Job summary
Be the difference in your patients lives!
Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity?
Schoen Clinic Newbridge are looking for a Mental Health Nurse to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing support to enable young people to help themselves in their recovery from their eating disorder. You will be required to provide clinical care to the inpatients, according to the treatment plans prescribed by the MDT. This will involve planning, implementing, assessing and evaluating nursing care, using evidence based practice. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team is a key feature of the role, as well as utilising a patient-centred approach, and involving families in planning and implementation of care.
Main duties of the job
Work with an awareness of the NICE and Junior Marzipan guidelines
Contribute to highly specialist assessment of eating disorders in young people
Assist in the development, co-facilitation and staffing of therapeutic groups
Manage the implementation of therapeutic meal provision
Contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings
Be responsible for the safe storage and administration of medicines and clinical equipment
Demonstrate awareness of safeguarding principles in all dealings with young people and their families
About us
Schoen Clinic Newbridge is a multi-award-winning and specialist eating disorder hospital, providing inpatient, outpatient and daycare services to young people aged 8-18 years.
Schoen Clinic culture
Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based around our five key values:
Accountable:Taking ownership of the things I say and do
Caring:Treating others as I would like to be treated
Collaborative:Working together to make a winning team
Courageous:Being proud to be different and challenge the norm
Determined:Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Staff Nurse Job Description' for further information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Staff Nurse Job Description' for further information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN, and /or Registered Childrens nurse
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Skills in clinical risk assessment.
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Children Act.
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders.
- Knowledge of Junior Marzipan guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders
- Knowledge of Safeguarding legislation and practice
- Ability to demonstrate skills in the assessment of patients.
- Ability to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to ensure safe practice.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of setting standards and achieving a quality service.
- Demonstrate an awareness and commitment to equality and diversity.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office products
Desirable
- Ability to contribute towards colleague induction, mentorship and support of other colleagues
- A good working knowledge of NICE guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders.
- A good working knowledge of Junior Marzipan guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders.
- Knowledge of eating disorder treatments.
- To be able co-ordinate the various contributions of other team members.
- Using an electronic patient record system.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN, and /or Registered Childrens nurse
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Skills in clinical risk assessment.
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Children Act.
- Knowledge of NICE guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders.
- Knowledge of Junior Marzipan guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders
- Knowledge of Safeguarding legislation and practice
- Ability to demonstrate skills in the assessment of patients.
- Ability to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to ensure safe practice.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of setting standards and achieving a quality service.
- Demonstrate an awareness and commitment to equality and diversity.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office products
Desirable
- Ability to contribute towards colleague induction, mentorship and support of other colleagues
- A good working knowledge of NICE guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders.
- A good working knowledge of Junior Marzipan guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders.
- Knowledge of eating disorder treatments.
- To be able co-ordinate the various contributions of other team members.
- Using an electronic patient record system.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
