Senior Staff Nurse - York

Job description

Job responsibilities

Senior Staff NurseMAIN PURPOSE

To improve the lives of people with acquired brain injury by minimising the impact of their condition through effective clinical leadership to promote recovery and wellbeing for all service users.

To assist the Ward Manager in leading, co-ordinating, and supervising a dedicated team to ensure the delivery of a high standard of nursing care.

To manage the direct patient care whilst modelling appropriate clinical behaviours to other staff

To promote and monitor safe and effective practice

To enhance the service user experience

To contribute to the delivery of the organisations objectives.

To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis ensuring that exceptional standards of care are adhered to all times, by acting as a positive role model and ensuring that best practice guidelines are followed.

Assisting in the effective assessment, admission and discharge planning with service users care team.

Establish systems and processes to ensure effective communication and continuity of service user care liaising with inter-disciplinary teams.

Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high quality person-centred care.

Promote and facilitate a learning culture within the ward and a culture of reflective practice for all staff.

Establish highest care standards to meet or exceed current standards as well as ensuring that risk management strategies are in place.

Responsible for ensuring that all staff recognise the potential for or signs of service user harm, abuse and neglect, including poor clinical practice, report all such occurrences and take all responsible steps to protect the service user. Responsible for ensuring that all staff identify and report concerns regarding safeguarding of all those who may be at risk.

Involvement in staff recruitment and retention.

Support the induction of new staff and take on the role of mentor (where applicable) for students and newly qualified staff.

Promote the health and wellbeing of staff and note any signs of ill health or stress factors and take appropriate action in line with Brainkind policies.

Promote effective confidential communication with service users, relatives families, carers and colleagues (including external personnel) providing information and support to in decision-making and advocate on the service users behalf.

Adhere to organisational and NMC guidelines for practice requirements and standards such as the safe handling, administration, storage of all medication.

To establish and maintain a high profile with service users, carers and all staff.

To ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken and that agreed action plans have been implemented.

Maintain effective records management ensuring all documentation written or electronic is managed as per Brainkind and current NMC guidelines.

Assist with audit processes within the ward and ensure that outcomes of audits are addressed.

Ensure assessments of Infection risk are in place and all actions highlighted are addressed.

Ensure safe and effective management of all equipment used on the ward.

Ensure all near misses, incidents and faulty equipment are recorded, reported and investigated and appropriate actions implemented

Ensure risk management arrangements are in place within the ward and that staff have the knowledge and skills to work within these requirements.

Work with other wards to ensure an efficient care pathway and better ways of working within the ward to enhance service user care and service delivery.

As required, manage direct care to service users including those with complex needs modelling appropriate clinical behaviours to other staff.

Assist in the Investigation responding to service user complaints in an effective and timely manner as per Brainkind Policy.

To ensure up to date knowledge of all relevant legislation.

To undertake any other duties as may from time to time be specified by the Service Manager/Brainkind, that is within the level and responsibility appropriate to the grade of post

To provide on call support to the service

To undertake, any reasonable travelling requirements, in order to fulfil the tasks and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN/RNLD/RGN
• Two years experience of working as a Staff Nurse within a Neurobehavioural setting.
• The ability to effectively prioritise the work of self and others.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge of NMC standards.
• Ability to manage stress levels and self care.

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification.
• Evidence of CPD since qualification.
• Experience of conducting capacity assessments and leading on best interested decision-making.
• Demonstrate implementation of the Mental Health Act as a nurse of the prescribed class.
• Experience of involvement with CQC inspections.
• Understanding and experience of implementing HR policies and procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

Brainkind Neurological Centre York

Bishopthorpe Road

York

YO23 1DE

Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)