Job summary
This post is being advertised in connection with the Occupational Health Recruitment Open Day.
Date: Wednesday
19th October 2022
Time: 11:00am-16:00pm
Venue: Occupational Health Department, Queen Alexandra
Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are
looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated registered nurses and healthcare
professionals to work within our SEQOHS Accredited Occupational Health, Safety
and Wellbeing Services
based at QA Hospital, Portsmouth and has been established for over 25 years.
Our
clinical team play a vital role in looking after more than 8,500 PHU staff,
from preplacement assessments at the start of employment, vaccinations and
immunisations, serology,
management of sharps and
contamination incidents, management referrals, health surveillance, occupational medicals, biological
monitoring as well in
addition to delivering as running
the PHU annual flu and covid
vaccination campaigns and a variety of many
other health campaigns throughout the year for mental health and
wellbeing campaigns throughout the year.
You will be working in a friendly
and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes health and safety, manual
handling, mental health and health and wellbeing, all playing a crucial role in
providing a compassionate and professional service that is instrumental in the
care of our PHU staff and external clients.
Main duties of the job
- To lead and co-ordinate the Critical Incident
Stress Management Service within Portsmouth University Hospitals Trust taking
responsibility for reviewing the Standard Operating Procedure and processes to continue
to develop and deliver this project and manage the service established.
- Provide strong professional clinical and managerial
leadership to nursing staff and act as a professional role model.
-
A highly skilled
clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for the mental health and
wellbeing of staff.
About us
The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in
terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender
identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans
status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- Market, recruit and appoint suitable candidates to
undertake the CISM training from a variety of staff groups across all divisions
ensuring the commitment from line managers and staff to undertake 6 sessions of
CISM facilitation per year.
- Establish a marketing campaign with the Comms team
to ensure staff and managers are aware of CISM and how to access peer support
in a timely manner.
- Lead the delivery of CISM across the Trust
utilizing trained peer facilitators.
- Promote and set high standards of clinical care and
maintain the delivery of a quality service within the trust following policies,
protocols and guidelines. Implement the
trust values and beliefs ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice
and evaluate their impact on the clients experience.
- Motivate staff by giving clear direction and
setting achievable objectives relating to mental health matters.
- Assist in the management manage the mental health
workload related to the triage of management referrals due to mental health issues in line
with NMC code of Professional Conduct.
- Work with the Mental Health Nurse Manager to lead plan
and support mental health wellbeing events including appropriate communication
and promotion trust wide.
- Maintain a high visible presence within the
clinical area ensuring that the Health Safety & Wellbeing Service (HSWS)
have access to advice from senior staff at all times. Act as an effective professional role model
and expert clinician.
- Contribute to the department philosophy to ensure
that all policies and procedures are implemented and ensure the development of mental
health nursing practice. Ensure that all
staff understand the significance of this philosophy to practice, monitoring
its impact on the client experience.
- Ensure that all nursing issues relating to the
implementation of quality and safety are addressed in the department. This
includes monitoring and evaluating standards of care by the clinical team and
providing regular feedback to the HSWS on the standards of mental health and
wellbeing matters.
- Implement evidenced based practice, initiate,
manage and evaluate changes that lead to improved and high standards of care
and in particular any service changes following feedback about the service.
- Communicate, influence and work with the
multidisciplinary team in different ways to improve quality of care and inform clinical
decisions. Promote innovation and participate in benchmarking and quality
audits to measure effectiveness of current practices in line with SEQOHS (Safe
Effective Quality Health safety & Wellbeing Service).
- In collaboration with members of the
multidisciplinary team, ensure that the users of the service have a positive
experience and using feedback (Staff Surveys, Family and Friends Test, concerns
and complaints) evaluate processes and review as required.
- Create a culture for learning and development that
will sustain person-centered safe and effective care.
- Lead the team in different ways, by supporting
junior colleagues; facilitate learning in and from practice at the same time as
working alongside; or undertaking a review when an incident/error or complaint
has occurred.
