Staff Nurse
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Job summary
Ward 5, located at the Newsam Centre in Leeds, is a 17 bedded locked complex rehabilitation service that delivers rehabilitation and recovery to male service users with enduring mental illness.
We are looking to recruit an experienced Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse who is compassionate, creative, and flexible in their approach to delivering individualised, person-centred care. The successful applicant will have good knowledge of the Care Programme Approach, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, person-centred care-planning and complex risk assessment/management. They will demonstrate leadership qualities and excellent organisational skills and the ability to develop and mentor staff within the team, working alongside the Clinical Team Manager ensuring that the ward continues to provide the highest standards of care and is effective operationally. They will be expected to contribute toward the management and supervision of the team.
If successful, you will be encouraged and supported to develop your own specialist skills, knowledge and competence through participation, reflection, supervision and training, with a strong focus on service improvement and individual professional development planning. The service is currently undergoing exciting development and transformation, and we would particularly welcome applications from those who hold additional skills in recovery-focused psychological interventions, or who wish to acquire and develop these skills.
Main duties of the job
On a day-to-day basis, the Staff Nurse will be expected to perform inpatient nursing duties, such as taking charge of the ward, medication, MDT meetings and one to one activities with service users. They will work a part of a multidisciplinary team, with service user collaboration, to plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions, holding a caseload as primary nurse for a group of service users and ensuring that risk assessment and management plans are in place and up to date. In addition, they will assist with supervision and appraisal and will supervise/mentor student nurses, trainee nursing associates and preceptee nurses.
About us
We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health. We perform well againstlocal and national targetsand inour most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
Details
Date posted
06 October 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-76122-EDRS
Job locations
Ward 5 Newsam Centre
Seacroft Hospital
Leeds
LS14 6UH
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ward 5 Newsam Centre
Seacroft Hospital
Leeds
LS14 6UH
Employer's website
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