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Exciting Career Opportunity- Inpatient Mental Health Nursing
Post Title: Mental Health Services Senior Charge Nurse (2 wte posts)
Grade: Agenda for Change Band 7
Salary: £ 40,872-£47,846
Tenure: Permanent , Full Time Rotational shifts (37.5 hours)
Relocation Package where appropriate
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is the largest NHS Board in Scotland. We provide strategic leadership and performance management for the entire local NHS system in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area ensuring that services are delivered effectively and efficiently.
With around 40,000 staff we provide Acute, Mental Health Services, Primary and Community Care to a population of 1.2 million people resident in our area.
Our Mental Health and Addiction Services are delivered through Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership acting on behalf of the 6 Health and Social Care Partnerships within the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Board area.
Investing in our Mental Health Services workforce is a key priority to enable the continued development and progress to the implementation of the Board’s Mental Health Strategy to ensure the ongoing delivery of quality safe, effective, person centred care.
About the role
Are you seeking an opportunity to continue your personal development to help you further your career?
We are currently recruiting two Mental Health Services Senior Charge Nurses to join our senior inpatient nursing leadership team who have responsibility for older adult population within Balmore Ward a Dementia Assessment Ward and Banff Ward is for Older Adults with functional mental health problems. The Wards are within the Leverndale Hospital site in south Glasgow.
Balmore Ward is an 18 bedded Ward in Leverndale Hospital providing care for male and female patients who have a diagnosis of Dementia and who are perceived to have significant levels of distress associated with dementia. The psychological responses to stress and distress in dementia are assessed by the team and using a biopsychosocial model of care.
Banff ward is a 20 bed unit within the Leverndale site providing care for male and female older adults experiencing functional mental health problems. Psychological and biological responses to these illnesses are assessed and monitored by the MDT and close links with CMHTs to ensure recovery focussed evidenced based coordinated care in the right place at the right time.
As well as nursing colleagues both wards have 5 Consultant Psychiatrists covering various geographic catchment areas, dedicated Psychologist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapists, Therapeutic Activity nurse who function as Multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient evidenced based care provision.
The successful post holders will have professional and managerial responsibility for the ward nursing and support team, including responsibility for facilitating and providing clinical leadership whilst ensuring a high standard of person centred care is delivered to patients and their families.
These are key leadership roles in the delivery of safe, person centered, effective, timely and equitable care requiring the post holders to manage registered nursing staff and support staff as well as coordinating input from the wider multidisciplinary team.
Both roles represent exciting career opportunities for candidates who are striving for excellence and who want to make a real difference to the service provision for the older adult population.
The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work in an Inpatient mental health services function that uses a multi-disciplinary approach and aims to deliver quality care underpinned by values and evidenced based practice in an environment that places minimal possible restrictions on personal choice.
As the a senior charge nurse you will be instrumental in the day to day running of the Ward leading your team to manage service improvement with a strong focus on training and education in your areas of expertise.
Reporting to the Inpatient Service Manager you will also work closely with wider senior management within the hospital site and Older People and Primary care Community services on delivery of clinical governance and service development processes including the meeting of key inpatient objectives. You will participate in multi-disciplinary decision making with regards to clinical and risk assessment/ risk management and plans of care. Monitoring nursing clinical activity/ workforce issues and ensuring resource efficiency are critical aspects of the roles.
We are seeking to appoint two exceptional candidates
We are seeking to recruit individuals who are enthusiastic about implementing change and who will support development of clinical practice whilst evidencing continuous improvement and learning in the delivery of safe, effective, and person centred services.
This role demands evidence of effective communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. We are looking for an individual with enthusiasm and commitment who will enjoy the challenge the role offers.
It is an essential requirement that you are a NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse and will bring to the role extensive post registration experience within a relevant area and/or demonstrate expert clinical and professional practice developed through experience. You will be experienced in leading teams and can work effectively as part of a multi-professional / multi-agency team. The SCN post holder will be required to work across all shift patterns, working 5 days over 7 days but hours can be negotiated.
For more information about the post please refer to the Job Description including the Person Specification which can be found at the bottom of this recruitment advertisement.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
We look forward to receiving your application.
If you would like to find out more about this role before applying, please contact Pauline McCulloch, Service Manager Older People and Primary Care, Glasgow City HSCP – South Locality
Telephone 0141 211 6496/ 07887626863
E-mail: Pauline.mcculloch@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Closing date for returning an application is: xxx
Find out more about NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde www.nhsggc.org.uk