Registered Mental Health Nurse

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Sheffield is seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their multi-disciplinary team. You will ensure service users have access to community services and support their autonomy in decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical leadership skills and a commitment to high-quality care in a dynamic rehabilitation environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead, motivate, and support the staff team.
• Must adopt a non-punitive, value-based approach to care delivery.
• Experience in intensive rehabilitation environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments for assigned patients.
• Develop and update care plans collaboratively with patients.
• Ensure safety and dignity of patients during care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Effective communication

Person-centred care

Decision making

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse Qualification

Job description

Overview

You'll be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that service users have access to socially inclusive community services so that they are engaged with society as much as they wish to be. You will help service users gain confidence in making choices and decisions, promote recovery, and support them to live as independently and autonomously as possible by helping them to achieve their goals, such as living in their own home, getting a job, starting a family, etc. You will also support greater involvement between service users and their carers in important decisions affecting their interests.

We aspire to employ staff who are supportive, kind, tenacious, non-judgemental and approachable, while able to set boundaries and strive for a better life for all service users. We are seeking a confident, competent and person-centred Registered Mental Health Nurse with effective clinical leadership and communication skills, who is dynamic and enthusiastic, committed to high-quality care and treatment, and who thrives in intensive rehabilitation environments. You must be able to lead, motivate and support the staff team, and adopt a non-punitive, value-based approach to care delivery.

Responsibilities

1. To ensure that comprehensive nursing assessment is carried out for all assigned patients to identify individual care needs.
2. To ensure that each allocated patient has a comprehensive, clear and up-to-date plan of care with specified objectives designed to meet the individuals’ identified care needs.
3. To ensure that comprehensive and up-to-date risk assessment and management plans are available and accessible to the team, addressing all areas of risk with particular regard to harm to self and others, vulnerability and potential for absconding.
4. As an identified Named Nurse, ensure that care planning and management is delivered collaboratively with the patient and their carers, in line with existing care pathways and the care programme approach.
5. To ensure that patient care is delivered in a manner consistent with available local guidelines relating to care pathways.
6. To ensure patients are aware of the content of their care plans and have contributed to their development and evaluation.
7. To ensure that identified plans of care for assigned patients are implemented consistently within the nursing team.
8. Undertake appropriate decision making in relation to the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice for both detained and informal patients, as influenced by risk assessments and MDT decision making.
9. Undertake appropriate action and decision making in relation to the Mental Capacity Act and DOLS as part of the MDT approach.
10. To respond positively to patients in acute distress, adopting diffusion and de‑escalation principles. Where physical interventions or restraint are required, to follow available guidance and approved techniques ensuring the safety and dignity of patients. When acting as the senior nurse, take positive approaches to patient engagement and conduct specific observations in line with policies and guidelines.
11. To ensure an appropriate therapeutic environment is maintained within the Ward.
12. To ensure medicines practice is in line with local guidelines and professional responsibilities, ensuring patient involvement, engagement and concordance.
13. To provide advice and support to ex-patients of the service in line with guidelines for 24-hour accessible mental health support.
14. As a member of the team, contribute to a safe, dignified, comfortable environment for patients and day-to-day activities.
15. Support patients with dietary needs around the clock.
16. Assist medical staff with routine examinations.
17. Respond to spillages of waste or bodily fluids in line with health and safety and infection control guidelines.
18. Use relevant information systems to support patient care and planning.
19. Audit care plans regularly using an established tool and evaluate care effectiveness against identified objectives.
20. Ensure practice remains within local and national policy, NMC standards and statutory law, and participate in ongoing professional development and supervision.
21. Support the development of junior staff and learners through mentoring, supervision and professional leadership; participate in own supervision and appraisal.
22. Undertake essential training (e.g., life support, safety, violence and aggression management) and pursue further training as identified for clinical development.
23. Take charge of the ward in the absence of the senior responsible person, directing staff and ensuring adherence to patient care and ward safety policies.
24. During any period of shift leadership, oversee medicines custody in line with Trust policies and procedures.

Equality, Diversity and DBS/Recruitment

We are a diverse and inclusive organisation welcoming applicants from a wide range of life experiences that reflect the diversity of Sheffield and the people who use our services. We are a Disability Confident employer and offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet essential criteria. If adjustments are required, please contact us about the application process.

We operate safeguarding and safe recruitment practices. Applicants may be asked to undertake a DBS check where appropriate. Where applicable, DBS Update Service membership is required and is the responsibility of the employee. Other recruitment processes may involve transfer of information to NHS systems.

Additional Information

We encourage flexible working arrangements where possible and welcome discussion about working patterns. Communication for applications will be via email; please check junk/spam folders as needed. Applicants may be redirected to our applicant management system (Trac) and data may be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Records system if offered a role.