Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
About
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Covering Walsall and beyond, our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail and elderly can remain in their own homes to be cared for wherever appropriate.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate, and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support a range of flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants. The Trust works collaboratively with Black Country and West Birmingham Integrated Care Systems. Our objective is supporting ongoing flexible working across the partnership and transforming our workforce so that it is flexible and consistent as we redesign services for our integrated future.
Please note that interviews will be held either Face to Face or remotely via Microsoft Teams. Photo identification will be required for Microsoft Teams interviews. Failure to provide photo identification will result in the interview being cancelled.
Contact
Key details
Location
Site: Intermediate Care Services
Address: Walsall Manor Hospital
Town: Walsall
Postcode: WS2 9PS
Major / Minor Region: Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
Main area: ICS Clinical Specialist Mental Health Nurse
Job overview
Job Summary
The post holder will be part of an integrated service inclusive of health and social care staff, working collaboratively with both primary and secondary care professionals. The post holder shall act as an expert resource for the multidisciplinary team and work collaboratively with Care Home staff and management for all patients that are placed onto Pathway One, Two or Three and awaiting further health and social care assessments.
The post holder will review and assess patients that are Walsall residents or have a registered Walsall G.P on ICS Pathways One, Two or Three with an identified Mental Health condition or need.
The post holder should be working towards their V300 prescribing or have the desire to complete the training. Additionally, the post holder needs to maintain their own professional development in relation to mental health nursing practice.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
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· Promote the Trust’s clinical governance framework including participation in clinical supervision.
· To work within the framework of clinical governance in order to safeguard standards of care and monitor junior members of the team against these standards.
· Practice within the code of professional conduct ensuring knowledge and clinical expertise is maintained and developed within the scope of professional practice.
· To work within the clinical effectiveness framework using the best available evidence, research and audit to plan, implement and evaluate care.
· Ensure that all legal requirements relating to Mental Capacity, safeguarding, DOLs, Mental Health Act and the Care Act are considered and adhered to in relation to patient care.
· To be a source of expertise / clinical specialist within ICS in relation to mental health.
Planning and Organisational Skills
· To work with the Team Manager and multi-agency team to develop robust systems for future service development.
· Undertake delegated duties as appropriate and contribute to the effective functioning of the team.
· Ensure caseload is managed as a team and work is delegated according to skill and knowledge base.
Working for our organisation
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The mental health nurse’s role is pivotal in delivering holistic, high-quality care to people of all ages who are experiencing a range of difficulties, emotional distress and/or mental illness.
The unique nature of mental health nursing means it is an emotionally demanding, but rewarding career choice requiring exceptional dedication.
The role encompasses a wide range of healthcare functions including system working, reducing health inequalities, leading service transformation, staff retention and recruitment, staff education and development and using research, evidence, and quality improvement to inform practice. It requires humility, passion and commitment to deliver care using evidence-based interventions combined with personal attributes, insights, perceptions and judgments.
Please note your application will be transferred from the NHS Jobs system to internal Walsall Healthcare Trac System. All correspondence will be sent via Trac.
Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
** Please Note that this post may be identified as suitable and a preference given for Internal at Risk Employees.**
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
References from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. When completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover this period. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please review the attached Job description and person specification carefully before applying to ensure that you meet the essential job requirements. Candidates should be aware that, regardless of country of origin, their ability to communicate in written and spoken English to the standard required to carry out the post will be assessed during the selection process. Referee email addresses should be provided on your application form. Following the closing date, if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks you may assume your application has been unsuccessful. We reserve the right to close this job early. Interested applicants are therefore advised to apply as early as possible. If a large number of applicants meet the essential criteria then random selection will be applied. We are committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible and committed to equal opportunities.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* NMC registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable criteria
* Education to diploma or degree level and able to demonstrate evidence of post registration professional development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
* Post registration practice within a secondary care setting
Desirable criteria
* Experience of effective staff management
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
* Specialist Nursing Knowledge of caring for people with a Mental Health condition for adults over the age of 18.
Desirable criteria
* To have access to a vehicle to be able to travel frequently throughout the working day across Walsall and the out of Borough as the post requires.
Documents
* JD ICS clinical specialist MH nurse (, 742.8)PDFKB
* PS ICS clinical specialist MH nurse (, 742.8)PDFKB
* Flexible Working Document (, 1.1)PDFMB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Donna Brighton
Job title: ICS Operations Manager - Health
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01922726439
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