Charge Nurse

The Mount has a fabulous opportunity to join our expanding inpatient teams. We are keen to welcome experienced nurses who are passionate about older adult care and making a difference in people's lives. The candidate should want to develop themselves as a charge nurse/ sister and hold an enthusiasm for service development and leadership. Successful candidates will be highly motivated, caring, compassionate and proud to work with older adults.
The Mount has four wards, (two dementia assessment, two functional mental health), dedicated to the delivery of safe and effective care to the older adult population of Leeds, priding ourselves on our excellent mental health and our outstanding physical health care.
On the wards you would join a multi-disciplinary team in providing high standards of care to service users and working closely with carers/families. The role gives you the opportunity to develop your excellent clinical skills and will offer more experience of operational leadership. We offer comprehensive on-going support and professional development to all our staff including appraisals, personal development plans, short term & long term study opportunities & a robust clinical supervision structure.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGNc7_uJFH8&list=PLlT1hSoitj5RBuf-czPHXUU_ZCNbG_FSr, The Older Peoples Inpatient Service provides inpatient care, assessment and treatment to service users living with dementia and service users with functional mental health needs such as diagnosis of depression or psychosis. We aim to provide effective person centered care to all service users and offer an individualized care plan that both aids in recovery and promotes wellbeing. We also aim to work in partnership with service users to both maintain a person's skills and personhood but also work in promoting coping strategies.
The post holder will provide strong leadership to their team on a day to day basis, provide their team of staff with monthly supervision, annual appraisal and offering expertise and support regarding patient flow -ensuring effective care and timely appropriate discharges from the ward.
The post holder will be responsible for assisting the Ward Manager in all duties relating to the overall wider responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting and role modelling of standards of care across the teams.
An essential aspect of the role will be to take a lead in designated areas of practice across the Unit, working with the Service Matron and Ward Manager to develop an action plan, identify training and development needs and consider audit requirements in relation to this area (e.g medicines management, purposeful admission, educational lead), Takes on the role of shift co-ordinator, as designated on a shift by shift basis ensuring the smooth running of the shift, reporting concerns or incidents in the appropriate manner through the management structure.
The post holder will also be expected to act on a rotation basis as the senior nurse on site. The role of the senior nurse (SN) on site is to offer support and guidance to staff across all wards. The role will be supernumerary allowing staff to flex across the unit to support wards if there is a need. The focus for the senior nurse will be primarily but not exclusively ensuring safe and adequate staffing levels at all times and supporting with capacity and flow particularly outside of normal working hours. This role will also provide clinical guidance and support to staff across the in-patient service when not acting in the role of senior nurse the post holder will continue in their main role as charge nurse/sister.
Takes an active role in the project work in order to achieve high standards of clinical care e.g. Dementia Care Mapping and best practice in dementia care, Promoting wrap or recovery focused models of care.
The post holder will assist the ward Manager / Service Matron with the implementation and monitoring of action plans and performance plans for identified staff who are subject to performance management plans

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa., LYPFT is committed to upholding its' statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
If you have not received any further communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.