Band 5 Assistant Home Manager - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse to provide exceptional care for children and young people with learning disabilities. This role involves conducting thorough nursing assessments, developing personalized care plans, and advocating for the best interests of patients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in clinical practice, excellent communication skills, and the ability to lead and support junior staff. Join a dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality care and making a positive impact in the lives of vulnerable children.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in children’s nursing and learning disabilities.
• Ability to develop care plans and advocate for children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care for children and young people.
• Implement and evaluate care plans in consultation with families and professionals.

Skills

Clinical Practice

Nursing Assessment

Care Planning

Medication Administration

Risk Assessment

Safeguarding

Effective Communication

Leadership Skills

Record Keeping

Therapeutic Relationship Development

Education

UK Registered Nurse LD/Children's/Adult's

2 years post qualifying experience

Tools

Microsoft Applications

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Number of staff responsible for: 3 – 6 on each shift

• To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations for children and young people is provided. To ensure delivery of high quality residential service for disabled children detailed: National Minimum Care Standards of Children’s Homes. This will include:
• Undertaking a comprehensive, children/person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the children/young people, their parents/carers and supporting professionals, to provide the best nursing care
• Implementation of care plan and advocating for the children/young people.
• Evaluation of effectiveness of care plan provided in partnership with children and young people parents and carers and support professionals.
• Ability to implement research-based practice
• Following successful completion of preceptorship, ability to supervise junior and unregistered staff
• Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for individual children and young people who present with challenging behaviour.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant Legislation for Disabled Children in Residential Services.
• Ensure the ordering storage, administration and disposal of medication complies with relevant trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010,Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and MHA (1983)

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Person specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential criteria

• UK Registered Nurse LD/Children's/Adult's
• Significant experience of at least 2 years post qualifying

Desirable criteria

• • Experience of working with children with learning disabilities and complex healthcare needs.

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• • Knowledge of medication rounds and safe administration and disposal of drugs
• • Able to plan, implement and evaluate resident care and act accordingly if untoward changes occur
• • De-escalation and listening skills
• • Physical Intervention, and breakaway trained
• • Able to demonstrate experience of effective risk assessment and management
• • Knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection
• • Maintain accurate, appropriate records
• • Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations
• • Able to develop an excellent therapeutic relationship; function as named nurse undertaking all aspects of the nursing process in order to provide best possible care

Professional/ Leadership skills

Essential criteria

• • Able to communicate effectively and efficiently with other members of the team
• • Leadership skills (motivating, using initiative, change management)
• • Understanding of the importance of Health and Safety
• • Effective report writing to provide clear relevant information for handovers, case conferences.
• • Have a working knowledge of Microsoft application or equivalent including use of emails, word processing, us of internet. Have a willingness to learn new applications as appropriate.

Desirable criteria

• • Able to undertake clinical supervision, appraisal, mentorship, teaching and preceptorships for Student nurses, bands 2, 3 and 4 staff. Ensure all personal development needs are reported to team leader.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• • Awareness of The Children’s Home (England) Regulations 2015
• • NMC's 'The Code': Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives
• • Experienced / knowledge of current developments in learning disability care and nursing practice with a focus on children and young people.

Health and wellbeing

Essential criteria

• • Able to recognise signs of stress in self and in others