Registered Mental Health Nurse- Team Leader

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Registered Mental Health Team Leader Nurse

Trust Location:Greater Manchester Mental Health- Prestwich Hospital

Pay Rates: £14.92 - £27.15

About the Trust:

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Rated Good in their most recent CQC report, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) provides inpatient and community-based mental health care for Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and Wigan. The Trust also provides a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services for patients from Greater Manchester and beyond. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city, Greater Manchester has something for everyone.

As a member, youll have fantastic benefits:

Competitive pay rates work this week, get paid next week

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Essential support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime

Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust access before they are made available to agency

Varied working options to suit your lifestyle access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

Training and development opportunities

Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

Stakeholder pension scheme available

This role is for an experienced Band 6 nurse to cover wards at Meadowbrook.

If the staff member has a good working knowledge of Meadowbrook, they could take on the role of the senior nurse which is out of numbers. There would be an expectation to cover a ward if there was last minute sickness on any of the wards.

What you will be responsible for:

The role of the senior nurse is as follows (please note, the senior nurse also offers support to Maccoll ward which is currently based at Loweswater):

• Support wards with high acuity levels and act as a clinical role model
• Check the staffing for all wards and delegate internal rotation where required to support safer staffing
• Support with seclusion reviews where required
• Cover the nurses breaks on each ward
• Complete a walkaround and check IPC and that the night cleaning duties have been completed on each ward
• Respond to any fire alarms and take the lead where required
• Support with CD checks on all wards
• Complete de-briefs after incidents where required
• Accept section papers
• Support with the management of AWOLs where required
• Check observation charts are completed as required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• **ILS PMVA BLS can be provided by Trust if necessary** plus induction
• Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices
• Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines
• Undertake regular mandatory training*
• *Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 6 months paid experience in an Acute hospital environment within the last 3 years, experience in Adult Forensics desirable.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Bury New Rd

Prestwich

Manchester

M25 3BL

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)