Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the inpatient wards for enthusiastic Bank Staff Nurses Band 5 to join our busy and motivated teams.
We aim to deliver a patient focused care that provides patients with an opportunity to better understand the crisis or behaviour that resulted in their admission and to learn coping skills to reduce the risk of relapse.
Our expectation is that you will be a highly motivated and dynamic team member; who is able to demonstrate quality therapeutic interactions with service users who require good support for their high dependency and complex needs. You are also expected to be working within the recovery model aims to help people with mental health problems to look beyond mere survival and existence. Supporting and encouraging clients move forward, set new goals and do things and develop relationships that give their lives meaning. You will work closely with the occupational therapy and psychology teams to offer recovery focused individual and group work with service users.
You should also be able to reflect interactions through excellent documentation, and be able to develop effective lines of communication with members of the wider multidisciplinary team and other agencies with the support of the nursing team, and maintain effective team work. We will expect you to be highly resilient and resourceful, able to problem-solve, think on your feet and be able to bring a creative flavour to your work.
Main duties of the job
To co-ordinate and provide care and treatment to an identified group of patients without direct supervision.
To manage and organise work as required.
Take responsibility for the development and delivery of evidence based practice, ensuring that it supports and reflects service user individual needs, Trust objectives and professional guidance.
Contribute to the development of high quality evidence based in-patient services in a changing health care environment.
Contribute towards ensuring that the ward functions as an integral part of the Directorate's services.
Effective communication with all relevant personnel both internal and external to the Trust.
To practice within professional guidelines and promote professional practice in clinical area.
To ensure continuous personal development through the utilisation of regular supervision, annual appraisal and training where appropriate
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
- OR Registered Nurse (Learning Difficulty)
- OR Registered Nurse (Adult)
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health problems/ learning disabilities
- Managing challenging and aggressive behavior
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
- Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
- Able to manage time so that deadlines are met
- Ability to recognise stress
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
- Emotional Intelligence and Personal Resilience
- To have knowledge of Mental Health presentations and appropriate interventions.
- NMC Code of Conduct
Desirable
- Current Developments in nursing
- Awareness of supervision and reflective practices
- Knowledge of risk management and how to plan care to account for risk
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
- OR Registered Nurse (Learning Difficulty)
- OR Registered Nurse (Adult)
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health problems/ learning disabilities
- Managing challenging and aggressive behavior
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
- Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
- Able to manage time so that deadlines are met
- Ability to recognise stress
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
- Emotional Intelligence and Personal Resilience
- To have knowledge of Mental Health presentations and appropriate interventions.
- NMC Code of Conduct
Desirable
- Current Developments in nursing
- Awareness of supervision and reflective practices
- Knowledge of risk management and how to plan care to account for risk
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
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).
