Charge Nurse *£3000 Welcome Bonus*

Job summary

Are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate & individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership within an inpatient mental health setting providing functional mental ill health acute?

If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be a part of our team.

At Julian Hospital, we have an exciting opportunity for Band 6 Nurses to join our newly re-furbished Blickling Ward. Blickling Ward has 19 beds for patients with a diagnosis of functional mental ill health acute who require a specialist level of assessment, care and treatment. We have a skilled team of professionals that includes: nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, activity co-ordinators, physiotherapists and psychologists, supported by administration staff.

As part of our ongoing strive for excellence, we are developing a 'care team' approach to patient centred care. The Charge Nurse will be expected to take responsibility for supporting that care team, working within governance processes to support the implementation of individualised and responsive care.This is a really exciting opportunity to be able to demonstrate leadership amongst a small group of individuals.

Main duties of the job

As Charge Nurse you will be responsible for supporting your team and we want you to bring ideas and innovation with you. You may already be working at this level or this might be your first step up into management and have lots of ideas on how we can keep improving the care we deliver.

There will be opportunities for people who want to focus on the clinical aspects of the role as well as those thinking about the management side of things providing line management supervision to help staff grow and develop, we will train you in using the e-roster, NHS Professionals and you will assist in completing audits to ensure high standards of care.

We will look to support you to develop your skills in a variety of ways, be that through our existing Band 6 development programme, leadership courses, mentorship, involvement in quality improvement projects as well as more formal qualifications. If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people's lives then we would love to hear from you.

We welcome informal discussions and would love you to get in touch to talk about the opportunities available and come and visit to see what we are all about.

The Julian Hospital is already home to several older people's wards. This is a very rewarding care environment and our colleagues feel that they have made a positive difference to our patients, their families and carers.

About us

Benefits:

Benefits included with this role are:-

• NHS pension
• A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• Career progression
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• Staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Blickling Ward, Julian Hospital

Bowthorpe Rd

Norwich

NR2 3TD

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Blickling Ward, Julian Hospital

Bowthorpe Rd

Norwich

NR2 3TD

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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