Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Crane Ward at Riverside Centre, an accredited inpatient mental health ward committed to delivering the highest standards of clinical excellence.

At CNWL, we are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care while supporting our staff to develop and progress in their careers. Our inpatient wards are AIMS accredited (Accreditation for Inpatient Mental Health Services), recognising our commitment to delivering safe, effective and high-quality care.

We are proud of our strong focus on staff development, career progression and retention. Many of our Band 5 Nurses have successfully progressed into Band 6 roles, and we continue to support our nursing staff to undertake further education, training and professional development.

As part of our commitment to your development, you will have access to opportunities to enhance your clinical skills, build your confidence and progress your career within mental health services.

Please note: Due to the high-acuity nature of the ward environment, this role requires successful candidates to participate in Therapeutic Management of Violence and Aggression (TMVA) training, including the use of force techniques. This training is essential to support the safety of both patients and staff. Appointment to the role is therefore conditional upon the candidate being able to engage with and complete the required TMVA training during their employment.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an individual with excellent communication skills who can communicate effectively with service users, their carers and relatives, as well as colleagues and other healthcare professionals.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate and person-centred approach to patient care.
• Motivation and commitment to driving continuous improvement in the quality of care provided to inpatients within a mental health setting.
• A commitment to continuous professional development, learning and working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• The ability to demonstrate strong clinical leadership and act as a positive role model, promoting and maintaining best practice across the ward and wider unit.

About us
Has excellent communication skills and is able to communicate effectively and respectfully with service users, their carers, relatives and a wide range of healthcare professionals.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate and person-centred approach to patient care.
• A strong commitment to improving the quality of care and experience of inpatients within a mental health setting.
• Commitment to continuous professional development, with a willingness to learn, develop clinical skills and contribute positively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• The ability to provide effective clinical leadership, demonstrate best practice and act as a positive role model to colleagues both within the ward and across the wider unit.
• A commitment to safe, high-quality and evidence-based practice, with a focus on promoting recovery, dignity and positive outcomes for service users.
• The ability to work effectively in a high-acuity environment, demonstrating professionalism, resilience and sound clinical judgement.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Please contact the team for any additional information.

Qualifications
Essential

• UK NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse - RMN
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines

Desirable

• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in the community / mental health services either as a band 5 nurse, a student nurse or health care assistant.
• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
• Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
• Medicines management and administration
• Manual Handling patients

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential

• Demonstrate ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individuals experiencing acute mental distress.
• Demonstrate Knowledge and skills in assessing and managing risk Demonstrate ability to co-ordinate a team and it's day to day work.
• Demonstrate ability to use a range of therapeutic interventions with individuals in acute mental health crisis.
• Demonstrate understanding of CPA and it's application. Demonstrate good communication skills, including listening, reflecting, empathy, facilitation, persuasion, motivation, negotiation, education and reassurance, even in challenging and sensitive situations.
• Demonstrate ability to determine and reduce risk to self, clients and others.
• Demonstrate understanding of the role of HTT and of the social model of care.
• Demonstrate a commitment and the ability to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrate knowledge of issues and developments within Mental Health and the National Health Service.
• Demonstrate ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach which considers the needs of the whole person
• Demonstrate ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
• Demonstrate ability to work professionally with challenging and difficult behaviours

Desirable

• Demonstrate knowledge of audit and research.
• Demonstrate the ability to promote the HTT to clients, other professional and non-professional groups.
• Demonstrate ability to work as an autonomous clinician.

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).