Job summaryLead with Compassion, Care with PurposeWaterloo Manor Hospital is the largest female personality disorder service in the United Kingdom, providing specialized assessment and treatment for women with complex mental health needs.
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Charge Nurse to join the team!
Main duties of the jobWhat You'll be Doing
- Support the Ward Manager and manage nursing teams during shifts
- Oversee patient care planning, delivery, and documentation
- Support crisis management and recovery-focused interventions
- Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic care
- Mentor junior staff and promote professional development
- Uphold safety, dignity, and compliance with clinical standards
About usWaterloo Manor Hospital is a specialist hospital dedicated to supporting women with complex mental health needs, particularly personality disorders. Situated in serene, landscaped grounds on the outskirts of Garforth, Leeds, our facility blends exceptional clinical expertise with compassion, dignity and hope.
The team at provide compassionate, person-centred, and evidence-based care for individuals experiencing a wide range of mental health conditions including personality disorders, mental illness, and secondary conditions such as challenging behaviour, substance misuse, learning disabilities, disordered eating and dissociative identity disorder.
Individuals are supported by a highly experienced Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), which includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and Social Worker. Approaches include Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy, with a strong focus on trauma-informed care. Occupational Therapists help develop practical coping strategies through meaningful daily activities and vocational support, alongside a social worker who co-ordinates family involvement, legal matters, and discharge planning to ensure continuity of care within the community.
Job responsibilities- Delivering person-centered care for adults with complex mental health needs.
- Assessing patient health problems and needs, developing nursing care plans, and maintaining medical records.
- Administering nursing care to patients, ensuring their privacy, dignity, and respect.
- Acting as a key worker for nominated patients under the direction of a registered nurse.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Current RMN registration.
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy.
- Teaching qualification ENB 998, TICS, MELPS.
- Other specific job related post registration qualification.
ExperienceEssential- Working with complex, acute mental health.
- Providing staff supervision and appraisal to both qualified and non professionally aligned staff.
- Undertaking audits within a clinical setting.
- To have experience in working / liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care.
- The 1983 Mental Health Act and related legislation, codes of practice and guidance.
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.Employer detailsEmployer name: InMind
Address: Waterloo Manor Hospital, Selby Road, Leeds, LS25 1NA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Recruitment Partner, Jo Brown, Jo.brown@ihcm.co.uk
