Night Nurse Manager- Mental Health Nurse

Stafford, Staffordshire
Active Care Group

Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers in Neuro and Mental Healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people – no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We’d like you to join us as a Night Nurse Manager – Mental Health Nurse, at our service Ivetsey Bank in Stafford.

Ivetsey Bank Hospital is a Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) hospital for young people aged 12-18 with a diagnosed mental health condition. We’re committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy and empowered, enabling them to live the best life possible.

This is a Mental Health Nurse qualified role

What you’ll be working:

• 37.62 Hours (Monday – Sunday rota)

What you’ll be doing:

The Night Nurse Manager will have responsibility for the hospital at night for ensuring that staffing levels on all wards have the right skill mix and are in line with ladders, support and advise colleagues, to monitor the standards of care given and ensuring that colleagues adhere to ACG standards and policies.

This individual will be required to take on the role of the Night Nurse Manager during the night shift, they will be expected to support other wards with their breaks and provide effective leadership.

The Night Nurse Managers movements and management of the service are to be completed from the bleep holder’s ward.

• To take a handover from all wards including updates on any incidents, staffing levels and actions required to be carried forward.
• Make any required changes to staffing ensuring each ward has an equal allocation of permanent/agency staff, skill/gender mix.
• Attempt to cover any shifts not covered by using the Matrix system.
• Each ward should report all incidents, seclusions, sickness, DNA’s to the Night Nurse Manager to be recorded on the Night report at the end of each shift.
• Prepare a Night Report detailed below which should be shared with Ward Managers, Matron and Hospital Director
• Visit each ward throughout the night to ensure observations are being carried out and all colleagues are alert.
• Completion of 24 hour reports and CQC notifications alongside other documentation as advised by on call management
• Handover to the Ward Managers/CTLs in the morning.
• The Night Report will include:
  • Actual staffing numbers against Budgeted staffing numbers
  • Young people on enhanced support and what level
  • Any incidents that have occurred
  • Any planned interventions that have been missed (e.g. a missed NG feed) including reasons
  • Any trips to General or other hospitals
  • Anyone on overnight leave
• Any out of hours contractors (e.g. emergency carpenter) that needs to be called

What you’ll have:

• A legal right to work in the U.K.
• Qualified Mental Health Nurse with an active NMC registration
• Knowledge of NMC standards and guidelines, requests and professional practices
• Evidence of post registration continuing professional development
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality
• Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise
• Good working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Ability to undertake physical requirements of PRICE training
• Responsive and flexible
• Minimum 2 years experience post registration in mental health and ideally CAMHS with evidence of continued professional development in the relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years experience of working as a CTL/deputy ward manager or similar senior nursing role ideal but not essential

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays

• Birthday off

• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities

• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop

• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice

• A Nest Personal Pension account

• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians

• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme

• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits

• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know

• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group