Charge Nurse - Mother and Baby Unit

To lead the clinical management of a designated group of service users in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care. To ensure that junior staff and students are actively engaged in patient activity. To observe, report and record changes in the service user physical, mental health and behaviour. To work with the MDT in planning and delivering care. To maintain working knowledge of legislation, policy and guidance pertaining to mental health and learning disabilities. To identify, provide and supervise the necessary physical care to service users to help them complete daily living activities, i.e. personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, manual handling, personal environment, manual handling, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity and physical observations. To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality, spiritual beliefs and activity, supporting the individual to fulfil these. To identify and take action
when any behaviour undermines diversity and equality. To identify, provide and supervise therapeutic activities, emotional support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries. To create and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff and with other professionals and agencies to enhance recovery. To undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height and report exceptions as appropriate. To be responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication. To work within Trust and Professional Guidelines related to consent and capacity to consent. To understand the range of interventions available, the evidence base and potential outcomes for service users.