Job summary
- Are you a caring and compassionate registered nurse?
- Do you have the skills to care for our residents with respect, dignity, empathy and warmth?
- Are you able to effectively communicate with staff, residents and their families, managers and staff from other services and agencies, members of the public, private and voluntary sector?
If you answered yes, we've got the perfect role for you!
We are looking for a staff nurse who has the skills to care for our residents with respect, dignity, empathy and warmth. Ideally you would have experience of working with dementia and applications from both RGNs and RMNs are welcome.
The successful applicant will be required to undertake all aspects of nursing care including activities with residents and work a variety of shifts; nights, days and weekends. In return we offer the right person the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge in Dementia care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a part time Band 6 staff nurse to join our team at Darland House. The successful applicant will be required to undertake all aspects of nursing care including activities with residents. Ideally the candidate will be flexible with their working pattern. In return we offer the right person the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge in Dementia care and become a valued member of our developing service.
About us
So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
- You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
- Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
- MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
At this time, MCH cannot fund or support any further nurses who require the OSCE training. Please do not apply if you require this training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communication and relationship skills
- To lead and ensure the assessment, review and care planning of residentsneeds is robust and embedded in practice
- Provide expert clinical intervention by promoting timely and appropriate decision making and assessments for residents
- Participate in the writing of reports in an accurate thorough way using IT, electronic documentation
- To actively liaise with other MCH services, acute providers, Continuing Healthcare, Safeguarding, Dols, Community Mental Health
- Work with multi-disciplinary team to facilitate timely and appropriate clinical management of residents.
- Provide clinical leadership and act as role model for all unit staff
- Ability to communicate information regarding the residents medical condition and individualised treatment programmes in an easy to understand, reassuring way, enabling and motivating where necessary
- To attend and actively participate in team and service meetings
- Knowledge, training and experience
- Registered Nurse. Desirable at degree levelor Mental Health Nurse with at least one-year experience as Band 5.
- Post graduate professional development related to maintaining registration
- Able to evidence continuous professional development in their current field or adjunctive field
- Proven ability to work on own initiative and accept personal accountability
Below is the usual clinical training and experience required for an Adult nurse working in community health services:
- Preparation of mentors qualification
- Obtain and interpret patients observations News Score, Restore
- Male and female catheterisation
- Know principles of infection and prevention control
- Verification of death
- Sound clinical knowledge and skills in the support of immediate management of residents requiring clinical intervention
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- DOLS
Below are transferrable skills
- Understanding of budget/resource management
- Able to work flexibly and cooperatively as well as autonomously
- Confident with decision making
- Possess a working knowledge of IT software programmes and how they function, with a good standard of inputting skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Good analytical and reflection skills
- Well-developed concentration skills and organisational skills
- Awareness of standards of record keeping.
- Experience of wide range of clinical settings.
- To develop a working knowledge of relevant procedures including (vulnerable adults, Mental Capacity Act etc.) and other legal requirements.
- To develop a working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and audit and their application to professional practice.
- Awareness of limitations, personal strengths and weaknesses
- Reflective practitioner
- Adopts a problem-solving approach
- Flexible, Reliable and organised
- Professional approach and appearance
- To participate in teaching on the unit for both individual staff and groups
- Analytical and judgement skills
- To assess nursing practice and standards on the unit through audit and supervision, to ensure organisation policies and local SOPs are applied at all times.
- To demonstrate the ability to support the reflection of practice for the unit team to facilitate development of skills and safe processes.
- Ability to deal with complex information regarding client care and plan accordingly.
- Provide and facilitate assessment of extended nursing and caring skills of the team with the assistance of the Team leader or others specialist colleagues as appropriate.
- Manage own workload independently using clinical judgement to make informed and appropriate decisions regarding patient care.
- Planning and organisational skills
- To participate in the planning of service objectives.
- Ability to work as part of a team to consider service changes and produce action plans and lead on clinical changes, keeping within agreed time scales.
- Set and monitor clinical standards of care for residents, ensuring these are achieved through individual care plans, using the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation process
- Physical skills
- Undertake the nursing care of the resident in accordance with care plans. Physically carrying out personal care and assisting with mobility whilst encouraging the patient to be as independent as possible and maintaining their privacy and dignity
- Good computer skills in Word, Excel, Outlook and other software packages
- Responsibility for patient / client care
- To ensure that all residents receive an up to date assessment, plan of care and regular reviews of needs.
