Job summary
Location:Ellis Ward Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Lincoln and Hartsholme Centre, Longleys Road, Lincoln.
A fantastic opportunity for a Mental Health Staff Nurse who is looking to widen their experience and knowledge in mental health care by working across two different Inpatient Wards. This unique opportunity will allow you to work with two teams of professionals, enabling you to learn from and gain valuable experience from different perspectives.
You will join our team at our Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit which is a 10-bed male-only unit and also work at our brand new state of the art Peter Hodgkinson Centre on the Ellis Ward which is our 19 bedded male-only acute ward. Both wards cater for adults between the ages of 18 and 65 who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties.
As a Mental Health Staff Nurse you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of patients, with the Trust values at the core of your patient care approach. You will need to be self-motivated, enthusiastic, and empathetic, particularly during the acute stage of a mental health episode. Excellent communication skills, resourcefulness, and a commitment to working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team are essential.
This post offers an additional £1500 Environment Allowance per annum.
You may be required to work unsociable hours, nights, weekends, public holidays, and shift patterns but we can discuss this with you to make sure it fits around your commitments.
Main duties of the job
To be part of an integrated health/social care team providing inpatient care for service users suffering from serious and enduring mental illness. Offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic and social forms with the aim of promoting mental health wellbeing, self-autonomy and independence.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, in liaison with the care team in the capacity of a mental health nurse.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Practice
Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.
Perform nursing assessments of a clients personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.
Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment client risk.
Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.
Perform nursing interventions advocated within the clients care plan.
Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.
Involve clients and/or carers in the care panning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.
Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.
Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.
Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.
Participate in regular clinical supervision.
Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.
Leadership
Demonstrate an ability to lead, support and develop junior staff.
Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies.
Participate in service developments which have impact on staff/services.
Contribute to innovation and new ways of working
Take part and implement local audit and research activities were appropriate.
Implement risk management strategies to ensure the provision of high quality care to all clients.
Formulate appropriate clinical opinion based on clear rationale and understanding, national standards (NICE) and evidence based practice..
Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills.
Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team.
Practice Development and Research
Apply knowledge and understanding of existing practice development structure within the organisation.
Consider the impact and influence of their practice upon clients and others
Understand their own role and identify their unique contribution to the ongoing development of nursing practice.
Demonstrate professional standards in the delivery of their nursing practice.
Understand how nursing sits within the organisations clinical governance framework.
Challenge service development, professional and organisational boundaries as new and emerging developing practice is recognised.
Develop their practice where existing evidence and theory demonstrate new ways of working
Identify sources of evidence linked to improving client health and social care.
Demonstrate the ability to critique research base which may influence practice.
Be able to evaluate own nursing practice in line with current evidence/value based practice.
Use a variety of feedback mechanisms to improve own nursing care.
Education, Training and Personal Development
Identify personal educational needs which consolidate own learning from point of registration.
Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to ongoing learning.
Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging role.
Produce a personal development plan which strengthens their competence to deliver safe nursing practice reflecting current job requirements.
Complete mentor training in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard
(NMC) and fulfil the appropriate responsibilities to support learners in practice
Job description
Job responsibilities
Practice
Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.
Perform nursing assessments of a clients personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.
Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment client risk.
Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.
Perform nursing interventions advocated within the clients care plan.
Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.
Involve clients and/or carers in the care panning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.
Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.
Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.
Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.
Participate in regular clinical supervision.
Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.
Leadership
Demonstrate an ability to lead, support and develop junior staff.
Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies.
Participate in service developments which have impact on staff/services.
Contribute to innovation and new ways of working
Take part and implement local audit and research activities were appropriate.
Implement risk management strategies to ensure the provision of high quality care to all clients.
Formulate appropriate clinical opinion based on clear rationale and understanding, national standards (NICE) and evidence based practice..
Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills.
Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team.
Practice Development and Research
Apply knowledge and understanding of existing practice development structure within the organisation.
Consider the impact and influence of their practice upon clients and others
Understand their own role and identify their unique contribution to the ongoing development of nursing practice.
Demonstrate professional standards in the delivery of their nursing practice.
Understand how nursing sits within the organisations clinical governance framework.
Challenge service development, professional and organisational boundaries as new and emerging developing practice is recognised.
Develop their practice where existing evidence and theory demonstrate new ways of working
Identify sources of evidence linked to improving client health and social care.
Demonstrate the ability to critique research base which may influence practice.
Be able to evaluate own nursing practice in line with current evidence/value based practice.
Use a variety of feedback mechanisms to improve own nursing care.
Education, Training and Personal Development
Identify personal educational needs which consolidate own learning from point of registration.
Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to ongoing learning.
Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging role.
Produce a personal development plan which strengthens their competence to deliver safe nursing practice reflecting current job requirements.
Complete mentor training in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard
(NMC) and fulfil the appropriate responsibilities to support learners in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilist demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and barriers to effective communication whilst being considerate of client confidentiality
- Relevant experience of working with mental health needs
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
Desirable
- Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems.
- Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others
Skills & Competences
Essential
- Ability to work independently and collectively.
- Highly motivated and able to enage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilist demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and barriers to effective communication whilst being considerate of client confidentiality
- Relevant experience of working with mental health needs
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
Desirable
- Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems.
- Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others
Skills & Competences
Essential
- Ability to work independently and collectively.
- Highly motivated and able to enage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
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).
