# Clinical Charge Nurse (National Psychosis Unit) **Company**: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: Beckenham **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: permanent **Salary**: £45,953 to £54,254 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9334-26-1006?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_52965789-5b5 ## Description The National Psychosis Unit is looking for a highly skilled and motivated nurse to join our senior nursing team and wider MDT as a Clinical Charge Nurse (Band 6). The post holder will deliver and advise on the delivery of high-quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. Key responsibilities include: - Leading the assessment, admission, care planning, treatment and ongoing management of service users - Ensuring delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care, meeting physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual needs - Coordinating and evaluating care with the multidisciplinary team (MDT), incorporating patient and carer feedback - Managing patient flow, admissions and discharges, liaising with health and social care professionals and identifying barriers to discharge - Producing monthly patient progress and treatment reports for Integrated Care Boards - Undertaking clinical observations, physical health assessments and monitoring, escalating concerns appropriately - Administering and monitoring medication, ensuring compliance and management of side effects - Promoting healthy lifestyles and providing health education and advice - Maintaining accurate, timely and legally compliant records, care plans and risk assessments - Ensuring adherence to safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Trust policies and professional standards - Promoting recovery-focused practice, dignity, equality, diversity and inclusion - Supporting a safe, clean environment and ensuring safe management of medicines, equipment and patient property - Participating in clinical supervision, reflective practice and supporting junior staff development The National Psychosis Unit is an 18-bedded, mixed-gender ward, based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, providing innovative individualized evidence-based care to help those people with complex psychosis. The successful candidate will have: - A registered General Nurse and/or Registered Mental Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disability Nurse qualification - A Practice Assessor qualification - Evidence of continuing professional development - Experience as a supervisor and supporting junior colleagues - Knowledge of clinical governance and experience of having undertaken audits Desirable qualifications and experience include: - A Master's degree - Experience of working in a tertiary service and/or knowledge of referral pathways and processes - Experience caring for patients who experience treatment-resistant psychosis - Experience caring for patients who experience complex physical health co-morbidities - Experience caring for patients who are neurodiverse The salary for this post is £45,953 to £54,254 per annum, inclusive of HCAS. ## Skills ### Required - Registered General Nurse - Registered Mental Nurse - Registered Learning Disability Nurse - Practice Assessor qualification - clinical governance - audits ### Nice to have - Master's degree - tertiary service experience - treatment-resistant psychosis experience - complex physical health co-morbidities experience - neurodiverse experience --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9334-26-1006?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)