Staff Nurse

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about working with people with dementia? Would you like to gain experience of working across the dementia pathway? Do you want to work in a supportive dynamic service providing compassionate, evidenced based care & treatment?

Sussex Partnership Trust are looking for Band 5 Mental Health Nurses to join our dedicated and highly valued workforce.

This post offers a Golden Hello, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document).

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 you will have the opportunity to work in our dementia inpatient unit, the Specialist Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (SOAMHS) and the Memory Assessment Service (MAS). A system for rotation has been developed to ensure that you have the opportunity to work in all 3 parts of the Dementia Pathway.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

About us

The trust can offer preceptorship, support, mentoring and opportunities for development. We have dementia training available at all levels from dementia awareness through to Certificate, Post graduate diploma & MSC, all in dementia studies. We also support clinicians to apply for training to become Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Date posted

09 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AE-20630-C

Job locations

Uckfield Community Hospital

Framfield Road

Uckfield

TN22 5AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as a Primary Nurse within a multidisciplinary team providing collaborative needs based care plans through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Provide excellent professional, compassionate and evidenced based nursing care in a person centered way.

Be visible and accessible to patients, carers and families working together to provide effective and efficient caring services.

Safely administer medication following trust policies and guidance.

Contribute to achieving quality standards and outcomes and performance indicators.

Contribute to the education and development of the workforce including students

Contribute to staff appraisal and support personal development plans

Active involvement in the well being of patients and staff

Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect & dignity

Ensure own professional development including mandatory training and supervision.

Participation in appraisal process with objectives which relate to the trust strategy for older people and dementia services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as a Primary Nurse within a multidisciplinary team providing collaborative needs based care plans through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Provide excellent professional, compassionate and evidenced based nursing care in a person centered way.

Be visible and accessible to patients, carers and families working together to provide effective and efficient caring services.

Safely administer medication following trust policies and guidance.

Contribute to achieving quality standards and outcomes and performance indicators.

Contribute to the education and development of the workforce including students

Contribute to staff appraisal and support personal development plans

Active involvement in the well being of patients and staff

Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect & dignity

Ensure own professional development including mandatory training and supervision.

Participation in appraisal process with objectives which relate to the trust strategy for older people and dementia services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RN on part 3 or 13 of NMC register for UK
Meet NMC requirements for maintenance of registration

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

Demonstration of personal development
Experience of working with people with serious mental health problems

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RN on part 3 or 13 of NMC register for UK
Meet NMC requirements for maintenance of registration

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

Demonstration of personal development
Experience of working with people with serious mental health problems

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).