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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern)
Job ref
354-AE-20923-C
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Woodlands Centre for Acute Care
Town
St Leonards on Sea
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/05/2024 23:59

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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Charge Nurse - Incentives Apply

NHS AfC: Band 6

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Are you an RMN with experience working with adults with complex mental health problems?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 charge nurse to work in a recently opened health-based place of safety ('136 suite') at the Woodlands Centre for Acute Care, part of the Sussex Partnership and based in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. Woodlands is a busy 23-bed Acute unit split into male and female wards which sits alongside the 136 suite. We are looking for a charge nurse to work in this new facility.

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).

Main duties of the job

Band 6’s at Woodlands also incorporate the role of the unit co-ordinator and the 136 nurse for our Place of Safety on a rotation basis in addition to working on the wards. The role will be supporting junior staff with supervision, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and role modelling. The role also is supporting the management team by undertaking governance checks on the wards such as clinical audits and taking the lead in clinical areas. We pride ourselves with the high standard of care delivered to people that have been detained by the police and brought to us for a safe assessment of their mental health needs, so there would be training and on-going support from the ward mangers across the unit in order to maintain this high standard and make you feel supported in delivering this role. 

Our patients are keen for new nurses joining the team to demonstrate empathy, time to talk and listen. 

Working for our organisation

We are very proud of our standards and are looking for someone who is ready to learn and keen to develop. Also an important attribute is the ability to adapt to evolving change in order to facilitate excellent clinical care.

In November 2018, Woodlands was recognized at the Trust's Positive Practice awards with a Gold medal in the Team Award (clinical) category, an outstanding achievement for the team.

In 2021, Woodlands was part of the Hastings services that received the Highly Commended Covid Response Team of the year.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Staff Nurse in our team you will:

  • Be registered with the NMC as an RMN
  • Have good experience of risk management
  • Possess prior experience working with adults with complex mental health difficulties
  • Be passionate about working with adults with complex mental health difficulties

It would also be advantageous if you are:

  • Have experience delivering a high standard of inpatient nursing care

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

This position carries enhanced payments for unsocial hours, as stipulated by the Agenda for Change guidelines:

  • Time plus 30%: All time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8 pm and before 6 am
  • Time plus 60%: All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

For further information please visit the NHS Employers website

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Professional qualification Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
  • Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
  • Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Significant post qualifying experience relevant to the care group
  • Experience of working alongside people with severe mental health problems particularly in their acute phase of illness
  • Experience of supervising staff
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessment
  • Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
  • Experience of working within the CPA process
  • Understanding of clinical governance

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nigel Simmons
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 304 0252