Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Fens, Discovery House
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/10/2024 23:59
Mental Health Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse? Do you want to make a difference every day supporting the mental health rehabilitation needs of our patients? Or maybe you are new to care but are kind, compassionate and resilient, looking to take your first step into the mental health care profession? The Fens provides assessment and intervention for men with severe and enduring mental ill-health in a locked environment to support their ongoing recovery and social integration. The whole service is focused on working towards independence and recovery to enable service users to regain health and mental wellness in order to live well in the community.
The Fens are seeking to recruit a dynamic Staff Nurse to join their developing team in their 15 bedded male high dependency rehabilitation unit in Discovery House. Applications are invited from highly motivated and dynamic candidates with a ‘can do’ attitude to deliver the Trust Vision and Values and help to improve our patient experience within rehabilitation services. This position will offer the successful candidate an exciting and challenging opportunity to work as part of a supportive team, focusing on delivering high standards of care through evidence based practice.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the day to day management of the ward, monitoring and auditing ensuring the nursing team delivers high quality care to patients who access our service. Taking up name nurse responsibilities for patients during their time on the Fens, working collaboratively with members of the MDT and outside agencies. In addition to this the candidate will be able to develop and create a culture that aspires to delivering best practice for individuals using our services and demonstrates effective communication and promotes a culture of transparency and equity within a diverse team.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. We’re really proud of being rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Practice:
• Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.
• Perform nursing assessments of a client’s personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.
• Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment client risk.
• Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.
• Perform nursing interventions advocated within the clients care plan.
• Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.
• Involve clients and/or carers in the care planning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.
• Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
• Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
• Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.
• Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.
• Participate in regular clinical supervision.
• Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.
Leadership:
• Demonstrate an ability to lead, support and develop junior staff.
• Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies.
• Participate in service developments which have impact on staff/services.
• Contribute to innovation and new ways of working.
• Take part and implement local audit and research activities where appropriate.
• Implement risk management strategies to ensure the provision of high quality care to all clients.
• Formulate appropriate clinical opinion based on clear rationale and understanding, national standards and evidence based practice.
• Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills.
• Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team.
Education, Training and Personal Development:
• Identify personal educational needs which consolidate own learning from point of registration.
• Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to ongoing learning.
• Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging role.
• Produce a personal development plan which strengthens their competence to deliver safe nursing practice reflecting current job requirements.
• Complete mentor training in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard (NMC) and fulfil the appropriate responsibilities to support learners in practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
* Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
Experience
* Relevant experience of working with mental health needs.
* Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
* Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff.
* Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems.
* Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others.
Skills & Competences
* Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
* Ability to work independently and collectively.
As an ethical recruiter, we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have right to work in the UK.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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