Job summary
Here at The Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all our patients. In order to help us achieve this, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and committed band 5 registered mental health nurses to join our temporary staffing bank.
As a trust bank mental health nurse you will be able to choose a flexible working pattern to suit your work life balance in a variety of clinical settings working as part of a committed multidisciplinary team.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust with some of the best clinical outcomes in the country.
Main duties of the job
Working shifts as a bank registered mental health nurse across wards and departments as part of the multidisciplinary team, in a variety of clinical settings to deliver the highest quality care to our patients, in line with our trust values
As an accountable registered mental health nurse you will be responsible for delivering excellent care to allocated patients providing mental health care and support, for each clinical area you work on.
Clinical duties, across a range of clinical settings, include providing one to one enhanced care for patients requiring support and supervision including patients waiting mental health assessment, psychosis, dementia and delirium care.
About us
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across all our sites with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shift are paid at hours.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is responsible for assessing, planning and implementingpatient care, whilst ensuring that the Trusts World class Care values aremet
Maintain a safe environment in the ward/department with particularreference to infection control and the safety and welfare of patients,visitors and other staff members
Provide 1:1 specialist care to individual patients (when required)Maintain care records and other relevant documentation adhering toNMC/Trust record keeping legislation, guidelines and policy
Maintain patient confidentiality
Prioritise own workload and meet set deadlines
Maintain best practice, ensuring compliance with evidence based practice and research
Communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their carers
Maintain skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and the Trusts policies and procedures
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
1. Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education
Essential
2. Registered Mental Health Nurse
Experience
Essential
3. 6 months experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, or possess a nationally recognised preceptorship qualification
4. Knowledge and experience of working with patients experiencing mental health problems in an inpatient setting
5. To have the experience of providing 1:1 care to individual patients as necessary
6. Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
7. Ability to identify actual and potential risks
8. Interest in learning and developing advanced practical and clinical skills relevant to the specialty
9. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
10. Can demonstrate a good understanding of good customer care
11. Knowledge/understanding of basic organisational skills
12. Understanding of Clinical Governance and evidence based practice
13. Maintain accurate, appropriate records, in line with NMC guidelines
14. Safe administration and disposal of drugs
Personal Qualities
Essential
15. Evidence of continuing professional development
16. Positive, professional and polite
17. Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
18. IT literate
19. Able to communicate effectively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, and to be responsible for the total care of the patient