Senior Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This Senior Staff Nurse role on Macarthur Ward offers a clinical pathway focusing on training, development, clinical governance, and quality improvement. The successful candidate will develop and implement comprehensive care plans and actively contribute to shaping inpatient services. The role involves supporting junior staff and maintaining clinical standards within mental health inpatient wards.
Key responsibilities
- Maintain and develop own and the team's clinical skills, knowledge, and professional practice.
- Support and contribute towards the organisation's clinical governance systems and quality standards.
- Act as a clinically focused Senior Staff Nurse within Inpatient Wards, providing support and advice.
- Act in a consultative role for junior staff, supporting their upskilling.
- Be conversant with and practice within the realms of the 1983 Mental Health Act.
- Engage in clinical supervision both as a provider and receiver.
Essential criteria
- A professional healthcare qualification (Nurse)
- Registration to practice
- Comprehensive experience of multi-disciplinary work
Desirable criteria
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience
- Post-graduate experience working in MH Inpatients
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 11d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Staff Nurse
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Macarthur Ward Team have got vacancy for the post of Senior Staff Nurse (Band 6).
The successful candidate would be able to pursue a more clinical pathway in their career.
Reporting to the Ward Manager, you would be working in a multi-faceted role encompassing training and development, clinical governance and quality and continuous improvement as well as a heavy focus on developing and implementing comprehensive care plans, not to mention research and being an active participant in shaping the future of in-patients' services.
Main duties of the job
Professional responsibilities
- To maintain and develop own and the teams clinical skills, knowledge and professional practice via a local training template in line with professional, NICE, SCIE (social care institute for excellence) and KSF guidelines and service need, ensuring the maintenance of effective evidence based practice.
To support and contribute towards the organisation's clinical governance systems, supporting quality standards and work towards the continuous improvement in clinical and service quality.
Clinical Responsibilities
- To act as a clinically focussed Senior Staff Nurse within Inpatient Wards providing support/advice; linking with Matrons and community spec
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