Senior Charge Nurse - Enhanced Therapeutic Observation and Care
Listed on 2026-09-11
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Healthcare
NHS Scotland
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Position
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Registered Mental Health Nurse to support and lead improvements in Enhanced Therapeutic Observation and Care (ETOC) across acute hospital sites.
ETOC (Enhanced Therapeutic Observation and Care) focuses on ensuring patients who require additional therapeutic support and observation receive safe, person-centred, and clinically appropriate care.
This role will focus on strengthening the quality, coordination, and consistency of care delivery for:
- Patients requiring 1:1 enhanced therapeutic observation
- Cohorted patients within acute care environments
- Patients detained under current mental health legislation
The post will play a key role in improving patient outcomes and experience, while supporting a reduction in reliance on supplementary staffing through improved assessment, coordination, and more effective workforce utilisation.
Hours36 hours per week.
UK Driving LicenceA UK driving licence is essential for this role.
What You Will DoAs the Band 7 Senior Charge Nurse, you will provide clinical and operational leadership to enhance ETOC practice across acute services. This will include:
- Reviewing and strengthening assessment processes for patients requiring enhanced therapeutic observation and care
- Developing and embedding consistent, high-quality care approaches for cohorted and detained patients
- Ensuring care delivery aligns with mental health legislation, professional standards, and organisational policies
- Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, senior nurses, and operational leads
- Supporting staff education, upskilling, and promoting consistent standards of ETOC delivery
- Improving the coordination and oversight of enhanced observation to ensure safe, effective use of resources and reduce supplementary staffing spend
- Contributing to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to support ongoing service improvement
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Band 7 RMN to:
- Lead improvements in quality and safety of patient care
- Strengthen clinical and operational leadership skills
- Support delivery of more sustainable workforce models
- Influence practice for patients requiring enhanced therapeutic care within acute settings
- Strong clinical knowledge of mental health care within acute…
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