Senior staff Nurse

NHS; Fareham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Fareham is seeking an experienced Admin with a nursing background to provide high-quality patient care in a mental health environment. You will manage the ward and lead nursing staff, ensuring patient safety and effective care planning. Ideal candidates will have a nursing qualification with relevant experience in mental health or substance misuse care. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing offer

Development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with relevant qualifications and experience.
• Ability to manage ward and patient care.
• Experience with mental health or substance misuse care.

Responsibilities

• Manage a ward in the absence of the Clinical Manager.
• Deliver high standards of patient care.
• Conduct assessment and develop care plans for patients.

Skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Patient care

Clinical supervision

Education

Registered Nurse with NMC

Post-registration experience

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting post that makes a real difference to people's lives?

We have exciting opportunities to be part of this ground-breaking initiative at our inpatient detox unit in Fareham, Hampshire.

We are looking for dynamic, compassionate, and experienced Admin to join our forward-thinking team. If you are passionate about providing good quality care within a rewarding environment and supportive organisation, then this is the job for you!

• Able to work with a flexible approach and want to work in a team that encourages new ideas and feedback.
• You'll have experience in administration and bed management.
• Share our values, be committed to providing high quality care and developing your own skills.
• Value working within a team with a variety of professions, work and lived experience.
• We welcome flexible working and will consider part-time applicants.

The successful candidate will benefit from the experience and support of the team and that of its NHS employer. Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) is a national NHS Provider of substance misuse services in prisons and the community across the country and the host of the NHS Provider Alliance for Addiction.

Main duties of the job

• Monthly supervision and annual appraisal
• Support and guidance
• Learning and development opportunities for career progression and individual professional development
• Access to the Quality Improvement Academy
• Research & Development Opportunities
• Comprehensive wellbeing offer: SOOTHE resources; Schwartz Rounds; Staff Equality Networks

The successful candidate will:

• Ensure the effective management of a ward in the absence of the Clinical Manager with day-to-day responsibility of managing the shift and bed management.
• Deliver a high standard of patient care on a daily basis and providing clinical and managerial leadership and teaching to nursing and support staff.
• Assess care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who suffer from alcohol and drug dependency.

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

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Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details, a summary is below:

• Undertake assessments of individuals with complex physical/mental health presentations, including those patients presenting with higher levels of risk.
• Develop in collaboration with the patient their care plan and their recovery plan.
• Offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.
• Take the lead in delivering therapeutic group work programmes as required.
• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.
• Ensure the safety of all patients as determined by the clinical team. This includes the supervision of patients within the Unit, grounds and the community, as required.
• Provide clinical and managerial leadership on the ward.
• Assess and manage ongoing risks as identified during assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with patients and carers.
• Provide clinical and managerial supervision to staff nurses and trainees and maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Trust policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC
• Post-registration experience and/or evidence of formal courses and training at post graduate diploma level

Experience

• Significant demonstrable post qualification experience at Band 5 working in a mental health/specialist inpatient setting or community substance misuse setting
• Experience of developing, delivering and evaluating specialist programmes of care and risk management plans.

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.