Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable mental health service provider in Grimsby seeks a qualified Practitioner to join their team. This role involves providing comprehensive assessments and care to individuals with mental health needs while supporting junior staff. Candidates are required to have relevant qualifications and experience in mental health service delivery. Strong commitment to patient-centered care is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with severe mental illness and treatment.
• Knowledge of nurse prescribing and risk assessments.
• Ability to work autonomously and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Complete holistic assessments and deliver evidence-based treatments.
• Supervise and support junior staff.
• Maintain accurate patient records and care reports.

Skills

Experience working with mental illness

Knowledge of relapse prevention

Ability to provide trauma-informed care

Education

Current UK professional registration

Post qualification award in health/social care

Clinical Supervision Training

Job description

This is anexciting opportunity to join the expanding Navigo family, working as aqualified Practitioner within the Acute services inpatient lodges. Whetheryou're looking to start a new career, or you already have experience supportingpeople with health & social needs, we want to hear from hard working, kind,caring and compassionate people who want to make a difference to the lives ofothers.

Ourteams work across the locality in a holistic, person-centred andtrauma-informed approach to deliver services that we'd be happy for our ownfamilies to use.

Main duties of the job

The role of a qualified practitioner involvescompleting holistic assessment of need, risk assessment & management,delivering evidence-based treatment & interventions, admission/discharge,coaching & supervising junior colleagues, attending and leading meetings(including MDT's, reviews, team meetings, etc.), maintaining the wardenvironments, supporting the friends/families of people using services, andcontributing to the safe and effective delivery of the service whilst ensuringthat the people who use our services are always involved and at the heart ofany decision-making. Through robust implementation of policy and compliancewith the appropriate legal frameworks, this role truly contributes theimproving the lives of the people accessing our services.

About us

Hello!

Weare Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health andwell-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental healthservices to the NHS and beyond.

Thewhole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for ourown family to use.

Weoffer a range of mental health services, including acute and communityfacilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adultsinpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and anoutstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Rankedas one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companiestop 100 large company list.

Asa social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have alsodeveloped income-generating commercially viable businesses that providetraining, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby GardenCentre.

Workingat Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but wereally mean it.

Welike to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Comeand Join us !

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Job responsibilities

Providenursing care to patients, having knowledge of national and local policies andprocedures, in order to maintain high standards of care.

Directly support staffas appropriate in the provision of care for the service user providing supervision and support as necessary.

Assist in thesupervision and assessment of junior staff.

Provide and receivecomplex, sensitive, and at times, contentious, information around serviceusers mental health needs and requirements.

Communicate with serviceusers, their family, and carers, around needs and care programmes, whilstovercoming their possible barriers to understand by using persuasive andnegotiating skills.

Demonstrate proceduresto qualified and unqualified staff by means of instructions and supervision.

Participate in the fullrange of administrative responsibilities.

Plan andorganise workloads for staff within the area to include allocation of staff,planning patient care and groups etc.

Maintain patientsrecord accurately and promptly and be able to give and receive nursing carereports, including knowledge of, and the ability to use, our computer database system(SystmOne).

Assist in maintaining thesafe custody of drugs in accordance with our policies and procedures.

Handle cash andvaluables belonging to the service user within policy and guidance.

Assist in providing asafe environment for the safety and welfare of service users and staff by beingaware of the following: (1) Health and Safety at Work Act (2) Fire Preventionand Management (3) Infection Control Policy (4) COSHH.

Report all accidentsand complaints and also all faulty equipment in line with Navigos policies andguidelines and provide written reports when appropriate.

Be aware ofdevelopments in nursing by attending continuing education courses and studydays and be self-motivated with regards to personal development.

Assist as appropriatein the support and counselling of service users and relatives.

Be involved withinclinical supervision sessions with peers and superiors.

Contribute to themaintenance of a good clinical climate for learners and assist in thein-service training for ward staff.

Keep up to date withcurrent research in nursing and when necessary participate in researchprojects.

Rotatebetween day and night duty, as the service need demands.

Carry out audits toimprove areas of work within the service (in-patient, home treatment etc).

At times, when service need demands, work in other areas of the service.

Providespecific training/mentorship to students.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience working with mental illness of a severe and enduring nature.
• Knowledge of relapse prevention.
• Evidenced knowledge of issues involved in the treatment of mental illness and relapse prevention.
• Can evidence experience in audit and research.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the principles of nurse prescribing and the use of patient group directives/protocols.
• Broad knowledge of risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration - please provide UK registration number.
• Post qualification award in health/social care at degree or equivalent level.
• 032/33 or ENB998 (equivalent).
• Clinical Supervision Training.
• Nurse prescribing.
• AMHPs trained/willingness to undertake training.
• IT or equivalent qualification to level 2

Additional Requirements

• Evidence of ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Examples of positive attitude and person-centred, trauma-informed care.
• Able to work shifts, covering days and some nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Evidence of a commitment to user/carer involvement.
• Access to own transport.

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.

Harrison House / Other Navigo Acute Locations as required

Harrison House / Other Navigo Acute Locations as required