37.5 hours per week.
Are you a qualified nurse who is looking for an exciting and challenging role supporting gentlemen with complex mental health and additional associated risks to transition back to the community? Would you like to join our highly skilled and supportive team providing excellent levels of care and robust clinical risk management?
Are you motivated, creative and passionate about supporting individuals to make positive changes to their lives, often after early trauma and adverse childhood experiences? If so we would like to hear from you.
Lee Mill Low Secure Unit is a 12-bed male inpatient ward just outside of Plymouth. We provide specialist mental health care for men who have often been involved in the legal system due to their mental health needs. The staff at Lee Mill are passionate about providing the highest level of patient centred care to an often challenging and disadvantaged patient group.
As a valued member of the team, you will receive regular supervision and support from psychological services along with continuing professional development. We offer training in relevant therapies and approaches for this client group including essential training for staff working within secure services.
Due to the nature of the role, all staff are required to attend a physical interventions training session to ensure we can meet the needs of our patients and remain effective in maintaining the safety and wellbeing of all. This post covers a 24/7 shift pattern.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care using the Electronic CPA process and will be required to act as named nurse for identified individual clients. The post holder will be required to take charge of the unit on a regular basis.
The post holder will have the ability to sustain respectful, consistent and reliable therapeutic relationships with clients that enhances their ability to build social networks and diminishes their social exclusion, maximise their strengths and interests and increase their participation in meaningful activities.
The post holder will contribute to and be an effective member of the Multidisciplinary team, which requires attendance and contribution to MDT meetings, involvement in the assessment of new referrals, and attendance at reviews, clinical meetings and case conferences.
You will be required to create and maintain a learning environment for the development of junior staff and be able to mentor/educate qualified and unqualified staff, including pre and post registration students.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
1. To act as care co-ordinator or named nurse for an identified group of clients following the procedures of the Electronic Care Programme Approach (eCPA).
2. To deliver a high standard of individualised care, which will include the assessment, planning, implementation, review and evaluation of care following the eCPA process.
3. To ensure comprehensive risk assessment, history, planning and management is recorded and communicated to the team and the wider service if appropriate, for individual clients.
4. To contribute to and be an effective member of the Multidisciplinary team, which requires the attendance and contribution to MDT meetings.
5. To work in partnership with carers of clients, offering support, advice and reassurance on often quite sensitive and emotional issues.
6. To direct and support junior staff in the delivery of high standards of individually planned care.
7. To maintain accurate, legible and contemporaneous clinical notes, CPA and other relevant paperwork in line with the NMC guidelines.
8. To be responsible and accountable for the safe storage and administration of medication as per national and Livewell Southwest policies.
9. The post holder is required to comply with all infection control policies and guidance.
Managerial
1. To take responsibility for the management of the unit in the absence of more senior staff.
2. To encourage staff development using all training resources available.
3. To be aware of and appropriately implement national and Livewell Southwest policies and procedures.
4. To be responsible in attitude towards economy of resources and care of equipment and property.
5. To undertake appraisal and line management supervision of junior staff.
Professional Development and Education
1. The post holder will undertake mandatory and other training as directed by the Livewell Southwest and Unit/deputy manager.
2. The post holder will be responsible for the development of their own practice, managerial development and to keep up to date with evidence based developments in mental health nursing.
Clinical Governance
1. To understand responsibilities under clinical governance and to contribute to the delivery of an appropriate and good quality service in a safe environment.
Corporate Responsibilities
1. The post holder will behave in a manner that does not bring the service and Livewell Southwest into disrepute.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* RMN/Dip HE
* BSc Mental Health
* RNLD
* NMC Registration.
Desirable
* Mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential
* Multi-disciplinary working.
* Relevant transferable healthcare experience of working with adults with a history mental health issues.
Desirable
* Supervising junior staff
* Undertake line Management and appraisals
* Networking with other agencies.
* Team working
Specific Skills
Essential
* Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner within a team.
* Assessment skills.
* Communication and liaison skills.
* Leadership skills/ Supervisory skills.
* Team working skills.
* Self-management ability.
* Prioritising workload/resources.
* Administration skills.
* Interpersonal skills.
* Computer skills.
* Risk assessment management.
* Crisis management.
* Lone working.
* De-escalation skills.
Desirable
* Ability to recognise and support stress in others.
* Group Interaction Skills.
* Specific Therapeutic interventions.
* Positive risk management.
* Good working knowledge of the Care Quality Commission.
* Car driver
Knowledge
Essential
* Confidentiality.
* Knowledge base of mental illnesses.
* Current knowledge of developments and nursing in healthcare.
* Safeguarding and MCA processes and frameworks.
* Mental Health Act.
Desirable
* MCA/DOLS.
* Completion of CPA and Care Coordination competencies.
* Physically fit and able to undertake physical Intervention training and annual updates.
* Knowledge of NICE guidelines in relation to mental health.
* Physical Health/Health promotion initiatives.
* Ethical issues in relation to Mental Health.
* Familiarisation in working with electronic patient record systems.
* Interest and awareness of national and local services developments.
* Knowledge of substance misuse and the impact of this on mental and physical health.
Employer details
Employer name
Livewell Southwest
Address
Lee Mill Hospital
Beech Road
Ivybridge
Devon
PL21 9HL
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