- Ensure that accurate and timely HSWS clinical records
are maintained, monitoring standards and taking corrective action as required.
- Ensure all staff in the clinical area are competent
in advising appropriately with regard to mental health. This will be achieved
by having access to training and monitoring compliance.
Management/Leadership
- Ensure an
effective service is provided to Portsmouth University NHS Trust (PHU) and
external clients in line with SEQOHS standards
- Develop activity
reports relating to mental health support and CISM activity identifying how
improvements in absence can be made and provide quarterly to the seniors
meeting.
- Manage an
independent clinical caseload in relation to PHU and external clients who
attend QAH clinics.
- Support HR
and managers in the proactive management of mental health absence identifying
areas where referrals are ineffective, delayed or repeated unnecessarily.
- Actively
contribute to achieving the clinical governance goals/targets set by the trust
and department and comply with reporting schedules for monitoring and reporting
on clinical outcomes.
- Be
proactive in the prevention and management of complaints and when they occur
investigate and respond in a timely manner. Unresolved complaints of a serious nature
will need to be escalated to the Mental Health Nurse Manager for further
investigation. Use any learning to share widely with the multidisciplinary team
and to improve service delivery.
- Responsible
for the management of staff performance and attendance within sphere of
responsibility in line with trust policies.
- Promote
the health and well-being of staff.
- Comply
and promote compliance with Trust policies and guidelines e.g. Health and
Safety, Clinical Risk and Infection Control.
Research
- Contribute to a research culture within the nursing
team to identify current knowledge and deliver evidenced based care.
- Support local research teams, actively contribute
to local department multidisciplinary audits, highlight areas for change and
complete action plans for improvement
Education
- Participate in the development of a mental health training
plan for the HSWS ensuring continuing professional development and clinical
supervision is maintained by the team and skills are maintained by the
Specialist Practitioners with regard to mental health.
- Participate in the effective provision of mental health
training and related programs including the review and updating of stress
management liaising with HR and counselling as required.
- Ensure
all staff within sphere of responsibility have an annual personal development
review and set achievable objectives. Feed agreed development opportunities
into department training plan and ensure there is a fair and equitable approach
that is aligned to service delivery and succession planning.
- Create
an environment that is conducive to learning and encourage team open-ness so
that an evidenced based approach is utilized and applied.
- Commit to and encourage a culture where placement students
receive quality mental health focused training and along with OH Trainees are supported
by mentorship and teaching from the multi-professional team.
- Responsible for ensuring that all department staff within
sphere of responsibility undertake essential training.
- Ensure there are processes in place for the orientation of
new staff and preceptorship for junior nurses.
Communication and Working Relationships
- To establish good personal and
professional relationships with all departments within PHU and mental health
partners including mental health liaison team, SHFT Isle of Wight and Solent,
and maintain effective communication with Divisional Management teams.
- Ensure the development of safe
systems of work for the recording, retrieval and storage of HSWS information
and records
- Generate and disseminate
effective management reports and other forms of verbal, written and visual
communication relating to the ethical and legal considerations of managing the
health, safety and wellbeing of the working population.
- Communicate highly sensitive
and complex information with empathy ensuring that information is understood.
- Develop expertise in dealing
with interpersonal conflict and be responsible for the resolution of any
adverse situation/incidents. Comply and promote compliance to Trust policies.
-
Represent the Mental Health Nurse Manager from a
mental health perspective in their absence at department, Care Group and
Divisional level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- Market, recruit and appoint suitable candidates to
undertake the CISM training from a variety of staff groups across all divisions
ensuring the commitment from line managers and staff to undertake 6 sessions of
CISM facilitation per year.
- Establish a marketing campaign with the Comms team
to ensure staff and managers are aware of CISM and how to access peer support
in a timely manner.
- Lead the delivery of CISM across the Trust
utilizing trained peer facilitators.
