This is an exciting time! We are recruiting for registered mental health nurses to support our clinical teams in the Trust.
The post holder will support patients who require specialist mental health input in the clinical areas. The post holder will be essential in promoting parity of esteem between mental and physical health in the general hospital setting and must demonstrate excellent communication skills while providing advice, support, and information to patients with acute mental health needs.
The post holder must have excellent nursing and risk assessment skills and a sound knowledge base of the legal frameworks that inform acute mental health care, including an understanding of mental health diagnoses and psychosocial interventions.
The post holder must be highly motivated and flexible in an ever-changing environment and participate in mental health promotion.
Main duties of the job
1. To deliver high-quality, effective, and individualised nursing care that is compassionate, caring, and aligned with evidence-based professional practice.
2. To assess care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate nursing care plans without supervision.
3. Maintaining a safe environment for patients.
4. Collaborating across the multi-disciplinary team to ensure consistent and personalised care.
5. Contributing to the daily activities and treatment programmes.
6. To undertake mental health risk assessments and reduce vulnerable patients coming to harm.
7. To provide clinical areas with mental health advice, support, and expertise.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first-class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management, leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work-life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Educated to degree level
* Leadership course/module or qualification
* Management course or qualification
Experience
* Experience working as an RMN post-registration, demonstrating effective risk assessment and risk management experience
* Have an excellent understanding and experience in working with patients who have experienced psychological trauma, demonstrating trauma-informed care
* Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
* Experience working with patients who may be confused or present with challenging behaviour
* Experience working in Adult’s and Children’s mental health inpatient settings
Skills & Knowledge
* Understanding of relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, DOLS, and other legislation applicable to the practice area
* Demonstrable knowledge of the post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for patients in the designated field, including specialist knowledge of co-morbidity (physical and mental health) about acute and chronic conditions
* Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills
* Can demonstrate good understanding of clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
* Able to work under pressure and deal with challenging situations
* Has participated in undertaking research and audit
Special Requirements
* Able to work flexible shifts requirements
* Able to work on a range of wards with different patient groups using own skills and experience
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well-performing, well-led, and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as a £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state-of-the-art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investments in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
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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