Charge Nurse- Southgate Ward

Job summary

We're looking for aspiring leaders and clinically credible nurses to join our dedicated team in Suffolk as a Charge Nurse on Southgate Ward. This role offers you a great opportunity to develop your leadership skills and progress your nursing career.

We are seeking a registered mental health nurse with strong clinical expertise who is ready to move from staff nurse to charge nurse, or who already has experience to share in this field. Experience in inpatients is preferred, but we welcome clinicians from other mental health backgrounds. Candidates should be well‑motivated, possess good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and enthusiasm for working with acutely unwell adults and their families through challenging periods of mental health and well‑being.

We offer extensive training opportunities to support staff development.

Support your skill development through leadership courses, mentorship and formal recognised qualifications. The role can be challenging, so clinicians must bring a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and a hands‑on approach. The clinician is expected to reflect on issues of power, difference, and the importance of working across systems.

Provide excellent care, demonstrate high‑quality clinical skills and be willing to go the extra mile to make a difference. The post requires full PMA fitness (training provided) and the ability to work shifts, including nights and weekends, over a 7‑day period.

At NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team. We provide ongoing training and development opportunities and are committed to an environment in which staff can thrive.

We face challenges as a Trust but have ambitious aspirations, exciting transformation work, and need dedicated individuals to support our journey. Our nursing networks and leadership team ensure you are truly cared for and supported.

The area offers a warm and welcoming community, beautiful coastline, Broads National Park, proximity to London, an international airport in Norwich, historic villages, independent cafes, shops, theatres, excellent shopping, dining, top ranking schooling and affordable housing.

• NHS pension
• A comprehensive in‑house and external training programmes
• Career progression
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• Staff physiotherapy service
• Gym membership
• NHS discounts and many more

As Charge Nurse, you will support your care team and work within governance processes to implement individualised and responsive care. You will collaborate with the Clinical Team Leader and Clinical Nurse Specialist to manage the ward effectively across environmental, financial and clinical domains.

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Completion of the preceptorship

• Relevant post‑registration experience in a mental health setting
• Understanding of confidentiality issues
• The ability to undertake Breakaway and Physical Intervention training
• Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7‑day a week period
• Ability to travel

• Leadership / Management Training
• Management/Leadership of junior staff
• Ability to supervise others
• Awareness of security and its impact, and willingness to expand knowledge on it
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act 1983

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.