Registered Nurse - Mental Health Inpatient
Mill View Court are looking to recruit a Band 5 Nurse to join an established Multi-Disciplinary Team. Mill View Court is a 15 bedded mixed sex unit which offers service users intensive, high quality, person-centred interventions and assessment utilising a trauma informed model/approach. This aids decisions to provide further support in the community or signpost to treatment units for further intervention.
The candidate will be expected to provide supervision to junior staff across the service and have experience of offering evidence-based, value recovery-focused interventions that facilitate recovery.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Charge Nurse, the post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, co-ordinating with psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, health care assistants and allied professionals, to help individuals with specific symptoms of mental illness, and supporting them to overcome challenges.
With a passion for positive change, the successful applicant will prepare, develop and maintain individualised patient records, producing care plans and risk assessments, with an aim to maximise care and assist people to live productive lives. Interacting with patients' families and other services is a key component of the role, offering education, information and advocacy.
Excellent observational skills are required to assess patients, along with the ability to stay calm and think quickly in challenging circumstances. Applicants will also be required to administer medications and facilitate treatment options, monitoring results, recording and escalating any concerns in a timely manner.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Experience
* Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship; facilitating the transition for newly qualified nurse booklet and core competency development programme.
* Appropriate Knowledge and experience of working in a Mental health setting.
* Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
Qualifications & Knowledge
* Part III or 13 of NMC live register.
* A broad understanding of relevant Policy, legislation and their application to clinical and service area.
* Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area.
Skills and Competencies
* Evidence of good time management skills.
* Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.
* Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.
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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