Job vacancy: Lead Nurse, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Derbyshire

Job summary

Main area: Nursing
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 383-COR-2043-21-A

Employer: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kingsway
Town: Derbyshire
Salary: £31,365 - £37,890 pa, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2021 23:59

Lead Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Derbyshire Healthcare and our Chief Executive, Ifti Majid, is a national advocate on these issues. We are actively seeking to increase diversity in our workforce through our recruitment activities. Selection will be on the basis of merit and we are committed to the principles of positive action, to address any imbalances of opportunity.

We are committed to ensuring that all Trust colleagues can work safely during the current Coronavirus crisis. As part of this, the Trust is reviewing job roles in relation to COVID-19 national guidance, in terms of home working, flexibility and safe practice, to ensure positive working environments for staff and the best quality services for patients. Please note that this post may be subject to adjustments in line with COVID-19 national guidance.

We are looking for Registered Nurses to join Our Trust.

As a result of our on-going response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are keen to hear from Lead Mental Health Nurses/ Registered Learning Disability Nurses to join our new Peripatetic Team.

This is a new and exciting initiative we have developed to help to support our Trust during the current pandemic, and to help support winter pressures in our services.

The teams will be bases across the 3 inpatient sites of the Trust.

The 3 sites are:

Kingsway Campus - inclusive of rehabilitation (open), older people and low secure services.
Hartington unit - Adults of working age and older people acute services.
Radbourne unit - Adults of working age, Enhanced Care Unit and the Perinatal Unit

These teams will be in place to support areas where staffing is impacted by COVID 19 isolation and absence as per the current guidance, it is expected that members of the team will be flexible and willing to work with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Therefore, part of the process joining the team will be to undertake a health risk assessment and occupational health clearance, as per legal obligation within employment law.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals. You will need strong leadership skills, be able to make decisions and have sound communication skills.

Our Client group is diverse and you will need a good level of knowledge of the differing mental health needs of adults needing inpatient care.

Once the situation with Covid-19 pandemic and the winter pressures have receded, we will be in a position to offer you a substantive nursing post within one of our in-patient service areas.

As an organisation we lead on a number of key research areas such as Mindfulness, Compassion, Dementia, Delirium, Self-Harm, Safeguarding and Children’s Mental Health Psychological Interventions.

Derbyshire is an area of outstanding natural beauty boasting one of the UK’s most accessible national parks.

Derbyshire is a culturally diverse county and we hope to welcome you to our diverse and forward thinking organisation so that we can be – Better Together.

Please be mindful that the ward provides a 24 hour, year round, in-patient service; so you would need to be able to work shift patterns, including morning, afternoon, nights, weekends, Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays.

Details of our staff support packages are on our website. Some of which include:

Schwartz Rounds
PEER Support
Employee assistance service
Training and development opportunities such as psychodynamic therapy training, coaching and mentoring
Support to meet your registration needs
Access to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Research Centre and library facilities

When you join, your DBS check will be free of charge.

We have full time or flexible hours available.

This job may close early if a large number of applications are received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing your chance to apply.

Please ensure you regularly check the email account (including JUNK MAIL folder) that you use to submit your application, as any further communication regarding your application will be sent electronically.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE ATTACHED GUIDANCE NOTES BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION FORM.

Derbyshire Healthcare is proud to deliver compassionate care from smoke-free environments.

DBS Check
The cost of undertaking a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) disclosure will be met by the individual. The Trust will meet the initial costs of the disclosure which will be deducted from your first month’s salary. The current price of a standard check is £23 and an enhanced check is £40.

IMPORTANT - REFERENCES
We are obliged to check employment history for at least the past 3 years for successful candidates. Please ensure that the referees you provide us cover at least the past 3 years of your employment/training.

PLEASE NOTE, OUR SALARY SCALES ARE INCREMENTAL, AND STAFF NEW TO THE NHS WILL USUALLY START AT THE BOTTOM POINT OF THE PAYSCALE ADVERTISED.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship hereWork in the UK. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found hereCriminal records checks for overseas applicants. Not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, check if you’re eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead. It’s cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Liz Morrison
Job title: Peripatetic Manager
Email address: liz.morrison1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07384 876683
Additional information: Sara Johnson, Service Manager, 07876 153568

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: People Resource Team
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Walton Hospital Peter McCarthy Suite
Whitecotes Lane
Chesterfield
S40 3HW
Telephone: 07741 296 478

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