Clinical Charge Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for one substantive post of Clinical Charge Nurse (Band 6) in our forensic directorate, which holds 8 wards; 2 Acute male admission ward, 3 male rehabilitation pathway wards, 2 male low secure wards and 1 Female Low secure ward. As a Trauma Informed Service, we are looking for a dynamic, compassionate, and self-reflective individual with strong clinical skills. You will support your Clinical Team Leader to deliver high-quality care, in which nursing, therapeutic and relational skills support both our patients and staff to feel safe, listened to, valued, engaged, and empowered. 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. The post operates on a shift rota system, including weekends and night work, this is inclusive of the duty senior nurse role. You will receive staff induction, in-house training, frequent supervision and personal development reviews., Through evidence-based practice you will assist in leading the management of clinical issues on the ward, with an emphasis on relational security and risk assessment, whilst promoting patient choice, collaboration, and transparency. Main responsibilities include:

• To work in collaboration with clinicians to review physical health needs of the patient.
• To develop services that meet needs by delivering an agreed strategy for healthcare.
• To work with medical and nursing staff to ensure that the team are assessing and escalating patients in line with the physical healthcare policy.
• To develop and maintain Standard Operational Procedures for the clozapine clinic, updating as necessary, ensuring the service develops and reflects recent research and is evidence-based.
• To assist in completing audits to check compliance with policies and advise on actions plans arising from findings.
• To support students within the clinical areas in relation to physical healthcare
You will be supported to develop on your clinical and managerial leadership skills. Through developmental support, you will recognise the impacts of adverse and traumatic experiences on patients and staff. You will be motivated to support all staff, patients, and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by creating a psychologically safe environment.

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:
• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care