- Promote and set high standards of clinical care and
maintain the delivery of a quality service within the trust following policies,
protocols and guidelines. Implement the
trust values and beliefs ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice
and evaluate their impact on the clients experience.
- Motivate staff by giving clear direction and
setting achievable objectives relating to mental health matters.
- Assist in the management manage the mental health
workload related to the triage of management referrals due to mental health issues in line
with NMC code of Professional Conduct.
- Work with the Mental Health Nurse Manager to lead plan
and support mental health wellbeing events including appropriate communication
and promotion trust wide.
- Maintain a high visible presence within the
clinical area ensuring that the Health Safety & Wellbeing Service (HSWS)
have access to advice from senior staff at all times. Act as an effective professional role model
and expert clinician.
- Contribute to the department philosophy to ensure
that all policies and procedures are implemented and ensure the development of mental
health nursing practice. Ensure that all
staff understand the significance of this philosophy to practice, monitoring
its impact on the client experience.
- Ensure that all nursing issues relating to the
implementation of quality and safety are addressed in the department. This
includes monitoring and evaluating standards of care by the clinical team and
providing regular feedback to the HSWS on the standards of mental health and
wellbeing matters.
- Implement evidenced based practice, initiate,
manage and evaluate changes that lead to improved and high standards of care
and in particular any service changes following feedback about the service.
- Communicate, influence and work with the
multidisciplinary team in different ways to improve quality of care and inform clinical
decisions. Promote innovation and participate in benchmarking and quality
audits to measure effectiveness of current practices in line with SEQOHS (Safe
Effective Quality Health safety & Wellbeing Service).
- In collaboration with members of the
multidisciplinary team, ensure that the users of the service have a positive
experience and using feedback (Staff Surveys, Family and Friends Test, concerns
and complaints) evaluate processes and review as required.
- Create a culture for learning and development that
will sustain person-centered safe and effective care.
- Lead the team in different ways, by supporting
junior colleagues; facilitate learning in and from practice at the same time as
working alongside; or undertaking a review when an incident/error or complaint
has occurred.
- Ensure that accurate and timely HSWS clinical records
are maintained, monitoring standards and taking corrective action as required.
- Ensure all staff in the clinical area are competent
in advising appropriately with regard to mental health. This will be achieved
by having access to training and monitoring compliance.
Management/Leadership
- Ensure an
effective service is provided to Portsmouth University NHS Trust (PHU) and
external clients in line with SEQOHS standards
- Develop activity
reports relating to mental health support and CISM activity identifying how
improvements in absence can be made and provide quarterly to the seniors
meeting.
- Manage an
independent clinical caseload in relation to PHU and external clients who
attend QAH clinics.
- Support HR
and managers in the proactive management of mental health absence identifying
areas where referrals are ineffective, delayed or repeated unnecessarily.
- Actively
contribute to achieving the clinical governance goals/targets set by the trust
and department and comply with reporting schedules for monitoring and reporting
on clinical outcomes.
- Be
proactive in the prevention and management of complaints and when they occur
investigate and respond in a timely manner. Unresolved complaints of a serious nature
will need to be escalated to the Mental Health Nurse Manager for further
investigation. Use any learning to share widely with the multidisciplinary team
and to improve service delivery.
- Responsible
for the management of staff performance and attendance within sphere of
responsibility in line with trust policies.
- Promote
the health and well-being of staff.
- Comply
and promote compliance with Trust policies and guidelines e.g. Health and
Safety, Clinical Risk and Infection Control.
Research
- Contribute to a research culture within the nursing
team to identify current knowledge and deliver evidenced based care.
- Support local research teams, actively contribute
to local department multidisciplinary audits, highlight areas for change and
complete action plans for improvement
Education
- Participate in the development of a mental health training
plan for the HSWS ensuring continuing professional development and clinical
supervision is maintained by the team and skills are maintained by the
Specialist Practitioners with regard to mental health.
