Job summary
Do you have experience of working at a band 5 level & have a commitment to working within in-patient Mental Health Services
Are you a compassionate respectful team player who can offer effective clinical leadership and support to a team of registered nurses and nursing assistants who constantly strive to provide the best possible experience for our service users and carers?
Do you have excellent communication skills that would enable you to work within a challenging inpatient mental health unit?
We are committed to staff development and provide encouragement and support to staff to continue their lifelong learning. We are also passionate about the supervision process. You will be expected to fully engage in the process for yourself and provide direct line management and supervision for others.
The successful post holder will be expected to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week and both full and part time contracts are available.
Kentmere is a 12 bedded mental health unit for those individuals with acute mental health needs
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead a team of registered nurses and nursing assistants in the delivery of mental health care. The post holder will promote the interests of service users and ensure that delegated nursing care is effectively implemented in a safe manner. The post holder will exercise professional accountability and responsibility using professional skills, knowledge and expertise in changing environments, across professional boundaries and in unfamiliar situations. The post holder will use research, audit, enquiry and scholarship to plan, implement and evaluate concepts and strategies leading to improvements in care.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role
Person Specification
Education
Essential
1. oRegistered Mental Health Nurse (RNMH)
2. oPreparation of mentors certificate, ENB 998, or equivalent
3. oEvidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
4. oExperience of team building and practice development
5. oThorough knowledge of the mental health act 1983
6. oAn understanding of, and an ability to performance manage junior staff oAbility to conduct management supervision
7. oDemonstrates knowledge of ward manager responsibilities and capability to act in the role in the absence of same
Skills
Essential
8. oExcellent clinical intervention skills
9. oExperience of working within mental health services at band 5
10. oDemonstrate knowledge and experience of quality and audit
11. oAn ability to undertake control and restraint training
12. oA willingness to adapt to the changing needs of the service.
Other
Essential
13. oConsistent and reliable attendance.
14. oCommitment to working with adult mental health services.
15. oAbility to work on a rota system that includes early shifts, late shifts, weekends, and night duty.
16. oParticipation in the process of internal rotation