Staff Nurse

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Kettering; Presencial; GBP 27.000 - 33.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is seeking an outstanding Band 5 mental health staff nurse to join the Welland Centre on the 7-bed Female Psychiatric Unit at St Mary's Hospital, Kettering.

We welcome an experienced RMN or a newly qualified nurse (within 6 months), and will support learning and development to maintain a high standard of care in a modern, needs-led environment designed to promote dignity and recovery.

Formación

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with current or imminent endorsement by NMC.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and its application.
• Flexibility to work day and night shifts as part of a 24/7 service.

Responsabilidades

• Co-produce individualised care plans with service users under supervision.
• Assess mental state, risks and needs; contribute to multidisciplinary care.
• Ensure Care Programme design aligns with assessed needs and wishes.
• Act as Keyworker under supervision and deputise for Nurse in Charge as required.
• Provide care in line with the Ward's procedures and Single Clinical Record.
• Collaborate with the MDT to deliver activities and recovery-focused care.

Conocimientos

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Mental Health Act knowledge

Shift work flexibility

Educación

NMC registration (or awaiting)

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for an outstanding mental health staff nurse (Band 5) to join our adult mental health inpatient service at the Welland Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Kettering, Northamptonshire.

We are looking for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join our team and work on our 7 bedded Female Psychiatric Unit. The age on this ward predominantly range between 18 to 65 years. The ward provides a modern, needs-led acute mental health setting, that aims to treat service users with dignity and respect in an appropriate, safe, and supportive environment for service users, staff, and visitors. Staff will work in a non-discriminatory, non- judgemental and collaborative way treating people fairly by understanding their own issues. This involves acknowledging the individual service users' culture, life experiences, protected characteristics, and strengths to promote their recovery.

You will be an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse or soon to be newly qualified (within 6 months).

We will support you to take responsibility for your learning and development.

You will ensure that care is co-produced to a consistently high standard.

You will need to demonstrate knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983)

You will need to be flexible with shift working including day and night rotation in the service which operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Main duties of the job

You will:

• -Co-produce individualised programmes of care and be responsible for assessing service user's needs under the supervision of the Charge Nurse or Keyworker.


• -Ensure that service users' mental state, needs, risks and strengths are comprehensively assessed, and that multi-disciplinary care is co-produced to a consistently high standard. Assessment must include consideration of Child Protection issues and factors relating to vulnerable adults.


• -Ensure that service users have a Care Programme designed and delivered in line with their assessed needs, risks, strengths and wishes.


• -Act as Keyworker under supervision and as directed by the Nurse in Charge.


• -Deputise for the Nurse in Charge in his/her absence and carry out the duties associated with this position.


• -Demonstrate knowledge with regard to the delivery of care to service users detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 acting as their advocate when appropriate.


• -Work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver programmes of activities/care.


• -Participate in continual service development by the application of evidence-based practice.


• -Communicate effectively with members of the multi-disciplinary team, service users, carers and visitors to the Ward.


• -Ensure nursing practice is fully reflected in the use of the Trust's Single Clinical Record.


• -Be flexible with regard to shift working including day and night rotation in the service which operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year service

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.