Charge Nurse - Beckett Place (Female RHS)

Job Summary

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At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we're investing in something vital: you.

Join a Trust where your mental health nursing career can thrive

• Career development, including access to psychological therapies training and therapy skills
• Mentoring and coaching opportunities to support your growth
• Flexible working options to support your work-life balance
• Comprehensive staff wellbeing service
• Generous NHS pension scheme and staff benefits package
• A Trust-wide commitment to diversity, inclusion and psychological safety

Main Duties

We're recruiting across a range of inpatient settings, including:

• Adult and older adult acute mental health wards
• Psychiatric intensive care wards
• Rehabilitation and high support wards

You'll be working alongside dedicated multidisciplinary teams, using your skills to deliver person-centred care in line with our values of kindness, fairness, ingenuity and determination.

About Us

Why choose [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]?

• Top mental health trust to work for in the North of England - NHS Staff Survey 2024
• A culture that supports professional autonomy and values nursing leadership
• A clear commitment to safe staffing levels and quality patient care
• A forward-thinking Trust focused on creating the conditions for great nursing care to thrive
• A genuinely supportive environment where your skills and compassion are recognised

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential:

• First level registration (RMN)
• Evidence of Continual Professional development
• IT Literate
• Practice assessor

Desirable:

• Training in psychosocial interventions
• Clinical supervision
• Quality improvement

Experience

Essential:

• Experience at Band 5 and evidence of appropriate clinical management experience.
• Experience of working in mental health settings.
• Experience of providing clinical and managerial supervision
• Experience of completing audits

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a range of mental health settings.
• Experience of leading and coordinating shifts
• Experience of managing complaints

Knowledge

Essential:

• Good understanding of Mental Illness
• Knowledge of evidence based treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with mental health needs
• Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and CPA process.
• Knowledge of current policy and guidance in relation to the development of Mental Health Services.
• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues.

Skills and Abilities

Essential:

• Good verbal and written communication skills, with emphasis on complex and sensitive information
• Ability to complete the appropriate documentation
• Good social skills and have a positive attitude within the team and when dealing with service users, staff, carers, visitors and the public.

Work Related Circumstances

Essential:

• Ability and willingness to work within the 24-hour shift system, including day and night shifts
• Ability to work unsocial hours including weekends and bank holidays
• Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
• Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Additional Information

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer name: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Address: Beckett Place, Buckton Building, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RW

Employer's website: Pennine Care NHS