Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse

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Job summary

Join the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse. This role offers the chance to work in acute mental health settings, providing high-quality care, engaging with multi-disciplinary teams, and benefiting from continuous training and career progression opportunities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered with UK NMC.
• Experience with shift coordination.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality safe nursing care.
• Coordinate service user assessments and care plans.
• Supervise junior staff and students.

Skills

Resilience

Effective communication

Empathy

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Main area Acute Inpatient Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work - Early/Late/Nights and weekends) Job ref 334-NUR-7226272-LF

Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Bethlem Royal Hospital Town Beckenham Salary £34,521 - £41,956 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59

Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

Do you have passion for inpatient mental health care and enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you want to work in an organisation who are 100% committed to delivering outstanding mental health care? If so, here at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust we may have the opportunities you are looking for!

We are delighted to be recruiting for Registered Mental Health Nurses to work in our inpatient acute mental health wards and psychiatric intensive care unit, with multiple posts available and based in a beautiful setting with over 200 acres of green space at Bethlem Royal Hospital. You will be able to develop your clinical skills and experience working with varied and complex mental health presentations within multi-disciplinary teams.

We offer additional training that is specialised to our services giving you risk assessment and risk management skills which are invaluable in the mental health profession.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring
consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
You will provide care for presenting service users from initial contact and assessment, formulating and delivering care plans, and evaluation of care. You will assess the risks and needs of service users to plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users and their carers. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives

The post holder will co-ordinate a first-class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.

Working for our organisation

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Bethlem Royal Hospital is based in a beautiful setting in over 200 acres of green space in the London Borough of Bromley, South East London. The hospital has easy access to nearby main roads and have offers free parking. The site is within walking distance from of Eden Park and West Wickham overland stations.

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to nursing, both clinical and operational. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in many additional areas

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery- focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.

Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.

Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.

Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.

Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.

Developing the management of care needs through:

• Initial data collection
• Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
• Feedback and discussion
• Producing reports and in-care reviews
• Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse.

Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including:

o Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way.

o Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.

o Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others.

o Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.

Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions.

Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.

Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed.

Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered LD Nurse

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of using supervision to reflect on skills/attitude/knowledge
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation
• Experience of shift coordination
• Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff or students

Skills and abilities

• Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to service users needs, without close supervision
• Self aware and self motivated
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics
• Forms effective workign relationships with colleagues
• Resilience - able to manage difficult interpersonal situations
• Able to provide critical and constructive feedback

Other

• Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas within the Trust as required
• Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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