Band 6 Charge Nurse - Cove Ward, Long Fox Unit, Weston-Super-Mare

Are you passionate about working with older adults and up for a new challenge? Many of us have loved ones who have sadly been affected by mental health. Here on Cove Ward, we make it our priority to support those who experience mental health difficulties in later life in any way possible to improve their quality of life in a person cantered holistic way.

Our team is made up of psychiatrists, mental health nurses, healthcare support workers, psychologists, dietician, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and pharmacists, and we all work together to provide the best outcome possible for our service users.

We work with people during a period of time when they need compassion, understanding and support. Our work also makes a real difference to families and carers.

We strive to explore new and innovative ideas to improve our service in addition to the evidence-based care we deliver on a daily basis.

If you are passionate about working with older adults with function mental health difficulties or would like to gain experience in this amazingly rewarding field, then please apply. If you want additional information, or to visit the ward please contact the ward manager, Sarah McKeever., The role of Band 6 Charge Nurse will involve clinically leading and managing a team of staff nurses and health care assistants. You will support the Ward Manager with some operational duties and help develop and maintain clinical standards.

You will be an experienced registered nurse with a keen interest in working with later life service users. You will be innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic with a passion in delivering the highest quality of care and continually working to improve the standards of care offered.

You will be able to demonstrate a passion for clinical excellence, have a high level of emotional resilience, and be able to support and motivate staff with developing and enhancing services.

You will be offered a unique opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge within an acute admission ward for people with varied mental health diagnosis.

You will be supported to gain expertise in older adult mental health Care through training and development. Cove ward offers a unique learning opportunity through its regular team days and band 6 development days, involving bespoke targeted learning. This covers topics in relation to physical health care, mental health care, older adult and inpatient nursing skills.

You will be offered monthly supervision,with a specific focus on your health and wellbeing, in addition to any developmental requests.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.