Band 5 Staff Nurse - Salisbury

Integrated Care System; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health care organization in England is seeking a dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurse to provide high-quality care on an inpatient ward. The role involves working in a supportive team, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring holistic patient care. Qualifications include RMN Pin Registration and strong communication skills. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in people's lives within a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience in clinical settings.
• Ability to provide holistic patient care.
• Experience in mentoring and supervising junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standards of nursing care to service users.
• Mentor and support pre-registered students and new team members.
• Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments and develop care plans.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Shift coordination

Patient care

Adaptability

Education

RMN Pin Registration

Job description

Would you like to work in a caring friendly environment and make a difference to people's lives? Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a change? If so we have fantastic opportunities foryou.

We are looking for like-minded enthusiastic and dedicated Registered Mental Health nurses who share our visions and values.

Amblescroft North is a 20 bedded later life ward, this is an excellent opportunity to work with service users presenting with a range of mental health needs in crisis.

If you are successful you will be involved with a supportive and cohesive multi-disciplinary team caring for service users on an inpatient later life ward. You will care for your patients holistically, involving carers and relatives and work alongside medical and therapies staff. You will be able to adapt quickly to changing situations and provide high quality care toyour patients. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to demonstrate shift coordination and show competent nursing abilities within the clinical area to both registered and unregistered staff. You will be able to demonstrate effectiveness in ensuring continuity of care and implementation of trust policies.

Main duties of the job

To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high qualityevidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations forpatients is provided. This will include:o Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care.o Implementation of care and rehabilitation programme.o Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users.o Ability to implement research-based practice.o Following successful completion of preceptorship, ability to supervise junior and unqualified staff.o Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMCStandards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.o Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies forindividual clients; ICPA/SAP to people who present with mental health problems.o Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant mental Health Legislation.o 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).

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job responsibilities

To provide, and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to service users, in accordance with up-to-date evidence-based professional practice and AWP policies.To use own skills, knowledge and resources to provide mentoring opportunities for staff within designated areas and promote positive attitudes towards mental health. This will include: Regular provision of advice and mentoring to staff. Support the provision of an appropriate learning environment for pre- and post-registered students, novice practitioners, and new team members as directed.

Please see attached job description for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RMN Pin Registration
• Experience of basic counselling and group work

Supervision

• 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

Training & Development

• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to clinical area. Demonstrable commitment to own structured training and development programme.

Self reflection

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

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.