Charge Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a compassionate and motivated Charge Nurse to join the team at Logandene, focusing on individuals living with dementia. You will provide clinical leadership, act as a role model, and support junior colleagues. The position involves ensuring safe, therapeutic, and person-centred care delivery. It's an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse or RNLD with inpatient experience to advance their leadership journey.
Essential criteria
- RMN/Dip, mental health
- Evidence of completion of the band 5 to 6 competency framework
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
- Minimum of 2 years at band 5
- Previous or current experience of working in dementia services
- Expereince of supporting staff through Supervision, preceptorship and mentorship
- Comprehensive knowledge of legal frameworks: MCA, MHA, DOLS
- The ability to analyse and use data through Audit, SPIKE, FOC
- Job related aptitude and skills
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team
- Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of risk assessment and management
- Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
- Specific clinical skills applicable e.g. PBS plans, diversion
- Implementing quality improvement initiatives.
- RMN/Dip, mental health
- Evidence of completion of the band 5 to 6 competency framework
- Leadership qualification
- Minimum of 2 years at band 5
- Previous or current experience of working in dementia services
- Expereince of supporting staff through Supervision, preceptorship and mentorship
- Comprehensive knowledge of legal frameworks: MCA, MHA, DOLS
- The ability to analyse and use data through Audit, SPIKE, FOC
- Job related aptitude and skills
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team
- Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of risk assessment and management
- Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
- Specific clinical skills applicable e.g. PBS plans, diversion
- Implementing quality improvement initiatives.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Charge Nurse
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are seeking compassionate, confident and motivated Charge Nurses to join our team at Logandene. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of individuals living with dementia, while supporting the development and wellbeing of the ward team.
As a key member of the nursing leadership team, you will play a central role in ensuring the delivery of safe, therapeutic and person-centred care. You will provide visible and supportive leadership on the ward, act as a clinical role model, and support junior colleagues to develop their skills and confidence.
If you are a Registered Mental Health Nurse or RNLD with post-registration experience in an inpatient setting and are ready to take the next step in your leadership journey, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The Charge Nurses' key role is to provide local clinical leadership to the team under the direction of the team leader.
The Charge nurse will:
Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for service users.
Be required to teach other nursing and non-nursing personnel.
Be a role model through their own good practise.
Be responsible for maintaining clinical standards, and team systems under the directio
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