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Main area: Mental Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Days and Nights)
Job ref: 246-GYW7061326
Site: Gt Yarmouth Acute
Town: Great Yarmouth
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/03/2025 08:00
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
Are you looking for a role where you can develop your leadership skills and have the opportunity to enhance patient care?
Great Yarmouth Acute Ward is an 18 bed mixed acute ward. You would be working with a dynamic and effective MDT to deliver the best possible care and promote recovery of our patients.
Within this role, it will be important to show skills in leadership, communication, risk assessment and knowledge of the mental health act. It is also important that the individual works in a caring and empathic way towards others and is approachable to both patients and staff.
We often take part in Quality Improvement projects and are continually looking to improve the work we complete - as a charge nurse, we would look for your assistance and input in making this happen.
Main duties of the job
Great Yarmouth Acute is looking for an enthusiastic and caring new staff member who as a charge nurse would have an active role in leadership and role modelling excellent care to others. This can include:
1. Have excellent knowledge of the Mental Health Act.
2. Have excellent record keeping skills, including care documentation and audits.
3. Have good communication both within the multi-disciplinary team and with other professionals such as social care.
4. Being the head of a care team, ensuring patient needs are advocated for and that staff feel supported in their role.
5. Keeping up to date with the most recent NICE guidelines and local procedures and sharing any changes with the team.
6. Being lead in a certain area for the ward e.g. Infection control, safeguarding.
7. Ensuring that adequate supervision is given to those who you have been allocated.
8. Take part in Quality Improvement projects where relevant.
9. Completion of audits.
10. Support and deputise for the CTL when required.
11. Be trained in, or able to be trained in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression.
Working for our organisation
TRUST VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
To promote and adhere to the workplace values of NSFT.
Our values and behaviours were created by 1,300 staff members, service users and carers all working together in the Putting People First project.
They reflect what we all believe makes the most positive difference to the care we offer and to the way we work with one another. By ‘living our values’ we will develop our Trust, our people, and continue to improve the quality of everything we do.
REGISTERED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
All staff that are members of a professional body must comply with standards of professional practice/conduct. It is the post holder’s responsibility to ensure that they are familiar with and adhere to these requirements.
SUSTAINABILITY
Carbon reduction and sustainable development are issues that impact on the lives of everyone and it is expected that all staff will commit to the principles of carbon reducing behaviours and sustainable development to ensure that resources are used efficiently, our carbon footprint is reduced and health services continue to improve.
Benefits included with this role are:
* A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide advice and leadership to clinical staff in areas related to clinical care including, treatment, therapy and clinical risk assessment and management. Provide consultation support and supervision to teams on issues relating to nursing practice. Be a role model in initiating, facilitating and promoting excellence in Evidence Based Nursing Practice. Work alongside both the clinical care team and relevant teams including governance and research department to utilise information and data to support the implementation and embedding of best practice. Develop processes and systems to share learning from local and national research and National guidance. Ensure any learning is embedded and sustained in clinical services.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN
Experience
* At least 2 years post basic experience, 1 year at Senior Staff Nurse
Skills
* Ability to display calm, mature responses to difficult situations
Knowledge
* Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
Other
* Fitness to undergo full PMA training and perform full duties of the post
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
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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