Senior Staff Nurse

Black Country Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Staff Nurse for our Inpatient Wards. You will work closely with Matrons and community pathways to develop clinical skills and evidence-based practice.

The role supports junior staff, provides clinical supervision, and ensures adherence to national standards, infection control, and patient safety. UK-based applicants with current NMC registration are invited to apply.

Qualifications

• MDT working experience is essential.
• Inpatient working experience is essential.
• Good understanding of mental health disorders is required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a clinically focused Senior Staff Nurse within Inpatient Wards and provide support and advice to junior staff.
• Engage in clinical supervision both as a provider and receiver.
• Maintain clinical standards regarding assessment of care needs and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Support the ward managers to ensure equitable use of all resources to support an effective service.

Skills

MDT working

Inpatient experience

Mental health knowledge

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

Professional responsibilities

• To maintain and develop own and the teams clinical skills, knowledge and professional practice via a local training template in line with professional, NICE, SCIE (social care institute for excellence) and KSF guidelines and service need, ensuring the maintenance of effective evidence based practice.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• To act as a clinically focused Senior Staff Nurse within Inpatient Wards providing support/advice; linking with Matrons and community specialist nurses and pathways.

To act in a consultative role for junior staff, supporting the upskilling of staff knowledge and skills

About us

These are exciting times for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform in-patient mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives across our communities.

The Trust is rated 'Good' from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and in July 2022 became the lead provider for mental health services across the Black Country. We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, including multi-million pound investment in building new facilities and work-force models

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be conversant with and practice within the realms of the 1983 Mental Health
• To engage in clinical supervision both as a provider and receiver
• To be responsible for supporting the maintenance of clinical standards regarding assessment of care needs.
• Work with the ward managers to ensure equitable use of all resources to support an effective service.

To support the instigation and continuation of CQC standards, infection control standards, National patient safety standards.

Person Specification

Essential

• NMC professional registration
• Comprehensive experience of MDT working
• Experience of inpatient working
• understanding of mental health disorders

Desirable

• Clinical management experience
• Ability to lead a team
• Good team player

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Langdale Ward, Dorothy Pattison Hospital, Walsall, WS2 9XH, United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Ward Manager, Dane Miller, [e-mail], 07796598987