Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Despite these challenging times in the health sector, the team at Northwick Park Hospital is more determined than ever to offer progressive opportunities to their staff, and this position is no different. Ferneley Ward and Eastlake Ward are looking for a new Band 6 Clinical Team Leader, and in return, we will offer you an extensive development package to further your career. This will include:
* Career mapping to ensure continuous professional development
* Training opportunities such as CBT, DBT, Venepuncture, and more
* Our innovative Trauma Informed Approaches (TIA) staff training program
* Support to become an in-house Physical Intervention Trainer
The successful candidate will work within a dedicated team of different disciplines to assess and treat a range of mental health conditions, challenging behavior, and severe and enduring mental illnesses.
Nursing practice continuously develops with time, and at Northwick Park, so do we. If we want to understand the reasons for mental health problems, it often makes more sense to ask "What has happened to you?" rather than "What is wrong with you?" This method forms the basis of Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA), where we acknowledge the relationship between people's life experiences and the development of mental health difficulties. Northwick Park is a front-runner in developing Trauma Informed Approaches (TIA) to patient care in CNWL.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take up the responsibility of being the Unit/Site Coordinator at least four times a month. You will provide unit management support and coordinate and facilitate patient flow (bed management) out of hours. In addition, the unit coordinator will provide senior nursing support, professional leadership, and advice to all clinical areas within the unit, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We are looking for an individual who has effective communication skills not only when engaging with service users but also with their carers and any other professional(s).
The successful candidate will have:
* Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate approach to patient care.
* Motivation to drive improvement in the care of inpatients within a mental health setting.
* Commitment to continuous professional development and to working as part of a team.
* Ability to provide strong clinical leadership and role model to others best practice on both the ward as well as the wider unit.
Please note that this role requires successful candidates to be able to engage in Therapeutic Management of Violence and Aggression (TMVA) training, including the use of force techniques. This is because of the high-acuity nature of the ward environment and the need to ensure the safety of both patients and staff. The role is conditional upon candidates being able to engage in TMVA training during the course of their employment while undertaking this role.
About us
Working at Northwick Park will provide you with the following:
* Working around our Safety Pledge to reduce restrictive interventions
* Innovative Trauma Informed staff training program including practice of Team Formulation
* Implementing Sensory modulation into the care pathway
* Coaching and development sessions including wound care treatment, forms of dementia treatment, Mental State Examination skill sessions, administering ACE assessments
* On-site shadowing opportunities with our HTT, CMHT, Psych Liaison services
* Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such as CBT, DBT, ECG, and venepuncture training
* Flexible shift working hours to provide a healthy work-life balance
* Training package (including sponsorship for post-graduate studies up to masters)
* Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies, and award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
* Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans, and a cycle to work scheme.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.
Job responsibilities
Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.
Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:
1. Using their clinical judgment and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible.
2. Safeguarding people by recognizing and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognizing their own limits and asking for help and escalating concerns when necessary.
3. Escalating safety concerns and acting as effective advocates for those who use our services.
4. Being open and transparent about their own practice.
5. Supervising the work of others.
6. Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made.
7. Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement.
8. Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses, and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Clinical Outcomes
Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
1. Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients while also overseeing the work of others in the team, including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification.
2. Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures.
3. Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process, including assessing risks and needs.
4. Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care.
5. Contributing to creating and maintaining high-performing teams by communicating well with all members of the team.
6. Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives.
7. Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings.
8. Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes.
Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:
1. Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers.
2. Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision-making.
3. Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector.
4. Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable, and confident.
5. Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behavior to patients, families, or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the Trust's values are embedded in all practice.
6. Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy.
You will need to be an excellent team player with an ability to facilitate collaborative working, ensuring high standards of assessment, care, and treatment for patients within the ward and wider unit. In addition, you will possess leadership skills in order to lead the nursing team on the ward as well as the wider unit when working as the unit coordinator.
Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
* Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Experience
* Previous experience as a Band 5 nurse
Skills
* Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team, and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face, by telephone, and writing letters and reports.
* Maintaining accurate, timely, concise, and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies.
* Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary.
* Able to maintain electronic patient records and use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing.
* Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable, and enthusiastic.
* Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care.
* Mentor, teach, and support others in the team.
* Supervise others in the team.
* Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind, and hard-working.
* Expertise in particular skills and evidence of how you developed them and use them in your current role.
* Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring, Respectful, Empowering, and working in Partnership.
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.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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