A Vacancy at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.We are looking for a number of Acting Charge Nurses who can demonstrate strong lea.....
A Vacancy at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a number of Acting Charge Nurses who can demonstrate strong leadership, compassion and empathy to our patients, improving the quality of care and service delivery within a Secure Mental Health and Learning Disability inpatient environment.
Secure Care Division is responsible for specialised secure mental health and learning disability services, in low, medium and high secure settings. Working across the Secure Care Division as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of high standards of care and treatment to a challenging group of service users.
Along with your registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse qualification, you will need to have at demonstrable experience post preceptorship and you must demonstrate enthusiasm in your attitude, willingness to work as a team by being flexible and supportive of the wider service. Your commitment and behaviour towards our service users using effective communication skills and the ability to thrive in a stimulating environment along with performing well under pressure is essential.
This vacancy is for a Charge Nurse and within the Secure Care Division, as we are a mobile Trust you may be expected to work at any of our sites across the division
Shifts will be rostered in advance as per working practices in your base area. Working hours may include working unsocial shifts (e.g. Night duty, Weekends, School Holidays, Christmas & Bank Holidays etc.)
Charge nurses will model the Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support in progressing the Trust ambition to achieve perfect care for our patient group.
As a charge nurse you will operate as the clinical focus for day to day planning of treatment, risk assessment and management of the quality of care delivered to the patient group by a team of nurses, carrying continuous responsibility for care and safety issues during hours of duty.
It will be within your responsibility to maintain an overview of all cases allocated to internal care co-ordinators/case managers/care workers.
You will organise and supervise on a day to day basis the work of the nursing staff ensuring that professional standards are maintained.
Full details of the job are included within the Job description and personal specification.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.
For full details of the job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and personal specification.
This advert closes on Monday 4 Dec 2023
