Job summary
Are you looking to work for a team that will make youfeel empowered andproud to be a Nurse?To work in an environment that will allow you todevelop and flourish as a practitioner?Then the healthy ageing team at Northwick Park Hospitalmight just have what you're looking for. We are looking for Registered Mental Health Nurses who are looking for a new challenge to take on the role of Clinical Team Leader on Ellington Ward.
As a Clinical Team Leader you will form an integral part of the MDT and be responsible for supporting the Ward manager to lead a dedicated team of registered and unregistered staff by having an active role in developing, monitoring and maintaining care standards; through role modelling, clear decision making and demonstrating your highly developed clinical skills.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.
Main duties of the job
In addition to this we want to offer you;
- Flexibleshift patterns to provide ahealthy work-life balance;37.5 hours a week as long days and some nights, or a combination of early, late, long day and night shifts.
- Commitment tocareer mappingto ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such asCBT,DBT,ECGandvenepuncture training.
- An opportunity to work with anaward-winning teamwho prides itself on continuousinnovations
- To work with amanager who is passionateabout staff, their wellbeing and their development;you will be well supported!
- Excellentstaff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
- The successful candidate will be a leader on the ward, including managerial elements such as roster and staffing management.
- This role also includes shifts working within the ECT suite within the mental health centre at Northwick Park. You will be expected to spend a proportion of your shifts working in ECT recovery or reception, and to undertake any training necessary for this role.
- The position will also involve unit coordination. (Training will be provided).
About us
Working at Northwick Park will provide you with the following;
- Working around our Safety Pledge to reduce restrictive interventions
- Innovative Trauma Informed staff training programincluding practise of Team Formulation
- Implementing Sensory modulation into the care pathway
- Coaching and development sessionsincluding; wound care treatment, forms of dementia treatment, Mental State Examination skill sessions, administering ACE assessments
- On-siteshadowing opportunitiesfor you with our HTT, CMHT, Psych Liaison services
- Commitment tocareer mappingto ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such as CBT, DBT, ECG and venepuncture training
- Flexible shift working hours to provide ahealthy work-life balance
- Training package(inc sponsorship for post-graduate studies up to masters)
- Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies andaward-winning Staff Networksthat have thousands of members and exciting events.
- Excellentstaff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
Ellington ward is an older adult inpatient mental health unit based at Northwick Park Hospital. We work closely with the ECT suite next door, which provides ECT to both NHS and private clients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details.
Key responsibilities include running ward shifts and ensuring appropriate staffing levels, providing clinical and managerial supervision to nurses and HCAs, assisting with managerial tasks such as interviewing, roster management.
Regular nursing tasks such as engaging in therapeutic interactions with service users, medication administration.
Helping to maintain high ward standards, including regular auditing, incident investigation, and opportunities for quality improvement projects.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details.
Key responsibilities include running ward shifts and ensuring appropriate staffing levels, providing clinical and managerial supervision to nurses and HCAs, assisting with managerial tasks such as interviewing, roster management.
Regular nursing tasks such as engaging in therapeutic interactions with service users, medication administration.
Helping to maintain high ward standards, including regular auditing, incident investigation, and opportunities for quality improvement projects.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
- Completion of preceptorship.
Desirable
- Practice assessor/ supervisor training completed, completion of preceptorship
- Completion of medication competency assessment
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working as a Band 5 nurse in Older Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
- Unit coordinating experience or willingness to learn.
Skills
Essential
- Communication: Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports
- Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- IT Skills: Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
- Nursing Skills - Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- - Safeguarding and advocacy - Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
- - Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
- Assess risk and be able to suggest risk management strategies that embrace principles of positive risk taking
- Infection control and Asceptic Non Touch Technique
- Clinical Leadership: Working with Others o Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
- o Coordinate work allocation and shifts using healthroster
- Mentor, teach and support others in the team o Supervise others in the team o Facilitate appraisals
Desirable
- Supervision, Line management and appraisal training HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence, healthroster
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring, Respectful, Empowering and working in Partnership.
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated o 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
- Completion of preceptorship.
Desirable
- Practice assessor/ supervisor training completed, completion of preceptorship
- Completion of medication competency assessment
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working as a Band 5 nurse in Older Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
- Unit coordinating experience or willingness to learn.
Skills
Essential
- Communication: Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports
- Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- IT Skills: Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
- Nursing Skills - Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- - Safeguarding and advocacy - Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
- - Understanding the concept of quality and their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
- Assess risk and be able to suggest risk management strategies that embrace principles of positive risk taking
- Infection control and Asceptic Non Touch Technique
- Clinical Leadership: Working with Others o Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
- o Coordinate work allocation and shifts using healthroster
- Mentor, teach and support others in the team o Supervise others in the team o Facilitate appraisals
Desirable
- Supervision, Line management and appraisal training HR skills training e.g. recruitment, managing absence, healthroster
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring, Respectful, Empowering and working in Partnership.
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated o 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
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).
