Northgate Ward has an exciting opportunity to join our team. This would be perfect for an experienced nurse within inpatient services looking to develop their skills and experience or for a nurse looking to return to inpatient care.
Northgate ward is a mixed sex adult acute ward. We have an experienced team passionate about providing individualised holistic care. We are committed to continuing quality improvement and encourage all staff to be part of this.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Nurse within a ward team is expected to take the lead in the implementation of individualised and responsive care planning, risk assessment and discharge facilitation. Within this role there is also an element of leadership and staff management for which excellent communication skills and the ability to self-reflect are critical.
We will look to support you to develop your skills in a variety of ways, be that through leadership courses, mentorship, involvement in quality improvement projects as well as more formal qualifications. If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people's lives then we would love to hear from you.
About us
Benefits included with this role are:
* 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)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities.
Person Specification
Skills
* Ability to work regularly unsupervised
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to travel
Qualifications
* RMN
* Leadership / Management Training
Experience
* At least 2 years post basic experience, 1 year at Senior Staff Nurse
* Management / Leadership of junior staff
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year gross per annum/ pro rata
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