Charge nurse

If you love a challenge, have a passion to support others or are simply looking for a new opportunity then HPFT's Specialist Learning Disability Services are waiting to hear from you.

Dove Ward, Kingfisher Court is a 14 bedded Assessment and Treatment Unit for people with Learning Disabilities and is looking for caring and compassionate Nurses to come and join our team.

As our new Charge nurse, you will be welcomed into a safe and reassuring team, who inspire and encourage one another in being the best version of themselves for the benefit of those we care for.

Main duties of the job

This is a challenging but exciting opportunity that will enable development in specific skills such leadership and communication. This opportunity will be perfect for someone who is looking to work in a rewarding environment where no two days are the same.

Under the direction of the Team Leader, you will provide comprehensive professional and effective leadership, as well as clinical advice and expertise. Working hours involve shifts, including some nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Our service-users are our number one priority, and the multidisciplinary staff team are committed to creating a safe, supportive environment in which we can deliver the best quality care.,

• Take charge of the unit in the absence of the Team Leader and should instruct\demonstrate knowledge and skills to junior staff


• Identify the individual care needs of allocated service users, plan, implement and evaluate all care programmes in conjunction with the unit's nursing team and the MDT


• Participate in ward rounds, case conference and other meetings and will prepare reports on service users as required.
  
  Relevant professional qualifications i.e. RNLD and up to date registration


• Management/Leadership Qualifications or willingness to attend Leadership training


• Education to degree standard or equivalent relevant experience


• Preceptorship and Mentorship /ENB 998


PHYSICAL SKILLS

Essential criteria


• Ability to carry out long hours


Desirable criteria


• Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving, Good Interpersonal skills- able to negotiate and influence effectively


• Ability to communicate clearly - written and verbal


• Ability to communicate within a range of health professionals within the Multidisciplinary Team and any other statutory agencies, Ability to demonstrate leadership skills to have a sound understanding of the clinical and managerial issues involved on an inpatient unit


• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983


• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act


• Sound knowledge and ability to understand the importance of Infection


• PC skills including use of Excel and Access data base


• IT Skills, i.e., inputting electronic records, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.


Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional