Here at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, we have a reputation for being innovative and forward-thinking.
Learn more about how you can apply your knowledge and skills against our exciting vacancies below:
Site: The Deacon Unit
Town: Epsom
Salary: £48,270 - £54,931 Inc 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/03/2025 23:59
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Lead Nurse: The Deacon Unit
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced RNLD / RMN who is highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic to join the team at The Deacon Unit, Epsom as the Lead Nurse. The team provides assessment and treatment for people with learning disabilities who are experiencing a mental health breakdown.
The Deacon Unit is our inpatient unit, which is part of the Intensive Support Service within the Trust's Learning Disabilities Directorate. The Multi-Disciplinary Team includes Nursing, Senior Support Workers, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Therapy Assistants, and Assistant Psychologist.
The key tasks for the post holder are to provide clinical leadership. This will include chairing clinical reviews and any other relevant clinical meetings as per our inpatient pathway.
The candidate should have sound skills and competencies in line with the job description and knowledge and skills framework. The post will offer excellent opportunities for development and opportunities for joint working with other disciplines and agencies would be an integral part of the role.
If you require any further information or would like to discuss the role, please contact Dominika Agyemang on 01372 203220.
Main duties of the job
1. To work alongside the manager for the professional leadership and continued development of a team.
2. To ensure that the healthcare needs of people with learning disabilities are communicated to service commissioners and providers.
3. To positively contribute to divisional developments in relation to nursing practice.
4. To advocate and represent the service.
5. To demonstrate highly specialist nursing knowledge and skills in areas associated with learning disability such as crisis intervention, alternative communication, the assessment and management of people with additional mental health needs, epilepsy, medication management, challenging behaviour, and other conditions.
6. To actively involve people in developing and agreeing their own care plan, to act as an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for their dignity, choice, self-esteem, racial, cultural, sexual, and religious needs and preferences.
7. To practice within the Positive Behaviour Support framework.
8. To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental, and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high-quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability, and Community Trusts to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking, and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To ensure that all documentation is available for CTRs and completed as per our inpatient pathway.
2. To ensure that the CQC Standards are met and demonstrated in daily practice.
3. To develop a skilled workforce.
4. To deputise during the manager’s absence.
5. To lead on Quality Improvement projects for the service.
6. To undertake comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans.
7. To work in partnership with acute and primary care services and other healthcare providers.
8. Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with colleagues, other agencies, people who use services, and their families.
9. To ensure that physical health needs for people with learning disabilities are met by ensuring that there is a robust health needs assessment and action plan in place which are regularly reviewed.
Person specification
* RNLD or RMN Qualification
* Leadership Qualification
* Practice Assessor Qualification
* Few years minimum of relevant post qualification clinical experience in Learning Disabilities.
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part-time, or any other flexible working patterns.
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
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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