Charge Nurse

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help to develop you to achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, a career as a Charge Nurse could be for you

As a Charge Nurse, you will lead and coordinate the quality and management you will ensure people with Mental Health conditions receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promote good teamwork. You'll join the team at The GatewayRecovery Centre as a Mental Health nurse working 37.5 hours per week (12.5 hour shifts), where you will change lives for the better.

With previous experience from the NHS or private sector, you will be responsible for the clinical environment and managing the clinical services throughout the wards and units.
Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.
It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
**Other responsibilities**:

- Be accountable for the safe and effective clinical and operational functioning of a defined unit
- Provide clinical leadership to a defined staff group
- Provide support, guidance, and supervision to staff
- Develop and create an environment that supports competent ethical nursing care
- Influence work objectives, planning and organisation
- Develop and implement strategies to facilitate effective communication pathways
**You will need:**
- Relevant experience as RMN/RMNH/RNLDis desirable
- Professional training in a similar environment
- Recognised mentorship certification and an NVQ Assessor Qualification
- Administrative, planning and organisational skills
- Knowledge of the organisational policies and procedures

**Where you will be working**:
**Location**: Bennett’s Lane, Widnes, Warrington, WA8 0GT
You will be working at the Gateway Recovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility, providing care for men and women with complex mental health requirements to reduce risk behaviours associated with mental health conditions so that people in your care can ultimatelylive successful and fulfilling lives within the community.

The service is split into four distinct areas:

- Male Autism Service for the challenging and complex needs of adults with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome
- Assessment and rehabilitation for women with complex mental health needs and personality difficulties
- Specialist inpatient service for older men with complex mental health and physical health needs.
- Low secure care setting for men with a mental illness with or without personality disorder/mild learning disabilities

You will be working alongside the team with the aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of service users, to help them develop and maintain healthy relationships with others.

**What you will get**: