Job summary
Sally Sherman is CQC outstanding 19 bedded older adult wards, caring for patients with challenging behaviour/dementia from Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham borough.
The applicant must be willing to work full time shift patterns. The applicant also needs to demonstrate a sound knowledge of caring effectively for older people with advanced Dementia with complex needs and challenging behaviour, as appropriate to clinical speciality, and use this to teach and guide colleagues.
To coordinate and provide treatment of an identified group of patients without direct supervision.
To assist in the management and organisation of work as required.
To plan and implement nursing care for people with advanced Dementia, complex needs and challenging behaviour as appropriate to the clinical speciality.
Main duties of the job
Communicate complex and sensitive information and overcome barriers to communication as appropriate to people with mental health problems, according to the clinical speciality.
Communicate sensitive information to patients and/or relatives/carers concerning appropriate physical and/or psychological conditions.
Provide support to relatives, carers and colleagues appropriate to caring for a person with mental health problems.
Ensure that, wherever possible, patients are fully involved in and consulted about the care planning process.
Attend meetings to represent nursing as necessary and feedback information from the nursing team.
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
Job responsibilities
Please could you kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please could you kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
Desirable
- Evidence of a portfolio
- Practice Assessor
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health problems
- Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
Desirable
- Working with people with mental health problems requiring cognitive behavioural therapy
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the needs of the patient group and clinical speciality
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care appropriate to the needs of the client group and the clinical speciality. using evidence based approaches.
- Proven leadership skills in clinical area.
- Ability to recognise stress
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- To understand the antecedents or factors that may have contributed to the patients current presentation
- To understand how your own experiences or approach may impact on others
- To demonstrate emotional intelligence and the ability to learn from situations or experiences in yours and others lives
- To have the ability to understand your own and others feelings
- To be able to empathise with a genuine awareness of why patients present or behave in a certain way
Knowledge
Essential
- Mental Health issues relevant to adults with acute mental health problems
- Mental Health Act 1983/DOLS
- Care Programme Approach
- NMC Code of Conduct
- Current Developments in nursing
- Clinical supervision
- Single Assessment Process
Other
Essential
- Motivated to providing the highest standards of care in a changing service
- Able to work on an internal rotation shift basis
- Awareness of equal opportunities in the workplace
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
Desirable
- Evidence of a portfolio
- Practice Assessor
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health problems
- Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
Desirable
- Working with people with mental health problems requiring cognitive behavioural therapy
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the needs of the patient group and clinical speciality
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care appropriate to the needs of the client group and the clinical speciality. using evidence based approaches.
- Proven leadership skills in clinical area.
- Ability to recognise stress
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- To understand the antecedents or factors that may have contributed to the patients current presentation
- To understand how your own experiences or approach may impact on others
- To demonstrate emotional intelligence and the ability to learn from situations or experiences in yours and others lives
- To have the ability to understand your own and others feelings
- To be able to empathise with a genuine awareness of why patients present or behave in a certain way
Knowledge
Essential
- Mental Health issues relevant to adults with acute mental health problems
- Mental Health Act 1983/DOLS
- Care Programme Approach
- NMC Code of Conduct
- Current Developments in nursing
- Clinical supervision
- Single Assessment Process
Other
Essential
- Motivated to providing the highest standards of care in a changing service
- Able to work on an internal rotation shift basis
- Awareness of equal opportunities in the workplace
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).
