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Mental Health Senior Charge Nurse

Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity?

Do you have experience of working in a fast-paced environment within a large organisation?

Are you passionate about engaging with others and working as part of a team to achieve shared goals?

Who We Are

As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services

Our Regional Centres are located at Hillington, Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. This post will be based in our Cardonald Regional Centre. 

The Role

Clinical Lead will provide brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation, short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis. Using a range of brief solution-focused interventions, Clinical Leads will empower patients, carers and their families in decision making and divert to a range of health and social care resources for support.

Hours available for this post are 18.75 hours or 37 hours.

The post holders would be expected to work a range of all shifts including nights.

A full time 37-hour sample rota can be found in the digital pack.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Promoting a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
• Build and maintain relationships with colleagues to ensure effective communication across NHS 24 sites and externally with Partner Agencies (e.g. Out of Hours (OOH) Services, Ambulance Services, and Accident & Emergency (A&E) Units, GPs, Integration Joint Boards, Health & Social Care Partners)
• Providing clinical support and professional leadership to the mental health multi-disciplinary team, to ensure the ongoing development of the service and the individual practitioner
• Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence; setting, implementing and monitoring evidence-based policies, procedures and protocols.
• Influencing clinical decisions and monitor the quality of patient care using expert clinical knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.

Successful Applicant will:

• Possess a Mental Health Nurse qualification and valid NMC Registration
• Demonstrate significant post registration experience across a wide area of mental health service provision, particularly relevant would be experience of working within liaison psychiatry, crisis services or intensive home treatment teams.
• Demonstrate experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff.

Benefits

NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a permanent contract on Band 7, £46,244 - £53,789 Per Annum (pro rata if applicable). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development. As an NHS Scotland employee you will be entitled to:

• 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
• NHS discounts on goods and services
• HELP, employee support and assistance

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will contribute to the success of a public organisation.

Interested?

For an informal discussion, please contact Mandie McKay, Head of Clinical Services for Cardonald via email Amanda.McKay@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk

Please download the digital Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application. 

We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Digital Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application. 

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce.  We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.