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We are excited to be recruiting to the Senior Charge Nurse position in our Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU) at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
This role has responsibility for the leadership of the IPCU, ensuring a high standard of clinical practice, coordinated multi-professional collaboration and highly person-centred mental health nursing. Applicants will be able to demonstrate highly developed mental health nursing skills, ideally with recent experience in an inpatient setting, and have a sound understanding of operational management of teams or departments. A key characteristic of the successful candidate will be strong leadership and the ability to inspire others.
The role of the Senior Charge Nurse (SCN) blends operational management and clinical leadership. The SCN reports directly to the Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM) for acute inpatient mental health services and contributes to the delivery of services within the acute Mental Health Unit (MHU), including resource management, risk assessment and maximising patient flow.
Joining the leadership team within the MHU will provide the successful applicant with a range of experiences and an opportunity to contribute to the development of our inpatient service
We welcome applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses with post registration experience who are committed to and get excited by improving services and supporting staff wellbeing and who love collaborating with others to deliver the very best care to those we serve.
Our job description details which wider skills, experience, qualifications, values and behaviours are essential within this particular role. Sharing with us, in your application, about how you have demonstrated these in your work in the past and how this is relevant to this role will help us get to know you and your unique skills further.
The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
We love it when people contact us to discuss advertised posts. It allows you to find out more about us and the role and allows us to support you with your application process which we enjoy doing. Please do get in touch!
For informal enquiries contact Lianne Conville, Clinical Nurse Manager (Acute) lianne.conville@nhs.scot
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates.
NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.
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.