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An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of Senior Charge Nurse for Inverclyde Mental Health Inpatient Services. The post holder will be based in Ward 4, which is a 20 bed (mixed gender) Acute Admission ward for Older Adults with mental health issues/organic disorders. This is a full time (37.5hrs), permanent post and the post holder will work a combination of management and clinical shifts, dependent on service requirements. The post holder has 24 hour responsibility for the ward including clinical nurse leadership, managing and supporting ongoing nursing team development to fulfil the key functions of the inpatient ward/department. In particular the post-holder will be responsible for safe and effective deployment and management of the nursing resource to ensure robust risk assessment/ risk management, implementation and evaluation of complex programmes of care. The post holder is required to undertake Nurse Line Management responsibilities of nursing staff, with overall responsibility for monitoring nursing activity related key performance indicators. The post holder has lead responsibility for profession specific clinical governance activity and monitoring which includes care assurance; standards compliance; professional regulation; responding to complaints; staff governance; Clinical Supervision; Nurse Line Management Supervision; legislative frameworks; national and board policy/ guidelines implementation. It is essential that you are a registered with the NMC as a Mental Health Nurse and have robust experience within a Band 6 Charge Nurse role.
Informal Contact: Carol Fitzharris, Inpatient Service Manager, Tel No: 01475 491910
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