Charge Nurse

Provide local clinical leadership under the direction of the Team Leader. Be responsible for the running of an identified clinical area including Key Performance Indicators (PDP, Attendance Management and e-rostering). Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of mental and physical health care for service-users. Teach other nursing and non-nursing personnel. Be a role model through their own good practice. Be responsible for maintaining clinical standards and team systems under the direction of the Team Leader. Assist the team leader in maintaining effective team-working processes, including outcome measures., Providing local clinical leadership to the team, and maintaining clinical standards Being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of mental and physical health care for service-users Teaching other nursing and non-nursing personnel Assisting the Team Leader in maintaining effective team-working processes, and deputising for them in their absence

• RNMH/RNLD/RMN/RGN
• Registered with NMC
• ENB 998/Mentorship training
• Experience at Band 5
• Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
• Experience of working in other clinical settings, The ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• The confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations
• The ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills may be required
• The ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour
• An understanding of the legal (MHA, MCA, DoL), safeguarding and social factors involved in care
• An understanding of relational security and of the therapeutic rationale for necessary rules and boundaries
Desirable criteria
• Specific applicable clinical skills eg cognitive therapy and anxiety management
• Knowledge or experience of implementing quality improvement initiatives
• Knowledge or experience of supporting service-users to manage their physical health and well-being, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Would you like to join an innovative organisation committed to the best possible care delivered by the best people? Beech Wald is looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic forensic Charge Nurse to join its team in Radlett, Hertfordshire., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.