- Participate in the effective provision of mental health
training and related programs including the review and updating of stress
management liaising with HR and counselling as required.
- Ensure
all staff within sphere of responsibility have an annual personal development
review and set achievable objectives. Feed agreed development opportunities
into department training plan and ensure there is a fair and equitable approach
that is aligned to service delivery and succession planning.
- Create
an environment that is conducive to learning and encourage team open-ness so
that an evidenced based approach is utilized and applied.
- Commit to and encourage a culture where placement students
receive quality mental health focused training and along with OH Trainees are supported
by mentorship and teaching from the multi-professional team.
- Responsible for ensuring that all department staff within
sphere of responsibility undertake essential training.
- Ensure there are processes in place for the orientation of
new staff and preceptorship for junior nurses.
Communication and Working Relationships
- To establish good personal and
professional relationships with all departments within PHU and mental health
partners including mental health liaison team, SHFT Isle of Wight and Solent,
and maintain effective communication with Divisional Management teams.
- Ensure the development of safe
systems of work for the recording, retrieval and storage of HSWS information
and records
- Generate and disseminate
effective management reports and other forms of verbal, written and visual
communication relating to the ethical and legal considerations of managing the
health, safety and wellbeing of the working population.
- Communicate highly sensitive
and complex information with empathy ensuring that information is understood.
- Develop expertise in dealing
with interpersonal conflict and be responsible for the resolution of any
adverse situation/incidents. Comply and promote compliance to Trust policies.
-
Represent the Mental Health Nurse Manager from a
mental health perspective in their absence at department, Care Group and
Divisional level.
Person Specification
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Clinically competent.
- Understanding of CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) methodology.
- Demonstrable project management experience within a nursing setting.
- Understanding of the local mental health service provision available and sign posting possibilities.
- Sound clinical decision making and leadership skills.
- Proficient with using Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and OH clinical system.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people.
- Organisational skills and forward planning.
- Able to support development of others.
- Coaching and mentoring skills.
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Computer literate - Ability to analyse data and prepare reports.
- Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.
- Evidence of keeping up to date.
- Clear and effective presentation skills to small and large groups.
- Mobile for travel within Locality. The use of public transport would not be practical.
- Flexibility.
- Corporate awareness.
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in mental health in a variety of settings.
- Experience of working within the NHS.
- Evidence of effective report writing.
- Evidence of involvement in health promotion activities.
- Significant experience of working in a recovery focused manner with clients using a variety of therapeutic approaches.
- Demonstrated interest in Health & Wellbeing and an understanding of the impact of mental health in the workplace.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current RMN, registration with NMC part 1.
- Teaching qualification or mentorship course with experience in clinical practice.
Desirable
- WRAP Facilitator qualification.
- Mental First Aid trainer.
Person Specification
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Clinically competent.
- Understanding of CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) methodology.
- Demonstrable project management experience within a nursing setting.
- Understanding of the local mental health service provision available and sign posting possibilities.
- Sound clinical decision making and leadership skills.
- Proficient with using Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and OH clinical system.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people.
- Organisational skills and forward planning.
- Able to support development of others.
- Coaching and mentoring skills.
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Computer literate - Ability to analyse data and prepare reports.
- Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.
- Evidence of keeping up to date.
- Clear and effective presentation skills to small and large groups.
- Mobile for travel within Locality. The use of public transport would not be practical.
- Flexibility.
- Corporate awareness.
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in mental health in a variety of settings.
- Experience of working within the NHS.
- Evidence of effective report writing.
- Evidence of involvement in health promotion activities.
- Significant experience of working in a recovery focused manner with clients using a variety of therapeutic approaches.
- Demonstrated interest in Health & Wellbeing and an understanding of the impact of mental health in the workplace.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current RMN, registration with NMC part 1.
- Teaching qualification or mentorship course with experience in clinical practice.
Desirable
- WRAP Facilitator qualification.
- Mental First Aid trainer.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
