Beechwood Ward at Parklands Hospital is a specialist assessment and treatment inpatient service for older adults with functional mental health needs, including depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. The ward provides a safe, therapeutic environment, supported by access to a dedicated garden and outdoor seating area for patients and visitors, promoting wellbeing and recovery.
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Charge Nurse to provide strong clinical leadership, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. The post holder will play a key role in coordinating the multidisciplinary team, supporting staff development, and maintaining a safe, responsive, and recovery-focused environment in line with Trust and CQC standards.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for Registered Mental Health Nurses, as well as general or dual-trained nurses, who are passionate about enhancing the physical health provision within a mental health inpatient setting. You will be supported to develop your skills in delivering holistic care that addresses both mental and physical health needs, helping to drive forward improvements in patient outcomes and experience.
Take part in clinical and management supervision and attend all developmental training sessions.
Take charge of a ward from time to time as allocated.
Adhere to those stipulations as defined in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct at all times.
Exercise leadership within the service by ensuring sound organisation, good communication and relationships within the nursing team under the guidance and supervision of the Ward Manager and Nurse Team Leader.
Inform the Ward Manager and/or Nurse Team Leaders of any specific clinical activity as appropriate.
Inform the Ward Manager and/or Nurse Team Leaders of any professional issues as necessary.
Report to, or assist/advise the Ward Manager and/or Nurse Team Leaders of any matters of complaint.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Current Nursing and Midwifery Council Registration (RGN/RMN/Dual Trained)
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Commitment to Lifelong Learning and completion of the rotational developmental programme of training.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
