Job summary
Brant Ward is an 18-bedded acute assessment ward for older adults experiencing complex mental health needs, based at Witham Court within the Older Adults and Frailty Division. We are seeking motivated, compassionate Band 5 Mental Health Nurses to join our established and supportive multidisciplinary team.
This is a rewarding and fast-paced inpatient environment, offering excellent opportunities to develop clinical skills in assessment, risk management and therapeutic engagement with older adults experiencing acute mental illness. The role is well suited to nurses who are passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care and who value teamwork, learning and reflective practice.
Brant Ward is known for its welcoming culture, strong peer support and commitment to compassionate care. Staff consistently describe the ward as challenging but rewarding, with a strong sense of pride in the positive difference made to patients and carers.
Whether you are newly qualified or bringing existing inpatient experience, you will be supported to grow in confidence, capability and professional identity within a team that values kindness, curiosity and shared learning.
The ward continues to develop evidence-based, person-centred practice and works closely with community and Home Treatment Teams as part of the acute care pathway. This is an excellent opportunity to join a service that values development, supervision and progression within a supportive clinical environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and compassionate inpatient nursing care to older adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties.
You will be responsible for completing comprehensive nursing and risk assessments and developing, implementing and evaluating individualised care plans in collaboration with service users, carers and the wider care team. The role involves delivering a range of therapeutic nursing interventions that promote recovery, autonomy and wellbeing.
As a named nurse, you will coordinate care, contribute to clinical reviews and work collaboratively with medical, allied health and community colleagues to support admission, treatment and discharge planning.
The post holder will contribute to the day-to-day running of the ward, supporting the nurse in charge to maintain high standards of care, safety and documentation in line with professional, organisational and information governance requirements.
You will support students and junior staff in practice, participate in supervision and training, and contribute to audit, service development and quality improvement activity within the ward setting.
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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Always act in a dignified and responsible manner with patients, carers and colleagues, using appropriate language and communication skills, which acknowledge barriers to understanding, cultural differences and diversity.
- Develop and maintain communication (sensitive, complex and contentious) with other teams, external agencies, in order to promote good client care and deliver initiatives such as Care Programme Approach.
- Act as an advocate, support patients through their care programme both physically and psychologically to achieve expected outcomes, explaining care, treatment and associated risks (complex information).
- Provide and receive complex information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, empathic and re-assurance skills are required to support patients through their journey.
- To provide supportive and sensitive communication, written and verbal advice to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and of barriers to effective communication e.g., sensory or cognitive impairment and unrealistic expectations whilst being considerate of client confidentiality.
- Develop communications with other departments e.g. Nursing and Clinical Governance, and with external providers, voluntary agencies and user organisations, building effective working partnerships to deliver the highest standards of care.
- Develop and complete nursing and risk assessments and reviews, analysing and deciding the most appropriate approach to implementing care plans in association with nurse in charge, agreeing objectives with patients and carers.
- Organise and plan activities with patients, facilitating therapeutic and educational groups, adjusting own workload in response to prevailing circumstances.
- The ability to travel independently across the county and cover a range of shifts on evenings, nights and weekends in a timely manner to meet service requirements.
- Accept ongoing accountability for patients, hold and manage delegated caseload (complex cases) and supervise and/or mentor junior staff and students as required in the provision of direct/indirect nursing care.
- Monitor and review patients progress where frequent concentration is required, against planned objectives and use initiative to act on results within own sphere of responsibility, including reporting observations and taking action to minimise risks.
- Assist patients with personal care as need arises. Implement planned care programme, education and teaching which encourages and empowers them and their carers to maximise self-care and individual autonomy i.e. medicines, mobility, hygiene, budgeting, etc.
- Contribute to case conferences and reviews, supporting patients and carers to engage with services and contribute to their care.
- Use safely in accordance with manufacturers guidance clinical equipment in the performance of their work to appropriate high standards of care.
- Inform the nurse in charge of any shortages of stock and supplies, clinical equipment or medications etc. ordering as required.
- Record all self-generated information within the clinical notes using the Trust's clinical information system (RiO).
- Participate in audit and research as required and contribute to quality improvement initiatives, policy review and practice development.
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
- Relevant experience of working with mental health needs.
- Relevant experience of working with older adults with dementia.
- Experience of working with people with dementia who are experiencing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD).
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Government principles.
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.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Always act in a dignified and responsible manner with patients, carers and colleagues, using appropriate language and communication skills, which acknowledge barriers to understanding, cultural differences and diversity.
- Develop and maintain communication (sensitive, complex and contentious) with other teams, external agencies, in order to promote good client care and deliver initiatives such as Care Programme Approach.
- Act as an advocate, support patients through their care programme both physically and psychologically to achieve expected outcomes, explaining care, treatment and associated risks (complex information).
- Provide and receive complex information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, empathic and re-assurance skills are required to support patients through their journey.
- To provide supportive and sensitive communication, written and verbal advice to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and of barriers to effective communication e.g., sensory or cognitive impairment and unrealistic expectations whilst being considerate of client confidentiality.
- Develop communications with other departments e.g. Nursing and Clinical Governance, and with external providers, voluntary agencies and user organisations, building effective working partnerships to deliver the highest standards of care.
- Develop and complete nursing and risk assessments and reviews, analysing and deciding the most appropriate approach to implementing care plans in association with nurse in charge, agreeing objectives with patients and carers.
- Organise and plan activities with patients, facilitating therapeutic and educational groups, adjusting own workload in response to prevailing circumstances.
- The ability to travel independently across the county and cover a range of shifts on evenings, nights and weekends in a timely manner to meet service requirements.
- Accept ongoing accountability for patients, hold and manage delegated caseload (complex cases) and supervise and/or mentor junior staff and students as required in the provision of direct/indirect nursing care.
- Monitor and review patients progress where frequent concentration is required, against planned objectives and use initiative to act on results within own sphere of responsibility, including reporting observations and taking action to minimise risks.
- Assist patients with personal care as need arises. Implement planned care programme, education and teaching which encourages and empowers them and their carers to maximise self-care and individual autonomy i.e. medicines, mobility, hygiene, budgeting, etc.
- Contribute to case conferences and reviews, supporting patients and carers to engage with services and contribute to their care.
- Use safely in accordance with manufacturers guidance clinical equipment in the performance of their work to appropriate high standards of care.
- Inform the nurse in charge of any shortages of stock and supplies, clinical equipment or medications etc. ordering as required.
- Record all self-generated information within the clinical notes using the Trust's clinical information system (RiO).
- Participate in audit and research as required and contribute to quality improvement initiatives, policy review and practice development.
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
- Relevant experience of working with mental health needs.
- Relevant experience of working with older adults with dementia.
- Experience of working with people with dementia who are experiencing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD).
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Government principles.
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.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
