Senior Acute Care Nurse

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS); Lincoln; Sur place; GBP 36 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Senior Acute Care Nurse on a 12-month fixed-term contract at Brant Ward, Witham Court. You will lead clinical care for older adults with complex mental health needs and provide shift leadership within a multidisciplinary team.

You will develop care plans, participate in audits, supervise students, and support senior colleagues while delivering compassionate, evidence-based inpatient care.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in acute inpatient care and older adult mental health.
• Demonstrated leadership and teaching abilities.

Responsabilités

• Deliver inpatient nursing care to older adults with complex mental health needs.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervise ward staff.
• Coordinate shifts, admissions and discharges within the acute care pathway.

Connaissances

Nursing

Clinical leadership

Staff supervision

Teamwork

Description du poste

Bring your experience. Shape excellent older adult inpatient care.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join Brant Ward as a Band 6 Senior Acute Care Nurse on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Based at Witham Court, Brant Ward provides acute assessment and treatment for older adults experiencing complex mental health needs. This is an opportunity to take on a senior nursing role in a challenging and rewarding environment, combining clinical care, shift leadership and support for colleagues.

You will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, person-centred care, strengthen clinical standards and contribute to quality improvement. We welcome nurses who bring sound clinical judgement, initiative and a commitment to learning, teamwork and therapeutic relationships.

Building on your existing experience, you will contribute your ideas, develop your leadership practice and help shape how care is delivered. The role includes supervision and supporting the development of students and colleagues.

The appointment is fixed term for 12 months. There may be scope for extension or a permanent opportunity, subject to funding, service requirements and approval; neither is guaranteed.

Provide safe, effective and compassionate inpatient nursing care to older adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties, working collaboratively with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team.

Undertake nursing and risk assessments; develop, implement and evaluate person-centred care and risk management plans; and deliver evidence-based interventions that support recovery, autonomy and wellbeing.

Coordinate shifts and provide clinical leadership, supporting staff to prioritise care, respond to changing needs and maintain safe ward practice.

Coordinate named-nurse care, contribute to clinical reviews and support admission, treatment and discharge planning across the acute care pathway.

Provide supervision and guidance to colleagues and students within delegated responsibilities, supporting learning, reflective practice and professional development.

Support the Ward Manager with delegated operational duties, clinical standards, audit, governance and service improvement. Promote reducing restrictive practice and recognise, respond to and escalation safeguarding or safety concerns.

Maintain accurate, timely records and effective handovers, practising in accordance with professional standards, Trust policies and information governance requirements.

Work flexibly within a 24-hour, seven-day inpatient service.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Thomas Lyte Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01522 307869