Clinical Charge Nurse

The Clinical Charge Nurse role is suitable for Registered Nurses who have successfully completed Preceptorship and have registered as an approved NMC mentor.
The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of high quality safe
nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical
excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
As a Clinical Charge Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care.
You will be expected to support professional development through clinical
appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational
Programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment. Your
professional and personal development will include further study, and you will be encouraged and supported by your line manager to undertake
these further development.
As a senior nurse working within the South London and the Maudsley's NHS Foundation Trust you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and organisational working., As a member of the clinical team, providing patient care, we encourage you
to be:

• Caring


• Competent


• Courageous


• Committed


• Communicative


• Compassionate

Your main duties will involve:
+ Providing robust leadership on the ward
+ Role modelling to junior colleagues
+ Deputising ward manager in their absence
+ Supervisions and appraisals
+ Completing staff's competencies
+ Audits
+ Rota completion
+ Maintaining safer staffing levels
+ Leading on Quality Improvement initiatives
+ Participating in their own professional development
+ Duty Senior Nurse
+ Managing the ward budget
+ Managing staff conflict
+ Dealing with formal and informal complaints
+ DATIX reviewing and fact finder completion
Working for your organisation
South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a framework of values and commitments which are :
Excellence, Caring, Kind and polite, Respectful
Having user focus , Prompt and value your time
Open, Partnership.
Take time to listen to you,
Compassionate
Safety , Be honest and direct with you
Collaborative
Responsive
Will do as I say I am going to do
Consistent
Learning

Working for our organisation
South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a framework of values and commitments which are :
Excellence, Caring, Kind and polite, Respectful
Having user focus , Prompt and value your time
Open, Partnership.
Take time to listen to you,
Compassionate
Safety , Be honest and direct with you
Collaborative
Responsive
Will do as I say I am going to do
Consistent
Learning, The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.