Staff Nurse

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is inviting Band 5 Staff Nurses to join Abbey Ward, a male acute admission ward at Hallam Street Hospital, West Bromwich. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, person-centred care for adults experiencing acute mental health deterioration and aims for safe, timely discharges.

You will work within a proactive, inclusive team, contributing to safeguarding, care planning, and collaboration with colleagues to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Assess patients' wellbeing and related needs, identifying and escalating physical or psychological health concerns to the appropriate team members.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised programmes of care, working collaboratively with patients whenever possible.
• Monitor patients' mental and physical wellbeing and contribute to safeguarding individuals whose health or safety may be at risk, in line with local policies such as the Observation Policy and Risk Management Policy.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with the multidisciplinary team, service users, and carers regarding care plans, daily activities, and ongoing interventions.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act and professional codes of conduct.
• Involve service users, carers, and relatives throughout episodes of care wherever feasible, ensuring choices are offered and respected.
• Ensure support workers complete delegated ward tasks and undertake patient observations in line with policy and expected standards.
• Contribute to service development and support positive change initiatives that enhance the quality of care provided on the ward.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' wellbeing and related needs, identifying health concerns and escalating to the appropriate team members.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate care programmes, working collaboratively with patients wherever possible.
• Monitor patients' wellbeing and safeguarding concerns in line with local policies.
• Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and carers about care plans and daily activities.
• Maintain patient confidentiality in line with data protection and professional codes of conduct.
• Involve service users and carers throughout episodes of care, offering choices and respecting decisions.
• Support workers to complete delegated ward tasks and patient observations per policy.
• Contribute to service development and positive change initiatives on the ward.

Job description

• Assess patients' wellbeing and related needs, identifying and escalating physical or psychological health concerns to the appropriate team members.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised programmes of care, working collaboratively with patients whenever possible.
• Monitor patients' mental and physical wellbeing and contribute to safeguarding individuals whose health or safety may be at risk, in line with local policies such as the Observation Policy and Risk Management Policy.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with the multidisciplinary team, service users, and carers regarding care plans, daily activities, and ongoing interventions.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act and professional codes of conduct.
• Involve service users, carers, and relatives throughout episodes of care wherever feasible, ensuring choices are offered and respected.
• Ensure support workers complete delegated ward tasks and undertake patient observations in line with policy and expected standards.
• Contribute to service development and support positive change initiatives that enhance the quality of care provided on the ward.

At Hallam Hospital, we pride ourselves on being an encouraging, proactive, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to delivering high-quality care and ensuring that both our patients and colleagues feel supported, respected, and valued. We are now welcoming Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our team on our male acute ward.

Abbey Ward- 18 bed male acute admission ward based at Hallam Street Hospital in West Bromwich. We support individuals experiencing an acute deterioration in their mental health, providing short-term, focused interventions aimed at helping them return home as soon as possible., Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, following the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (covering Wolverhampton and Sandwell) and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. We are a new trust who are dedicated to innovating the care of those within our services ensuring that we continue to learn and grow. We are currently successfully combining resources, strategies and a talented workforce to enable us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving. We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. We look forward to meeting you and hopefully welcoming you into this new exciting and dynamic trust.