Job summary
Sandpiper Ward, based at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, is an acute admission ward. The team offers assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for male service users over the age of 18. we provide care services with following conditions:

• Anxiety
• Bipolar affective disorder
• Delusions
• Intrusive thoughts
• Personality disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychosis
• Schizophrenia
• Severe depression
• Significant thoughts of self-harm.

The length of stay on Sandpiper Ward can vary from a few days to a few weeks, including a period of rehabilitation. Our team work with our inpatients to ensure we meet their needs and ensure that their stay is as short as possible.

Inpatients receive a review each week. This can include family members, carers or an advocate. Community nurses are also involved in our inpatients care while on the ward.

Main duties of the job
You will work supportively and collaboratively with the clinical team leader ensuring the effective management of the ward in all respects, environmental, financial and clinical in so far as this relates to nursing practice.

Your duties will also include the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary team.

As a senior nurse you will be expected to provide clinical leadership to staff in various areas of practice, adhering to the philosophy and clinical skills base of the unit.

You will monitor nursing practice on a day to day basis and ensure that nursing compliments the practice of other professionals.

You will be a crucial part of working collaboratively within our MDT, providing holistic care packages for individuals and families on the ward.

You will be required to work shifts across a 24 hour period in order to meet the needs of the service and actively participate in the duty senior nurse roster for the Hellesdon hospital.

About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Signed off as a mentor/supervisor
• Registration with the NMC
• Completion of the preceptorship
• Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Leadership / Management Training

Experience
Essential

• Relevant post registration experience in a mental health setting

Desirable

• management / leadership of junior staff

Skills
Essential

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations
• Ability to demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management

Desirable

• Ability to supervise others

Knowledge
Essential

• Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality

Desirable

• Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act 1983

Other
Essential

• Ability to travel
• The ability to undertake Breakaway and Physical Intervention training
• Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period

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).