Job summary
Clinical Charge Nurse, Band 6 Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive post of a Clinical Charge Nurse (Band 6) in our acute and crisis directorate.
Tarn Ward is a 14 bedded male, psychiatric intensive care unit for people currently in crisis and requiring appropriate psychological and pharmaceutical interventions.
We welcome applications from staff that are already on the NMC register with relevant experience. You will be part of a MDT involved in the delivery of care and therapy for our patients. You need to be a passionate role model in delivering care and keen to develop and build on your management and leadership skills.
You will support the ward manager to lead the management of clinical and risk issues on the ward, emphasising relational security within the unit, such as providing patient choice, collaboration and transparency with a trauma informed care approach.
Your clinical and managerial leadership will recognise the impacts of adverse and traumatic experiences on patients and staff.
The post operates on a shift rota system, including weekends and night work, this is inclusive of the duty senior nurse role. You will receive staff induction, in-house training, frequent supervision and personal development reviews.
Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request.
Main duties of the job
As aClinical Charge Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and written skills
- Understanding and being able to identify the deteriorating patient in a compassionate and professional way
- Be willing to undertake group activities with patients to support a therapeutic and patient focused recovery
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
Desirable
- Lead on physical health
- Lead on emergencies
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse Mentorship qualification
- Mentorship Training or practice assessor
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in working within a mental health setting with adults with acute mental illness
- Experience of medication managment
- Experience of being in charge of a ward environment
- Experience of supervising junior staff and student nurses
Desirable
- Experience of implementing quality Improvement projects and sound knowledge of QI methodology
- Experience of patient flow systems
- Experience of training junior staff and training other professionals
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and written skills
- Understanding and being able to identify the deteriorating patient in a compassionate and professional way
- Be willing to undertake group activities with patients to support a therapeutic and patient focused recovery
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
Desirable
- Lead on physical health
- Lead on emergencies
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse Mentorship qualification
- Mentorship Training or practice assessor
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in working within a mental health setting with adults with acute mental illness
- Experience of medication managment
- Experience of being in charge of a ward environment
- Experience of supervising junior staff and student nurses
Desirable
- Experience of implementing quality Improvement projects and sound knowledge of QI methodology
- Experience of patient flow systems
- Experience of training junior staff and training other professionals
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
