Registered Mental Health Nurse - Baswich Older Adult Ward
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 - Registered Mental Health Nurse - Inpatient Older Adult
Are you a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Older Adults and Dementia Mental Health Baswich Ward at St Georges Hospital Stafford.
Baswich Ward is an assessment ward mainly covering South Staffordshire. We provide care for males and females with possible or diagnosed organic mental illnesses such as dementia.
Main duties of the job
* Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.
* Acting as named nurse to a group of patients under the direction/supervision of the person identified with continuing responsibility.
* Participating in therapeutic group work programmes.
* Taking charge of the ward in the absence of the ward manager and deputy ward manager.
* Responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to the formulation of the person's needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person's negotiated goals and relevant evidence-based interventions.
* In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression.
* Options for flexible working.
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
* Free car parking at all trust sites.
* Free flu vaccination every year.
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to the formulation of the person's needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person's negotiated goals and relevant evidence-based interventions. In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified & Registered Mental Health Nurse and is active on NMC Register.
* Conforms to NMC requirements.
Experience
* Experience of formulating assessments, planning, coordinating, and supporting people within a hospital setting.
* Experience of providing care and interventions within a health setting including specialist mental health settings.
* Experience of working in an Older Adults in-patient ward.
* Previous experience working with older adults in mental health services.
Skills
* Demonstrate working knowledge/understanding of evidence-based practice.
* Ability to assess and evaluate complex mental health conditions.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the need for multi-disciplinary working and an ability to work across professional boundaries.
* Ability to use own initiative to enable contribution to a multi-disciplinary team approach.
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.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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