Staff Nurse Mental Health

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Jenny Lind is an 8-bedded acute inpatient ward for older adults with a functional mental health diagnosis that require inpatient care and treatment. The patients admitted to the ward often have complex physical health comorbidities. Applicants should have an interest in both mental and physical health care delivery.

The ward has a multi-disciplinary team approach to delivering holistic care. This includes Nurses, Health Care assistants, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Activity support workers, Consultant Psychiatrist & Junior doctors, Psychologists, and colleagues in Adult Social Care.

Jenny Lind Ward welcomes and supports student nurses and nursing associates as part of our team, and you will be expected to supervise and assess students on placement.

Jenny Lind Ward operates a rotational shift pattern system that covers a 24-hour/seven-day period. The shift starts at 0730hrs till 2000hrs and the night shift at 1930hrs till 0800hrs. This post is advertised as a Full-time post but a part-time post may be negotiable depending on the applicant.

Main duties of the job

Your day will commence with clinical handover from the outgoing shift; you will then plan the day ahead with your team. This will include allocation of patient care and therapeutic activities, ensuring all activities of daily living are supported in a person-centred way focusing on independence and well-being, reviewing care plans and risk assessments, monitoring physical health, medication administration, liaising with the medical and therapy team, discharge planning, MDT meetings, and ensuring the Mental Health Act is correctly implemented and adhered to. You will also supervise health care support workers, junior colleagues, and students on placement.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

• Ability to work flexibly to cover a 24-hour/365-day service.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate you are able to lead and support a team of staff.
• A good understanding of physical health conditions and its management.
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently to patients' complex needs, assess, plan, implement, and review care for an allocated group of patients.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.
• Breakaway/Safety Interventions/Mappa training.
• NEWS 2 experience.
• Falls prevention and management.

Qualifications

• RN Mental Health, RN (Adult) or RNLD.
• Registered on the NMC register.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at the point of offer.
• Completion of preceptorship.

Experience

• Where the post holder is on or above the 2nd KSF gateway, they will support the Clinical Coordinator role, as described as exceptional circumstances in the job description.
• Promoting people's equality, diversity, and rights.
• Ensuring actions contribute to quality.
• Experience in managing a range of physical health conditions.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act.
• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for people with functional mental health diagnosis.
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and DOLS and the interface with the Mental Health Act.

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust