Staff Nurse

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Lookout Hopewood Hospital

Staff Nurse

Band 5

Hours - Full and Part time posts available

Hopewood Hospital in Sherwood, Nottingham has 32 beds across 3 wards and is based on site with an education facility for our inpatients, a CAMHS community base with specialist teams and both inpatient and community perinatal teams.

Currently Hercules Ward, Phoenix Ward and Pegasus Ward have exciting opportunities for an experienced RMN or RNLD, RGN or RSCN to join our teams.

Hercules Ward is an 8 bedded psychiatric intensive care unit that works with young people experience severe and enduring mental health problems. We work closely with families and a full MDT to ensure positive outcomes for young people and we encourage staff to be fully involved in patients care and participate in both group and 1:1 work.

Phoenix Ward is a busy 12 bedded general acute ward 24 hours a day, providing highly specialist services, 7 days a week, to young people aged 12 to 18, who are experiencing a range of mental health and emotional difficulties. We have a large MDT and lots of opportunity to ensure a wide range of therapeutic intervention.

Pegasus Ward is a specialist eating disorder ward. Family based treatment is integral to the treatment and recovery of young people with eating disorders and families and carers are encouraged to be fully involved in their care; there are therefore opportunities for staff to be involved in family work as well as individual & group work with the young people.

Main duties of the job

Our nurses have a key clinical role within a well established multidisciplinary team. You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of working with people with mental health problems and supporting carers /families in an acute environment. You should have a working knowledge of the management of safeguarding processes, have excellent communication and leadership skills

For successful RGN, RSCN applicants the role would entail all nursing duties as detailed in the job description but also include supporting the ward staff with physical health interventions, responding to physical health concerns that may arise across site, supporting the implementation of physical health care plans and staff development and training in relation to physical health as well as having a key role within mental health support and recovery. You would be supported with development and training opportunities in Mental Health intervention through internal training opportunities and supervision as well as the physical healthcare team. This role ensures holistic care is considered within the patient journey.

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Date posted

05 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

186-818-22-MH-I

Job locations

The Lookout, Hopewood

Foster Drive

sherwood

NG5 3FL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the uploaded job description. Further details regarding the essential criteria can be found in the person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the uploaded job description. Further details regarding the essential criteria can be found in the person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's

Desirable

Awareness of national and local issues impacting nursing care

Skills

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Good written and oral communication skills
Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
IT skills

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent
Maintains current registration with the NMC
Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

Desirable

Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding

Desirable

Specialist and area specific experience

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's

Desirable

Awareness of national and local issues impacting nursing care

Skills

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Good written and oral communication skills
Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
IT skills

Qualifications & Training

Essential

Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent
Maintains current registration with the NMC
Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

Desirable

Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding

Desirable

Specialist and area specific experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).