Registered Mental Health Nurse Inpatient Older People's Services
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse to join a progressive forward-thinking, recovery-focused, and trauma-informed inpatient team across the older people's services inpatient wards.
The team is comprised of medical staff including consultant psychiatrists, junior doctors, and trainees, nursing staff both registered and non-registered, specialist occupational therapists, and a therapy team including activity coordinators.
As a team, we are consistently focused on the provision of quality care, which is evidence-based, and actively support staff development through formal and informal training to ensure that our staff are afforded the skills required to effectively and efficiently support recovery.
The service provides 24-hour care, and there is an expectation of working across shift patterns including weekends and bank holidays.
As a registered nurse, you will be inducted across all areas of the hospital, and there will be times when you will work across the wards due to clinical acuity in that area or staffing shortages.
Main Duties of the Job
* To plan care for people accessing our service e.g., organising appointments, treatments, interventions, care programme approach (CPA) reviews
* Responsible for managing and prioritising own workload, balancing the needs of patients and service requirements/competing priorities
* To assess the needs of people accessing our service and their carers based on the analysis of a range of facts or situations. Interventions will be planned on the assessment information and the interpretation of this e.g., mental health assessment/risk assessment
* To contribute to assessment and management plans for people accessing our service with high-risk clinical needs to ensure the safety of these people, carers, staff, and the general public
* Develops and maintains the person's control over decision-making, assesses the person's commitment to the jointly determined plan of care, and fosters personal responsibility for health
* Deliver care interventions and nursing advice in a variety of settings that promote patient flexibility and choice, and which are sensitive to cultural preferences.
* To provide a holistic review of need considering physical health co-morbidity.
About Us
We are an award-winning and CQC rated Good health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough, Ryedale, and Whitby. We deliver safe, effective, and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental, and social health and wellbeing of the people accessing our service and service users.
You will join our team of over 3,600 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives every day. We're extremely proud of our Trust community and we know you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need from your new team to get you started.
We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred, and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.
The Trust recognises the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers, and their application to clinical and service areas, e.g., Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
* An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical areas
* Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers, and their application to clinical and service areas, e.g., NSF, Social Inclusion
* Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical areas
Skills and Competencies
* Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
* Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
* Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures
Experience
* Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship; facilitating the transition for newly qualified nurse booklet and core competency development programme
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
* Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
Qualifications
* Part III or 13 of NMC live register
* Willingness to undertake mentorship training and responsibilities
* Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
* Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g., degree or postgraduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
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.
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