Senior Registered Nurse - Lancashire

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose

Manages a team of Registered nurses and Healthcare assistants ensuring the effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of high standards of holistic care for service users.

Responsible for ensuring effective performance management of all clinical staff in line with Brainkind policies and procedures for recruitment, induction, development, supervision, appraisal and discipline.

The post holder holds the line management responsibility for Registered Nurses

Responsible for working alongside and/or supporting volunteers within their team

Ensuring that all service users (or when they are not able family/carers) are given the opportunity to participate fully in the care planning and review process

Maintaining good communication and liaison with all other departments, internal and external to Brainkind

NMC Registered Nurse with post-registration experience in the clinical field

Completion of NMC recognised accredited mentor training or willing to undertake

Evidence of continued professional development

Proven ability to build, lead and influence an effective team in a clinical setting

Knowledge of current legislation within the independent care sector

Knowledge of best clinical practice for client group

Demonstrable experience of practising in a self-directed and highly motivated way

Effective verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to communicate difficult messages to service users and their families

Negotiation and conflict management skills

Able to effectively manage change

An ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting

Delegating clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence

Responsible for ensuring adequate and appropriate daily staff cover by planning an effective duty rota and participating in the provision of out-of-hours clinical support

Managing and assessing risk within the area of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and service users

This post holds no budgetary responsibility but will be expected to contribute in helping to manage costs where appropriate and monitor the control and ordering of supplies within available resources.

Participating in the annual audit programme, setting quality standards and monitoring the quality of care through clinical audit

Contributing to the continuing development of nursing care and services offered to the service users and smooth running of the Service through the acceptance of agreed additional responsibilities

Promotes, demonstrates and maintains high standards of care delivery according to NICE guidelines and the Brainkind Quality Governance Policy. Recognises and works within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC

Responsible for providing support, leadership, recognition and supervision to other team members as appropriate

Demonstrating own activities to new or less experienced employees and carrying out day-to-day supervision

Provides an educational role to service users, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning. Shares knowledge and expertise with other staff through formal and informal teaching. Acts as a mentor to students, assessing competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified

Produces accurate, timely and complete records of service user consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures, whether in a handwritten or electronic format

Understands and applies legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable adults, being aware of statutory vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance. Assesses the impact of policy implementation on care delivery

Maintains own professional development, seeking opportunities for research and/or development of nursing practice. Actively promotes the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice. Ensures the identification of training needs, and supports staff in their development

To maintain an understanding of and to act in accordance with all Brainkind policies and procedures

In order to facilitate the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse with post-registration experience in the clinical field.
• Completion of NMC recognised accredited mentor training or willing to undertake.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Proven ability to build, lead and influence an effective team in a clinical setting
• Knowledge of current legislation within the independent care sector Knowledge of best clinical practice for client group
• Demonstrable experience of practising in a self-directed and highly motivated way
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to communicate difficult messages to service users and their families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Able to effectively manage change
• An ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting

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

27 Teal Avenue

Fullwood

Preston

PR2 9BN

Employer's website

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