Band 6 Charge Nurse - Bristol

Hopton Ward is a 7 bedded male ward, supporting men who are in their rehabilitation journey as well as those progressing towards a move into the community.

Service users on Hopton Ward can require a high level of support including support with treatment of Mental Illness, Physical health support and Personal Care needs.

Our service user group often consists of those working through the criminal justice system.

We Are Looking For Someone With

• Passion for Clinical leadership.
• Significant experience of working in a mental health setting. Ideally with experience in a Charge Nurse Position.
• Knowledge of mental health frameworks and recovery principles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities within a mental health setting.
• A compassionate, person-centred approach.
• Flexible and adaptable to change.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritise appropriately.

To inspire, lead and provide clear leadership to those working on the ward, enabling service delivery of the highest quality, ensuring that people who have Mental Health concerns are provided with a quality, person centred approach to care delivery, which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.

Line Management of those within your Supervision Team.

Undertaking clinical Audits.

Formulating and contributing towards Action Plans as a result of audit outcome.

Providing clinical support across Blackberry Hill hospital in an on call capacity in the role of 'Unit Nurse In Charge'.

Covering the responsibilities of the Ward Manager when they are absent.

Contributing to Quality Improvement Projects.

Ensuring high quality documentation.

Developing and communicating risk management plans.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Logue Job title: Ward Manager Email address: sally.logue@nhs.net Telephone number: 0117 354 7028

To find out more about this role, please send me an email and we can arrange a time to speak.