Main area: Male Acute Ward
Grade Band: 6 Nurse
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time)
Job ref: 395-AR128-24-A
Site: Acute & Rehabilitation Directorate, Sunflowers court, Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford IG3 8XJ
Town: Goodmayes
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/12/2024 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
Are you an inspirational nurse leader who is ready for a new challenge? We are seeking a Band 6 Clinical Lead to provide strong clinical leadership on a 20 bedded male acute inpatient ward - Monet ward. We want our Band 6 nurses to be ward based, leading the team to provide high-quality mental health care and to support and develop our nursing and multi-disciplinary teams.
Who are we looking for? We invite applications for enthusiastic, motivated, compassionate mental health nurses who have experience of working within mental health services. You may also be trained as a learning disability nurse or physical health nurse. We welcome a diverse skill mix to enhance the quality of our care.
You may already be in a Band 6 role but are seeking a different challenge or you may be a Band 5 nurse in mental or physical health or learning disabilities and be ready to take the next step in your career.
Main duties of the job
You demonstrate that you are a proactive, able and responsive nurse both clinically and in leading a team of nurses. This will involve coordinating shifts and sharing your knowledge to guide and support staff to provide strategies in safely managing the presenting needs of our client group. The posts require applicants to be able to work all shifts, including night duty.
What skill set should you have? Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of care planning and risk assessment for our client group including the ability to engage people who are acutely unwell. You will enjoy collaborative working with service users, families and carers and understand the principles of the recovery model.
A good working knowledge of professional issues including legislation such as Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983 (2007) as well as the requirements of Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) is essential.
You will be required to provide meaningful and robust supervision with staff and to work towards undertaking annual appraisals - this will include providing mentorship and preceptorship.
Working for our organisation
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period: This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement: This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) (pro rata for part-time staff).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Communication: Build effective relationships with service users and carers. Ensure that relatives and carers of service users, where appropriate, have a good understanding of the condition of the service user and feel able to communicate effectively with the clinical area to answer any queries or concerns.
2. Provide an effective alternative to hospital admission. Provide effective liaison between Services.
3. Be responsible for communicating complex clinical information to a variety of recipients (e.g., families and other professionals), both verbally and in writing.
4. Maintain effective consumer confidentiality, ensuring adherence to NELFT and own Service policies, the Data Protection legislation and the Freedom of Information Act.
5. Personal Development: Ensure that own knowledge and skills are constantly updated. Actively participate in clinical supervision and management supervision.
6. Health, Safety and Security: Take steps to maintain the safety and welfare of staff and patients in all clinical environments.
7. Information Processing: Be responsible for recording monitoring and reporting on clinical work at the time of referral, during ongoing work and for evaluation purposes as consistent with the policies and protocols of the trust.
8. Service Improvement: Work alongside service users and carers/relatives to continually work towards improving and maintaining high standards.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Degree
* Evidence of CPD
Experience
* Extensive experience of working with people with complex, acute mental health needs and challenging behaviours.
* Providing staff supervision and appraisal to qualified and non-professionally aligned staff.
* Risk assessment and management within a mental health inpatient setting.
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities.
* Thorough knowledge of the 1983 Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and related legislation, codes of practice and guidance.
* Best practice, latest research and effective delivery processes.
* Understanding of and commitment to the principle of equal opportunities in service delivery.
* Excellent working knowledge of Care Programme Approach.
* Medication management.
* Physical Health assessment.
Others
* To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values.
* Ability to facilitate positive multi-disciplinary working relationships across all service areas.
* Ability to cope with highly emotionally stressful situations on a day-to-day basis.
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