- To provide expert clinical knowledge and skills in the support of the immediate management of residents requiring clinical intervention and dementia specialist care.
- Provide professional leadership and act as a role model advising, mentoring, guiding and supporting staff to understand and contribute to clinical practice.
- Encourage, actively promote and participate in if appropriate, the use of case conferences.
- Being an advocate for the residents by anticipating their needs and act in their best interest when required.
- To demonstrate empathy with residents, carers, families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
- To deal with initial complaints sensitively and to process according to organisation policy
- Actively promote good communication in all interactions with staff, residents, relatives and significant others
- Responsibility for policy and service development implementation
- The post holder is required to comply with, uphold and promote organisational policies and
- Standard operating procedures.
- To ensure that clinical practise is evidence based and utilises audit to prove outcomes.
- Implement, contribute and propose changes to policies and procedures which impact on patient care and safe care or service processes
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
- The post holder will need to take due account, in the way they achieve the key result areas of the organisation policies and procedures
- Actively promote an effective learning environment and participate in the education and professional development for nurses, care/support workers.
- Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities.
- Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
- Understanding of resource/budget management
- To effectively manage the area in accordance with available financial resources
- Handles resident valuables and property in accordance with MCH policy
- Responsibilities for human resources (HR)
- Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model.
- To integrate and supervise the role and work of support staff as part of the team so that a coordinated resident centred service is achieved.
- Act as a mentor and facilitator for staff on the unit
- Use the appraisal system to identify training and development needs of all staff
- Facilitate and participate in training and education programmes, promote an effective and efficient discharge process
- Participate in supervision
- Organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload
- Assist the team leader in identifying and securing agency staff.
- To ensure staff compliance with all organisation polices and employment legislation.
- Ensure all new staff are orientated and participate in induction programmes
- To participate in the appraisal process so that personal, professional and organisational goals are met.
- Responsibilities for information resources
- The post holder is required to maintain confidentiality of information regarding patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Caldecott guidelines, Data
- Protection Act and Safeguarding Guidance and legislation and other relevant legislation as appropriate
- Information Governance policies
- To maintain accurate patient and staff records and ensure systems, both electronic and paper based are adhered to within organisational policy
- Ensure appropriate data and information is collected, collated and communicated as scheduled
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communication and relationship skills
- To lead and ensure the assessment, review and care planning of residentsneeds is robust and embedded in practice
- Provide expert clinical intervention by promoting timely and appropriate decision making and assessments for residents
- Participate in the writing of reports in an accurate thorough way using IT, electronic documentation
- To actively liaise with other MCH services, acute providers, Continuing Healthcare, Safeguarding, Dols, Community Mental Health
- Work with multi-disciplinary team to facilitate timely and appropriate clinical management of residents.
- Provide clinical leadership and act as role model for all unit staff
- Ability to communicate information regarding the residents medical condition and individualised treatment programmes in an easy to understand, reassuring way, enabling and motivating where necessary
- To attend and actively participate in team and service meetings
- Knowledge, training and experience
- Registered Nurse. Desirable at degree levelor Mental Health Nurse with at least one-year experience as Band 5.
- Post graduate professional development related to maintaining registration
- Able to evidence continuous professional development in their current field or adjunctive field
- Proven ability to work on own initiative and accept personal accountability
Below is the usual clinical training and experience required for an Adult nurse working in community health services:
- Preparation of mentors qualification
- Obtain and interpret patients observations News Score, Restore
- Male and female catheterisation
- Know principles of infection and prevention control
- Verification of death
- Sound clinical knowledge and skills in the support of immediate management of residents requiring clinical intervention
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- DOLS
Below are transferrable skills
- Understanding of budget/resource management
- Able to work flexibly and cooperatively as well as autonomously
- Confident with decision making
- Possess a working knowledge of IT software programmes and how they function, with a good standard of inputting skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Good analytical and reflection skills
- Well-developed concentration skills and organisational skills
- Awareness of standards of record keeping.
- Experience of wide range of clinical settings.
- To develop a working knowledge of relevant procedures including (vulnerable adults, Mental Capacity Act etc.) and other legal requirements.
- To develop a working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and audit and their application to professional practice.
