Job summary
The Trust provides a large range and diversity of adult secure services in the East Midlands as well as secure services in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, Wathwood Hospital. The Division is in a unique position of providing its services across the full care pathway for several patient groups requiring forensic care. It is therefore part of two New Care Model programmes that aim to provide better support in the community and reduce reliance on secure beds to improve outcomes for service users and their families. The portfolio of High, Medium and Low Secure services are grouped as follows and include:
Services are delivered from a number of sites including:
High Secure inpatient beds at Rampton Hospital;
Medium Secure inpatient beds at Arnold Lodge & Wathwood Hospital
Low Secure inpatient beds at The Wells Road Centre
Community Forensic Services
Integrated Offender Health Services
Liaison with the Criminal Justice System in Nottinghamshire.
Main duties of the job
Nottinghamshire Low Secure and Community Forensic Directorate is a countywide specialist service, providing low secure treatment to adult male and female patients with an identifiable mental illness, personality disorder or intellectual disability and a history of offending behaviour.
The Directorate is based at the Wells Road Centre in Nottingham with 5 wards.
- Trent, Porchester & Thurland ward cater for male patients with a mental health diagnosis.
- The 4th male ward, Lister caters for those individuals with an Intellectual Disability Diagnosis.
- We also have 1 ward, Seacole which caters for 15 women with mental health issues.
We were awarded 2nd place in the 2019 Peer review for delivering services within low secure standards developed by the Forensic Quality network.
We have a Nottinghamshire wide community forensic team that supports our patients to continue to rehabilitate after hospital admission.'
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking to recruit both Registered Mental Health Nurses and Registered Nurse Learning Disability to work across our in-patient services that are enthusiastic, flexible and creative.
You must be committed to being part of a modern and professional nursing team within a multi disciplinary team.
As a Staff Nurse you will promote and maintain high standards of care through communication, motivation, supervision and role modelling.
As a Band 5 Staff Nurse you will be required to complete Named Nurse duties for a group of patients and implement the nursing process to provide a high standard of individualised patient care to assist patients on their recovery journey in a lowsecure setting
You will be expected to take charge of shifts on a regular basis and oversee the care of all patients and the performance of team members.
If you are newly qualified, we will support you through your preceptorship offering valuable support and guidance to provide you with the skills to be a competent, caring and safe practitioner.
This post is an opportunity to develop valuable forensic experience and share excellent practice in a setting thats uniquely demanding and exceptionally rewarding. The wards at the Wells Road Centre offer exciting opportunities for personal and professional development through education and training, clinical supervision and staff appraisal.
We will be committed to provide you with training, team support, supervision and opportunities for personal and professional development. We understand that you will want to develop your own unique skills and competences which we will help you to achieve. We provide a comprehensive training package at the start of your employment with us ranging from prevention and management of aggression, risk assessment, substance misuse, self harm, observation and engagement of patients and you will be supported to complete an induction package
Each year you will attend refresher training over several days with your colleagues.
You must be able to work a 7 day per week, 24-hour shift pattern, including regular night shifts.
See job description/person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are seeking to recruit both Registered Mental Health Nurses and Registered Nurse Learning Disability to work across our in-patient services that are enthusiastic, flexible and creative.
You must be committed to being part of a modern and professional nursing team within a multi disciplinary team.
As a Staff Nurse you will promote and maintain high standards of care through communication, motivation, supervision and role modelling.
As a Band 5 Staff Nurse you will be required to complete Named Nurse duties for a group of patients and implement the nursing process to provide a high standard of individualised patient care to assist patients on their recovery journey in a lowsecure setting
You will be expected to take charge of shifts on a regular basis and oversee the care of all patients and the performance of team members.
If you are newly qualified, we will support you through your preceptorship offering valuable support and guidance to provide you with the skills to be a competent, caring and safe practitioner.
This post is an opportunity to develop valuable forensic experience and share excellent practice in a setting thats uniquely demanding and exceptionally rewarding. The wards at the Wells Road Centre offer exciting opportunities for personal and professional development through education and training, clinical supervision and staff appraisal.
We will be committed to provide you with training, team support, supervision and opportunities for personal and professional development. We understand that you will want to develop your own unique skills and competences which we will help you to achieve. We provide a comprehensive training package at the start of your employment with us ranging from prevention and management of aggression, risk assessment, substance misuse, self harm, observation and engagement of patients and you will be supported to complete an induction package
Each year you will attend refresher training over several days with your colleagues.
You must be able to work a 7 day per week, 24-hour shift pattern, including regular night shifts.
See job description/person specification
Person Specification
Registered Qualification
Essential
- RMN (Mental Health) or RNLD Learning Disabilities)
Desirable
- able to demonstrate further training or post basic qualifications
Work Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of current Mental Health Legislation
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk assessment
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour
Desirable
- Research experience
- Awareness of local and national policy development
- Experience of planning and being in charge of a ward on a shift basis
- Have functioned in a clinical role
Aptitude and skills
Essential
- Ability to function and work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Good verbal / written communication skills
- Ability to develop professional working relationships with a challenging patient group.
- Evidence of good skills in assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
- Basic IT skills Commitment to clinical supervision
Dispositional attributes
Essential
- Motivated and committed to personal development.
- Awareness of professional boundaries and positive role modelling.
- Ability to manage time effectively and be flexible within the working environment
- Evidence of ability to work under stress and manage stressful situations.
Contractual requirements
Essential
- Shift working 24 hour rotational systems
Person Specification
Registered Qualification
Essential
- RMN (Mental Health) or RNLD Learning Disabilities)
Desirable
- able to demonstrate further training or post basic qualifications
Work Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of current Mental Health Legislation
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk assessment
- Experience of working with challenging behaviour
Desirable
- Research experience
- Awareness of local and national policy development
- Experience of planning and being in charge of a ward on a shift basis
- Have functioned in a clinical role
Aptitude and skills
Essential
- Ability to function and work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Good verbal / written communication skills
- Ability to develop professional working relationships with a challenging patient group.
- Evidence of good skills in assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
- Basic IT skills Commitment to clinical supervision
Dispositional attributes
Essential
- Motivated and committed to personal development.
- Awareness of professional boundaries and positive role modelling.
- Ability to manage time effectively and be flexible within the working environment
- Evidence of ability to work under stress and manage stressful situations.
Contractual requirements
Essential
- Shift working 24 hour rotational systems
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).
