We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our unique team, which includes psychiatrists, mental health nurses, a clinical psychologist, counsellors, and dedicated administrative staff.
This position is a permanent contract for 30 hours per week, with operating hours from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, excluding bank holidays. You will be providing care to both oncology inpatients and outpatients, working closely with our current team. This role is integral to the future development of our service.
The successful applicant must be passionate about patient care and demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to personal development and contributing to our service. You will have access to regular supervision and robust support to navigate your role, which may involve challenging and distressing situations.
While the service focuses on providing direct support to individuals with severe mental health difficulties, our overarching goal is to enhance the wellbeing of all cancer patients by promoting mental health care across the Trust. Therefore, the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team is essential.
As an organisation awarded 'Good' status by the CQC, you will be working in a supportive environment with opportunities to continue developing your clinical practice.
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Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for managing your own caseload of patients, supported by the broader Psycho-Oncology team, which includes psychiatrists, psychological specialist nurses, a psychologist, and counsellors. Additionally, you will oversee the management and coordination of the team's operations. Regular supervision and access to professional courses will be provided. Collaborating with the clinical lead and the rest of the team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to service development, education, and mental health promotion.
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
1. Perform comprehensive assessments of patients' mental health and psychological needs and plan, implement, and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs to ensure continuity of effective patient care.
2. Perform advanced clinical skills in psychological and mental health assessment, diagnosis, and interactions to enhance the patient experience.
3. Provide guidance to nursing colleagues regarding the management of patients with specific mental health needs.
4. Collect, collate, evaluate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records in line with clinical governance and risk-management.
5. Involve patients and cares/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services to enhance the patient/carer experience.
6. Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met.
7. Use advanced communication skills in a variety of settings.
8. Monitor health, safety and security of self and others and promote best practice in the clinical area.
9. Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
Managerial
1. Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources in conjunction with finance and the service manager.
2. Lead on the writing of protocols relevant to the Psychological Nurse Specialist role.
3. Contribute to and coordinate the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines within the Trust in line with national guidance; and contribute to these activities at network and national level.
4. Organize daily work schedule and off duty rotas ensuring appropriate and effective skill mix and deployment of staff appropriate to patient needs.
5. Be aware of Health and Safety issues and ensure relevant risk assessments for the department are undertaken.
6. Report and record all incidents and complaints according to the agreed policy, investigating promptly and compassionately.
7. Ensure all existing Trust policies and procedures are adhered to and new ones are implemented as necessary.
8. Report to Clinical Lead or DACN on clinical matters/activity and staff development.
Professional
1. Highlight areas of improvement/development within the department and undertake relevant projects.
2. Keep abreast of issues influencing the Trust both internally and externally and ensure senior colleagues and the team have a good understanding of the same.
3. Undertake clinical supervision of health care professional colleagues on an individual or group basis.
4. Be fully aware of the divisional objectives and the Trusts corporate plan.
5. Demonstrate a pleasant and approachable manner and help create and promote good working relationships.
6. Show professional and courteous manner whilst practicing excellent communication skills at all levels.
7. Show respect for members of the team and endorse the philosophy of giving mutual support.
8. Being aware of ones own limitations, maintain confidentiality and adherence to NMC Professional Code of Conduct.
9. Cooperate in own performance review by indicating learning goals and support needs.
10. Actively seek mentorship / supervision to enable reflection and development within the role.
11. Exercise effective leadership using sound organization skills and judgement, upholding equality and diversity of colleagues and patients.
Education and Development
1. Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients, and carers/relatives both within and outside the Trust.
2. Identify learning needs, plan, implement and evaluate programs of education to meet identified needs.
3. Participate in the education of pre- and post-registration health care professionals/medical staff.
4. Educate and support staff in the general hospital in how to manage medically ill inpatients with psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders, delirium, dementia.
5. Sustain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
6. Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training.
Research & Audit
1. Identify need for, and undertake, research/clinical audit/benchmarking, to improve effectiveness of patient care.
2. Contribute to relevant research projects in Psycho-Oncology being conducted at Trust, Network, or national level.
3. Disseminate research and audit findings through presentation to professional groups and publication.
4. Evaluate service delivery- identify areas for improvement and initiate change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
1. Registered Mental Health Nurse
2. Degree in Nursing or health related study
3. NMC Registration
4. Master's Degree
5. Experience in delivering psychological therapy
6. Experience of non-medical prescribing
Experience
1. Post registration experience in acute care for adult psychiatric nursing including undertaking risk assessments
2. Post registration experience including working at a senior clinical level
3. Experience in liaison psychiatry or a relevant clinical specialty involving serious physical illness
4. Experience of working within an oncology setting
5. Experience of working with a complex care team
6. Experience of working within a given resource and ability to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
7. Participation in service development and implementation of change
Skills
1. Good interpersonal and communication skills
2. Able to analyze data and provide written reports
3. Able to work autonomously
4. Evidence of effective team working across professional and organizational boundaries
5. Experience in teaching and providing supervision to others (including non-mental health professionals)
6. Exhibit leadership skills Intermediate IT skills
7. Evidence of involvement in quality improvement activities
Knowledge
1. Specialist knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
2. Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to specialist area
3. Evidence based knowledge in relevant clinical specialty.
4. Evidence of continuing professional development
5. Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of current trends in nursing and application to practice
6. Evidence of involvement in quality improvement activities. Knowledge of Psycho-Oncology
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.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year, pro rata
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