Clinical Charge Nurse
1 month ago
Job summary
Clinical Charge Nurse, Band 6 Oxleas House, SE18 4QH Permanent- Full Time - 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, at Oxleas House.
Avery Ward is a 20 bedded female acute ward for adults aged 18 to 65, currently in crisis and require appropriate psychological and pharmaceutical interventions.
Shrewsbury ward is a 20 bedded male acute ward for adults aged 18 to 65, currently in crisis and require appropriate psychological and pharmaceutical interventions.
Tarn ward is a 14 bedded male psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). It provides inpatient mental health care for adults aged 18 to 65.
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.
The post operates on a shift rota system, including weekends and night work, this is inclusive of the duty senior nurse role.
Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period.
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.
Your professional and personal development will include further postgraduate study and you will be encouraged and supported by your line manager to undertake Master's programmes.
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:
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Job responsibilities
Leading and supporting junior staff to deliver person centred care. Formulating and documenting a plan of nursing care where possible in partnership with Service Users, carers, family, and friends including personal choices/likes/dislikes/wishes. Evaluating and documenting the outcomes of nursing interventions. Personal care (bathing, dressing, and grooming). Nutrition and hydration (monitor and ensure adequate intake) Emotional and social support. Leading and supporting junior staff to promote recovery Promoting independence Engaging with activities of their interest Leading and supporting junior staff to risk assess and risk manage Undertaking individual risk assessments as per Trust policy Engaging in 1-1 sessions, listening, responding, and reporting Prevention and management of aggression and violence including providing hands on care to prevent injury to self and others using approved technique such as PSTS/PMVA after undertaking appropriate training, assessment and deemed competent. Recognising service user health deterioration and taking action - monitoring physical health, checking vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, saturation, blood glucose, Glasgow coma scale. Knowledge of the Early Warning Signs (MEWS/NEWS) Reporting incidents as per Trust policy Safe use of medical devices Implementing safe and therapeutic observations policy levels Safe transfer of individuals Resuscitation procedure: ABLS/ILS after undertaking appropriate training, assessment and deemed competent Fire warden Coordinate junior staff and oversee the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed. Leading on safeguarding and duty of candour procedures ensuring that own practice and that of junior staff remains within legal, ethical, and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from peers. 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 Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse Mentorship qualification Mentorship Training or practice assessor
Desirable
Leadership Training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
Experience in working within a mental health setting with adults with acute mental illness Experience of medication management Experience of being in charge of a ward environment Experience of supervising and training junior staff and student nurses
Desirable
Experience of implementing quality improvement projects and sound knowledge of QI methodology Experience of patient flow systems-
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