Based in Sleaford, Ash Villa is a 15 bed female acute in-patient ward. We focus on providing a trauma informed approach as part of our treatment planning with patients.
Due to the varied nature of acute wards, acute care can offer a multitude of learning opportunities and the chance to learn a variety of new skills and approaches.
As a valued team member, you will work with service users, carers, and the MDT to deliver evidence based interventions. Your care, compassion, and collaboration will be a key part of the process of supporting patients.
Excellent communication skills are vital, and we also encourage regular supervision and reflective practice to provide a supportive environment and to further enhance skills.
Full time hours working on a rota system. Rotational nights, weekends, and bank holiday working - all of which attract shift enhancements. Excellent rates of pay as per agenda for change and an additional package of NHS pension and generous annual leave entitlement.
Applicants must have a current UK professional registration.
To be part of an integrated health/social care team providing inpatient care for service users suffering from a wide range of mental ill health, offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic, and social forms with the aim of promoting mental health well-being, autonomy, and independence.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care, in liaison with the care team in the capacity of a mental health nurse.
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 2,900 staff and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups, and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge, or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable, and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
For more details please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
1. Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.
2. Perform nursing assessments of a client’s personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.
3. Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment of client risk.
4. Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.
5. Perform nursing interventions advocated within the client's care plan.
6. Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.
7. Involve clients and/or carers in the care planning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.
8. Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
9. Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.
10. Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
11. Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.
12. Demonstrate problem-solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.
13. Participate in regular clinical supervision.
14. Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.
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