Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Charge Nurse

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Job summary

We are looking for Band 6 Charge Nurses to join the leadership teams across our 5 units.

Lambourn Grove, based in St. Albans, is a 24 bedded unit providing long term support to older people living with dementia who have multiple complex mental and physical health and social care needs.

Logandene is our 16 bedded assessment and treatment unit for older people based in Hemel Hempstead, providing assessment and diagnosis of memory impairments, and based in Hemel Hempstead. The service is primarily for individuals over the age of 65 years and care is provided via needs led assessment and through multidisciplinary team working.

Seward Lodge is 16 bedded our assessment and treatment unit for older people with dementia base in Hertford, with our staff caring for those who are at their most acute and vulnerable stage of their life.

Victoria Court, is our 27 bedded unit based in Stevenage, providing long term support to older people living with dementia who have multiple complex mental and physical health and social care needs.

Wren Ward is our16 bedded frail functional unit ward based in Radlett, with staff caring for those suffering from depression, anxiety and other psychiatric illnesses, and frailty as a result of physical health difficulties.

We are looking for someone to take a leadership role within the nursing team, supporting the health care assistants and staff nurses on shifts, providing supervision and sharing knowledge to aid development.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate must display a considerable degree of initiative, possess mature judgement and maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner when dealing with service users, their relatives, colleagues and visitors.

The post holder will be required to work independently using initiative, and applying a high degree of confidentiality to all of their work. They must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills, manage competing demands and organise their work effectively. We are looking for motivated nurses who can bring energy and ideas to the team.

We would be interested to hear from you if you are interested in working with our team and wish to further develop your own career in a supportive and forward thinking organisation.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Details

Date posted

02 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-EAN-6600

Job locations

Across Hertfordshire

Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Radlett, St Albans, Hertford,

SG1 4YS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification in the documents section for more details of the main responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification in the documents section for more details of the main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Educational achievements, qualifications and training

Essential

  • RMN/RLDN or Dip/ Bsc (Hons) in Mental Health/ Learning Disability Nursing
  • ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years post registration experience at Band 5
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in other clinical settings.

Job related aptitude and skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team.
  • Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations
  • Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required.
  • Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour.
  • Experience of risk assessment and management.
  • Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
  • Understanding of legal framework MHA, MCA, DoL, safeguarding and social factors involved in care
  • Supervision skills

Desirable

  • Specific clinical skills applicable e.g. brief therapy, cognitive therapy and anxiety management.
  • Implementing quality improvement initiatives.
Person Specification

Educational achievements, qualifications and training

Essential

  • RMN/RLDN or Dip/ Bsc (Hons) in Mental Health/ Learning Disability Nursing
  • ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship

Experience

Essential

  • At least 2 years post registration experience at Band 5
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in other clinical settings.

Job related aptitude and skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team.
  • Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations
  • Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required.
  • Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour.
  • Experience of risk assessment and management.
  • Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
  • Understanding of legal framework MHA, MCA, DoL, safeguarding and social factors involved in care
  • Supervision skills

Desirable

  • Specific clinical skills applicable e.g. brief therapy, cognitive therapy and anxiety management.
  • Implementing quality improvement initiatives.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Across Hertfordshire

Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Radlett, St Albans, Hertford,

SG1 4YS


Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Across Hertfordshire

Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Radlett, St Albans, Hertford,

SG1 4YS


Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Inpatient Operational Manager

Rosalie Guy

rosalie.guy1@nhs.net

07854233103

Details

Date posted

02 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-EAN-6600

Job locations

Across Hertfordshire

Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Radlett, St Albans, Hertford,

SG1 4YS


Supporting documents

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