- Awareness of limitations, personal strengths and weaknesses
- Reflective practitioner
- Adopts a problem-solving approach
- Flexible, Reliable and organised
- Professional approach and appearance
- To participate in teaching on the unit for both individual staff and groups
- Analytical and judgement skills
- To assess nursing practice and standards on the unit through audit and supervision, to ensure organisation policies and local SOPs are applied at all times.
- To demonstrate the ability to support the reflection of practice for the unit team to facilitate development of skills and safe processes.
- Ability to deal with complex information regarding client care and plan accordingly.
- Provide and facilitate assessment of extended nursing and caring skills of the team with the assistance of the Team leader or others specialist colleagues as appropriate.
- Manage own workload independently using clinical judgement to make informed and appropriate decisions regarding patient care.
- Planning and organisational skills
- To participate in the planning of service objectives.
- Ability to work as part of a team to consider service changes and produce action plans and lead on clinical changes, keeping within agreed time scales.
- Set and monitor clinical standards of care for residents, ensuring these are achieved through individual care plans, using the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation process
- Physical skills
- Undertake the nursing care of the resident in accordance with care plans. Physically carrying out personal care and assisting with mobility whilst encouraging the patient to be as independent as possible and maintaining their privacy and dignity
- Good computer skills in Word, Excel, Outlook and other software packages
- Responsibility for patient / client care
- To ensure that all residents receive an up to date assessment, plan of care and regular reviews of needs.
- To provide expert clinical knowledge and skills in the support of the immediate management of residents requiring clinical intervention and dementia specialist care.
- Provide professional leadership and act as a role model advising, mentoring, guiding and supporting staff to understand and contribute to clinical practice.
- Encourage, actively promote and participate in if appropriate, the use of case conferences.
- Being an advocate for the residents by anticipating their needs and act in their best interest when required.
- To demonstrate empathy with residents, carers, families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
- To deal with initial complaints sensitively and to process according to organisation policy
- Actively promote good communication in all interactions with staff, residents, relatives and significant others
- Responsibility for policy and service development implementation
- The post holder is required to comply with, uphold and promote organisational policies and
- Standard operating procedures.
- To ensure that clinical practise is evidence based and utilises audit to prove outcomes.
- Implement, contribute and propose changes to policies and procedures which impact on patient care and safe care or service processes
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
- The post holder will need to take due account, in the way they achieve the key result areas of the organisation policies and procedures
- Actively promote an effective learning environment and participate in the education and professional development for nurses, care/support workers.
- Actively participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities.
- Responsibilities for financial and physical resources
- Understanding of resource/budget management
- To effectively manage the area in accordance with available financial resources
- Handles resident valuables and property in accordance with MCH policy
- Responsibilities for human resources (HR)
- Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model.
- To integrate and supervise the role and work of support staff as part of the team so that a coordinated resident centred service is achieved.
- Act as a mentor and facilitator for staff on the unit
- Use the appraisal system to identify training and development needs of all staff
- Facilitate and participate in training and education programmes, promote an effective and efficient discharge process
- Participate in supervision
- Organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload
- Assist the team leader in identifying and securing agency staff.
- To ensure staff compliance with all organisation polices and employment legislation.
- Ensure all new staff are orientated and participate in induction programmes
- To participate in the appraisal process so that personal, professional and organisational goals are met.
- Responsibilities for information resources
- The post holder is required to maintain confidentiality of information regarding patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Caldecott guidelines, Data
- Protection Act and Safeguarding Guidance and legislation and other relevant legislation as appropriate
- Information Governance policies
- To maintain accurate patient and staff records and ensure systems, both electronic and paper based are adhered to within organisational policy
- Ensure appropriate data and information is collected, collated and communicated as scheduled
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- post-grad qualification in mental health/dementia
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of dementia presentations and the management of dementia
Experience
Essential
- Experience of care planning
Desirable
- specific dementia experience with regards to care planning
Experience
Essential
- experience of inpatient wards
Desirable
- experience working within community setting - ward or domiciliary
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- post-grad qualification in mental health/dementia
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of dementia presentations and the management of dementia
Experience
Essential
- Experience of care planning
Desirable
- specific dementia experience with regards to care planning
Experience
Essential
- experience of inpatient wards
Desirable
- experience working within community setting - ward or domiciliary
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
