Charge Nurse Lead – Mental Health & Quality Care

Company: Government of The United Kingdom
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Location: Wallsend
Job Description:

Engage in complex health assessments as appropriate and plan relevant care in partnership with services users e.g. Specialist assessment of complex nursing needs Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals which reflect individual needs Ensure that everyone involved in the care plan receives a copy and to ensure that all relevant details are recorded on trust IT systems Assist service users to meet their personal care needs e.g. assisting with bathing and washing, as outlined in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions. To participate in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of clients and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a concordance frameworkand relevant policies. Administer medication, including Intra-muscular injections depot medication as appropriate and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate As named nurse to have responsibility for undertaking mental and behavioural state examinations for own service users and service users being admitted, repeated on at least a weekly basis with clinical risk assessment and management plans Take charge of the ward in the absence of senior staff for clinical, environmental, and managerial aspects. Shift Co-ordination including allocation of resources, deployment of staff, upholding the requirements of the Mental Health Act, maintaining a safe environment, liaising with other disciplines, service users and carers Positively contribute to the operational management of the team At nights and weekends undertaking additional responsibilities for hospital wide issues of bed management, staff deployment, fire coordination etc. Implement SafetyAssessments and management plans on a daily basis To be involved in the recruitment of staff Take responsibility for the provision of appraisal and supervision of other team members including induction of junior staff members and assessment of work based studies such as NVQ Contribute and deliver in the planning and delivery of teaching sessions to members of the multi-disciplinary team and outside agencies including professions from primary care in order to implement mandatory training or to pass on specialist knowledge and skills. These sessions may be part of protected learning time Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies through the use of audit and policy development Ensure sufficient time is allocated to provide and receive clinical and managerial supervision, to include work load management, focusing on improving quality of care and audit in line with the Government Modernisation Programme, throughcompetent planning and organisational skills Ensure the therapeutic programme across a seven day period is developed and outcomes are shown through audit and evaluation of evidence based practice Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses, nurses in training and other members of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring training objectives are met Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses, nurses in training and other members of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring training objectives are met The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

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Posted: May 28th, 2026