Job summary
CNWL provides perinatal services across 5 London boroughs. The mother and baby unit is highly regarded as a centre of excellence and is accredited by the CCQI of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We are looking for candidates who thrive on providing high quality and innovative care.The ideal candidates will be a registered mental health nurse who has experience of working in an adult mental health inpatient setting as a band 5 nurse.The post holder should have a passion to deliver excellent patient centred care and a desire to develop their skills in this specialist service. They will be able to demonstrate good interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills. A commitment to working within a multi-professional team is essential to the role. There are excellent opportunities and support available for you to develop both personally and professionally.Training on all aspects of maternal mental health, parent infant interaction, baby care & development is provided on site and through various specialist perinatal mental health organisations. Hence experience in perinatal mental health is not a prerequisite but a strong interest and motivation to learn on the job is required.
Main duties of the job
Job Summary:
Band 6 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 6 nurses are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:
- keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
- ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures
- ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process
We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.
Band 6 nurses work as part of a team and you will contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model and supervising other Band 5 nurses, healthcare assistants/ support workers and students to ensure they are working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.
About us
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users and we will therefore be seeking proof of vaccination or medical exemption during the recruitment process. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
CNWL Perinatal Mental Health service is comprised of four community Perinatal services in the London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow, Hillingdon, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea, the new Maternity Trauma and Loss Care Service and Coombe Wood Mother and Baby inpatient Unit which is a tertiary service. We are looking for clinical team leader to support the nursing team on the Mother and Baby Unit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Patient Safety
Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
- Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
- Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
- Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
- Being open and transparent about their own practice
- Supervising the work of others
- Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
- Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
- Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
- Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Clinical Outcomes
Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
- Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
- Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
- Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
- Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
- Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members
- Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
- communicating well with all members of the team
- understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives
- reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
- encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes
Patient Experience
Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:
- Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
- Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
- Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
- Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
- Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trusts values are embedded in all practice
- Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy
Supporting yourself and others
All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. Band 6 nurses are expected to be Clinical Leaders and play an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what
individual team members do to help achieve those standards by:
- Taking a lead role in gathering and recording evidence which demonstrates that CQC and locally agreed standards are being met: assessing the performance of the whole team by using audit and benchmarking exercises and often contribute to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives
- Contributing to the performance management of teams and creating a positive culture in which the team can learn from mistakes and is enthusiastic to improve
- Deputising for the team leader / ward manager and ensuring that there is no fall in performance in their absence. This may include managing the team and coordinating shifts.
Engaged staff are more productive and Band 6 nurses play a role in engaging in other staff members in the Trust and the work we do by:
- Providing supervision and annual appraisals to individuals and giving constructive, regular feedback which helps those individuals reflect on their work, understand their objectives and the CQC standards and monitor their progress towards achieving them
- Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
- Using continuing professional development funds to develop a relevant clinical specialism, gain sign-off mentorship skills or undertake accredited leadership or management modules.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Patient Safety
Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
- Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
- Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
- Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
- Being open and transparent about their own practice
- Supervising the work of others
- Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
- Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
- Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
- Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Clinical Outcomes
Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
- Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification
- Providing skilled, evidence based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
- Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
- Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
- Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members
- Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
- communicating well with all members of the team
- understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives
- reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
- encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes
Patient Experience
Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:
- Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
- Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
- Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
- Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
- Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trusts values are embedded in all practice
- Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy
Supporting yourself and others
All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. Band 6 nurses are expected to be Clinical Leaders and play an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what
individual team members do to help achieve those standards by:
- Taking a lead role in gathering and recording evidence which demonstrates that CQC and locally agreed standards are being met: assessing the performance of the whole team by using audit and benchmarking exercises and often contribute to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives
- Contributing to the performance management of teams and creating a positive culture in which the team can learn from mistakes and is enthusiastic to improve
- Deputising for the team leader / ward manager and ensuring that there is no fall in performance in their absence. This may include managing the team and coordinating shifts.
Engaged staff are more productive and Band 6 nurses play a role in engaging in other staff members in the Trust and the work we do by:
- Providing supervision and annual appraisals to individuals and giving constructive, regular feedback which helps those individuals reflect on their work, understand their objectives and the CQC standards and monitor their progress towards achieving them
- Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
- Using continuing professional development funds to develop a relevant clinical specialism, gain sign-off mentorship skills or undertake accredited leadership or management modules.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Mental Health, Current/Live NMC PIN number; Compliant with re-validation requirements
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Sign off mentor, Compliant with the new Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA)
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Conversant with Mental Capacity Act, Best Interest Assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Previous Experience at Band 5
- Previous supervisory and/or management experience is essential
Desirable
- Previous Experience at Band 6
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively.
- Nursing Skills You are expected to have the skills required to act as a professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
- Clinical Leadership: Working with Others
- IT Skills: Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
Desirable
- Experience of deputising for ward manager in their absence, to ensure standards are maintained.
- Ability to use performance data to ensure KPI standards are maintained
- Experience of deputising for ward manager in their absence, to ensure standards are maintained.
- Supervision, Line management and appraisal training
- HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence
- Reviewing individual training records to ensure compliance with mandatory training
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Other
Desirable
- Ability to support ward manager to run a cost effective service
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Mental Health, Current/Live NMC PIN number; Compliant with re-validation requirements
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Sign off mentor, Compliant with the new Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA)
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Conversant with Mental Capacity Act, Best Interest Assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Previous Experience at Band 5
- Previous supervisory and/or management experience is essential
Desirable
- Previous Experience at Band 6
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively.
- Nursing Skills You are expected to have the skills required to act as a professional, registered nurse and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
- Clinical Leadership: Working with Others
- IT Skills: Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
Desirable
- Experience of deputising for ward manager in their absence, to ensure standards are maintained.
- Ability to use performance data to ensure KPI standards are maintained
- Experience of deputising for ward manager in their absence, to ensure standards are maintained.
- Supervision, Line management and appraisal training
- HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence
- Reviewing individual training records to ensure compliance with mandatory training
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Other
Desirable
- Ability to support ward manager to run a cost effective service
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).
