The National Psychosis Unit located at the Bethlem Royal hospital is looking to recruit several highly motivated and passionate nurses to join its world leading service specializing in treating treatment resistant psychosis.
Main duties of the job
1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
3. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
4. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
5. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations.
6. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication monitoring service user compliance.
7. Ensuring safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, and reporting all incidents following trust policy.
8. Developing the management of care needs through initial data collection.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you are valued and appreciated, and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
* Generous pay, pensions and leave: We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
* Work-life balance: Flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
* Career development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
* Car lease: Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
* Accommodation: Our staff benefit from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites.
* NHS discounts: Discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
* Other benefits include: Counselling services, Wellbeing events, Long service awards, Cycle to work scheme, Season ticket loan, Childcare vouchers, Staff restaurants.
Job description
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.
We are looking for ambitious staff with the desire for both personal and professional development. We offer regular clinical and managerial supervision as well as promoting continuous professional development to provide you with opportunities to progress and ensure that best practice is embedded in clinical provision.
You must be a qualified RMN, Learning Disability Nurse in the final year of your RMN/LD course. It's important that you have an understanding of multidisciplinary services and the challenges that children and young people face from their mental health problems.
Communication skills must be of the highest standard; you will be expected to engage with very vulnerable children and their families. You must show that you are caring and compassionate as well as have a desire to uphold the dignity of the patients you support.
A detailed Job Description is attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Essential criteria: Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse.
* Desirable criteria: Mentorship qualification.
Experience and Knowledge
* Essential criteria: Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g., understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence-based practice.
* Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation.
Skills and Abilities
* Essential criteria: Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service users' needs, without close supervision.
* Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
* Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
* Approachable and forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
* Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics, promotes equality and diversity.
Other Requirements
* Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
* Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS.
* Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7 days a week and across all clinical areas within the Trust as required.
* Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical).
Employer details
Employer name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
National Psychosis Unit
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham
BR3 3BX
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