Charge Nurse Job at Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust, Ipswich

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Job Description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require


JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

YOUR APPLICATION
It is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.

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Job overview

Avocet Ward are looking for a Charge Nurse - Band 6 to work as part of an exciting, service provision focused and dynamic team.

You will also be joining a friendly, motivated and enthusiastic team who are on their journey to becoming an outstanding team. Avocet is located at the Woodlands Unit on the Ipswich Hospital site. It is an all female acute inpatient service. We provide 19 beds for individuals with a various mental health related difficulties.

Main duties of the job

You will work supportively and collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist ensuring the effective management of the ward in all respects, environmental, financial and clinical in so far as this relates to nursing practice.

Your duties will also include the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.

As part of collaborative working amongst Senior Nurses you will be expected to provide a clinical lead to staff in various areas of practice,
adhering to the philosophy and clinical skills base of the unit.

You will monitor nursing practice on a day to day basis and ensure that nursing compliments the practice of other professionals.

You will work towards implementing reviews and changes in practice at the discretion of the Clinical Team Leader.

You will also be required to work shifts across a 24-hour period in order to meet the needs of the service and actively participate in a 24 hour site management rota for the Woodlands Unit through our daily Operational Huddle.


Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management
  • Responsible for the line management of identified members of the service.
  • Monitor the practice of junior staff and identify any learning and development needs in respect of the clinical skills base.
  • Maintain own and lead/supervise staff in maintaining professional, therapeutic relationship/boundaries with patients, carers and colleagues.
  • Provide and ensure provision of regular line management supervision and Appraisals to junior members of staff.
  • Complete ward rotas as required, ensuring ward is sufficiently and safely staffed at all times.
  • To support the development of effective mental health care pathways within the service.
  • Support to service evaluation and audit systems.
  • Support review/development of service wide policies and protocols.
  • Support the establishment of partnerships and networks with key stakeholders.
  • Deputise for Clinical Team Leader as required.
Clinical
  • To be accountable for own professional practice.
  • Support the development and implementation of recovery focused interventions to patients with mental illness.
  • Provide training and support to other as appropriate, including non-statutory agencies.
  • Demonstrate effective personal planning and organisation of personal daily work load and that of others.
  • Work flexibly, managing own working time effectively according to service demands.
  • Make clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action, managing and providing a high quality of care and supporting others to do the same.
  • Maintain respectful, effective professional interpersonal relationships with others.
  • Attend all mandatory training as required by the Trust and to undertake further training and updating as required to carry out the role.
  • Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers and relevant others, ensuring that clinical practice is recovery focused and patient centred.
  • Promote the involvement of service users, carers and relevant others in the development of the care pathway.
  • Work collaboratively with the Clinical Team Leader in establishing a clear philosophy for the multi professional clinical practice within the work area and develop an acceptable model of care that is shared amongst the team.
  • Ensure that all patients are given a full explanation on their care pathway / treatment options and no decision is taken forward without their involvement and consent.
  • Undertake clinical audit and clinical governance activities as required.
  • Ensuring that the practice of clinicians is recovery focused and patient centred, promoting the direct involvement of patients, carers and relevant others in the development of the plan of care.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RMN Registration
Desirable criteria
  • ENB 998 / Mentorship. Leadership / Management Training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 2 years post basic experience,1 year at Senior Staff Nurse

Other

Essential criteria
  • Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Two Ticks - Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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