Sister or Charge Nurse
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Job overview
Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse who wants to develop clinical knowledge, leadership skills and experience as a Ward Manager.
Huntington's disease is a rare, inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown (degeneration) of nerve cells in the brain. Huntington's disease has a wide impact on a person's functional abilities and usually results in movement, thinking (cognitive) and psychiatric disorders. This is a challenging but immensely rewarding area of mental health nursing to be successful in this role, you will need to be enthusiastic, forward thinking and emotionally resilient. You will be working within a supportive multidisciplinary team (MDT), caring for patients with a rare and degenerative condition.
You will receive comprehensive training, including specific training around the care and management of people with Huntington's Disease. You will also be able to develop your skills in both mental health and physical health nursing due to the complex nature of Huntington's Disease.
The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support.
For an informal chat, please contact Jodhun Persand on01162257886 or emailjodhun.persand@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage and take overall responsibility for care quality performance and clinical activity by providing professional nursing leadership and guidance, clinical advice, and management in relation to the key dimensions of health care quality:
Patient safetyThe effectiveness of all health care interventionsPatient experienceThe environment in which care is delivered
Job responsibilities
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