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General Adult Inpatient Mental Health & Learning Disabilities
(Adult Mental Health and Learning Disabilities)
Lead Nurse, Band 8B
Full Time, Permanent
Salary Scale: £60,134 - £64,736 per annum
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Mental Health Inpatient Services, NHS Tayside for a Lead Nurse, to provide expert clinical advice, professional advice, leadership, accountability and governance for the mental health nursing profession.
This key professional leadership role will involve working in collaboration with all key stakeholders and as part of the Mental Health & Learning Disability Inpatient Service, with a clear focus on the mental health nursing contribution to the maintenance of clinical excellence.
The Inpatient Services includes a range of diverse services, spread across 3 Hospital sites including - General Adult Psychiatry Admission Wards, Learning Disability Inpatient Wards, Rehabilitation Inpatient Service, Inpatient Substance Misuse Service, Crisis Response and Home Treatment Services and Liaison Psychiatry
The Lead Nurse will ensure that nursing care respects, recognises the uniqueness of the individual and their care needs. The Lead Nurse will ensure that nursing care is safe, contemporary, person centred and maximises the involvement of patients and carers of the individual.
Main duties / responsibilities fall under the following key categories:- person centred care; clinical and professional leadership; a culture of team work, communication and collaboration; quality improvement, research and practice development; continuous professional development; safe, effective and reliable care; workforce and staff governance. These in turn mirror NHS Tayside’s key values:- care and compassion; dignity and respect; openness, honesty and responsibility, quality and teamwork.
The Post Holder will be a key member of the Inpatient Mental Health Operational Leadership Team and will lead on Nursing Care Governance, Standards of Practice and Professional Governance for all Registered and support workers within the services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable individual who will enjoy working in a challenging environment. The post holder must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse / Registered Learning Disability Nurse, with post registration experience gained in a variety of nursing environments to a level of seniority commensurate with this post.
Additionally, professional knowledge acquired through degree level education and supplemented by specialist training or experience and education to Masters Level with a formal qualification (or evidence of experiential learning commensurate with Masters level study) is required.
Informal enquiries to: Keith Russell, Associate Nurse Director, Keith.Russell2@nhs.scot
Hours of work are: 37.5 predominantly Monday to Friday – 9-5pm.