Job summaryWe have two vacancies in Evans Ward for a registered nurse. As a registered nurse you provide direct personal care to service users/ patients, without direct supervision, and co-ordinate the care given by colleagues.
The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-cantered care in a collaborative way. The post holder will co-ordinate a first class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.
Main duties of the jobCo-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives.
Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner
Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user
Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
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About usWhy Work Here?Excellent career progression, development and support for the right candidate. There will be opportunities to learn and develop many skills, including working with and supporting clients with severe mental illness and widely varying complex needs, risk assessment and risk management.
There is a high level of opportunity to develop as a band 5 nurse. We offer additional training that is specialised to our service giving you risk assessment and risk management skills which are invaluable in the mental health profession.
As well as a robust support package, you'll benefit from regular supervision and an appraisal, and access to Preceptorship and Mentorship to help you develop. Our 9-month Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses helps you as a nurse to fully embed and develop your skills.
You will have the opportunity to work autonomously to provide care for presenting service users from initial contact and assessment, formulating and delivering care plans, and evaluation of care. You will assess the risks and needs of service users to plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users and their carers.
Job responsibilitiesDeveloping the management of care needs through:
- Initial data collection
- Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
- Feedback and discussion
- Producing reports and in-care reviews
- Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered
Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including:
- Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental
- Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and
- Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant.
Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and Implementing the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological
Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust
Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are:
Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
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Person SpecificationEducation and QualificationEssential- Degree in Mental Health Nurse
Desirable- NMC PIN (UK License) only.
Experience and KnowledgeEssential- Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.
Desirable- Experience of shift co-ordination
- Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students
Knowledge / SkillsEssential- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision.
- Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
Desirable- IT skills, Skilled. Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.
ApproachableEssential- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
- Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
- Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
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. 
