Band 6 Charge Nurse - Ashdown Ward - Salisbury
Fountain Way Hospital are currently looking to recruit experienced, innovative, enthusiastic nursing staff into Band 6 Charge Nurse positions on Ashdown Ward.
Ashdown is a 6 bedded male psychiatric intensive care unit that cares for individuals experiencing severe mental illness of a functional nature. We support men between the ages of 18-65 years and are situated in the same building as our mixed gendered adult ward.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to appoint a motivated and innovative individual as a Band 6 Nurse to take a lead role in the development and delivery of clinical care within the inpatient team. You will provide a full range of assessment, implementation and evaluation of care programmes for our service users, for which a commitment to service user and carer involvement is essential. You will manage a small case load as a named and or associate nurse and regularly take responsibility as shift coordinator.
As a key member of the management team for the ward you will support the Ward Manager in the operational management and clinical practice development for Ashdown, alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team. You will provide leadership and supervision to staff members and be active in the continued development and recruitment of staff.
Relevant experience at Band 5 is essential, as is demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development and achievement. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, high standards of practice and the motivation to develop inpatient care. They will also demonstrate an ability to support and motivate a staff team through line management and clinical supervision in order to maintain the strong team approach that is currently a feature of our work. The successful applicant will be required to work within a range of shifts and will be expected to participate in rotation onto nights.
Job responsibilities
1. Clinical Practice Management
2. Teaching, Education & Health Promotion
3. Continuing Professional Development
4. Finance and Workforce
5. Record Keeping and Administration
6. Evidence-Based Nursing, Practice Development & Clinical Audit
7. Professional Nursing Advice
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of continuing professional development over the past 2 years
Experience
* Able to demonstrate experience of effective risk assessment and management planning
* Experience of working in an acute setting as a Band 5 for the past 2 years
* Experience of undertaking supervision for junior staff
* Experience of working in an older adult acute setting as a Band 5 for the past 2 years
Skills
* Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate care and act accordingly to any changes required.
* Excellent documentation and communication skills including writing reports and IT
Knowledge
* Good understanding and implementation of the Mental Health Act 1983/2007
* Good understanding and implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
* Safe practice around the administration, management and disposal of medications
* Understanding of Deprivation of Liberty (DOLS)
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.
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