Charge Nurse

The Older People's Inpatient Service at The Mount has a fabulous opportunity to join our expanding inpatient teams. We welcome experienced nurses who are passionate about older adult care & making a difference in people's lives. You will want to develop as a charge nurse/ sister & hold an enthusiasm for service development & leadership, be naturally highly motivated, caring, compassionate & proud to work with older adults.

The Mount has four wards (two dementia assessment, two functional mental health), dedicated to the delivery of safe & effective care to the older adult population of Leeds, priding ourselves on our excellent mental health & outstanding physical health care. Please state in your application your preference of ward or specialism & we will discuss this with you at interview.

On the wards you would join a multi-disciplinary team in providing high standards of care to service users & working closely with carers/families. This role gives you the opportunity to develop your excellent clinical skills & will offer you more experience of operational leadership. We offer comprehensive on-going support & professional development to all our staff including appraisals, personal development plans, short term & long term study opportunities & a robust clinical supervision structure., 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.

You will provide strong leadership to your team on a day to day basis, providing staff with monthly supervision, annual appraisal and offering expertise and support regarding patient flow -ensuring effective care and timely appropriate discharges from the ward.

As Charge Nurse, you 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.

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.