health services in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health nursing with supervisory responsibilities.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ward team and provide clinical leadership.
• Participate in setting clinical and educational standards.
• Monitor workload management and conduct clinical audits.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Leadership

Clinical Supervision

Communication Skills

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Mental Health Nursing Degree

Job description

Job overview

Are you a Mental Health Nurse with supervisory or leadership experience?

You will be joining our Older Adults and Dementia Mental Health Oak Ward at The Redwoods Centre, Shrewsbury. Oak Ward is an assessment ward mainly covering Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

We provide care for males and females with possible or diagnosed organic mental illnesses. We also care for older adults with a functional mental health diagnosis. You will be responsible for leading by example to junior colleagues within the team, acting as Nurse in Charge of the ward, and providing clinical leadership.

Main duties of the job

1. Participate in setting and agreeing on clinical and educational standards for the service, and develop systems to enable such standards to be measured and evaluated.
2. Develop effective communication within your area of responsibility and promote positive working relationships with individuals, departments, and other care agencies within the community. Plan for the future development of the service to meet client needs.
3. Ensure that manpower resources are utilized efficiently and keep managers informed of developments, service needs, and priorities within the area.
4. Establish and foster an environment where staff attitudes, knowledge, and skills are developed and aligned with service goals.
5. Provide evidence-based specialist clinical advice within the service and contribute to future service development.
6. Actively participate in delivering objectives in collaboration with quality leads to raise clinical standards.
7. Monitor workload management within the service.
8. Undertake clinical audits and quality monitoring as appropriate.
9. Participate in setting quality standards, including auditing, monitoring, and reviewing practices in line with current clinical guidance, policies, and procedures.
10. Act as a clinical supervisor.