Charge Nurse - Laurel House and Honeybourne Unit

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 x caring, compassionate and highly motivated individuals to work with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust as Band 6 Charge Nurses at Laurel House and Honeybourne Unit. Both sites are Inpatient Mental Health Rehabilitation Units.

Please note that there are 2 separate roles; one based at Honeybourne Unit and one based at Laurel House, both at 18.75 hours per week.

Laurel House is a 13 bedded mixed unit and Honeybourne, a 10 bedded mixed unit based in Cheltenham. The services provide care for people with severe and enduring mental health needs, to help support them to become more independent and live fulfilled lives in the community. The units are set up to provide a more home from home environment, offering a low stimulus and calming environment for which to promote recovery and independence

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 7.5 hour shifts with a working pattern of 2 shifts for 2 weeks and 3 shifts for 2 weeks; amounting to 18.75 hours a week. Hours including rotational day time shifts to include weekends, bank holidays and cover for nights if needed. The total number of hours worked in a 4 week period will be 75 hours.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking 2 highly motivated caring, compassionate and committed Band 6 Charge Nurses to complement our current team of professionals. As an ideal candidate for this post you would be an experienced mental health nurse seeking an opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives, through effective positive leadership and a passion for helping those experiencing an acute mental health concern.

The purpose of this role is to:

• Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs
• Take responsibility for the provision of appraisal and supervision of other team members including induction of junior staff members and assessment of work based studies such as NVQ
• Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses, nurses in training and other members of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring training objectives are met
• Support clinical governance initiatives at ward / hospital level
• Completion of regular audit and feedback outcomes and learning to the wider team
• Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies through the use of audit and policy development

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

22 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-269-392

Job locations

Laurel House and Honeybourne Unit

123 Swindon Road

Cheltenham

GL51 9EZ

United Kingdom

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