Job summary
The post holder will work within the Trust's Psychiatric Decision Unit known as Lotus Assessment Suite. As a staff nurse, you will work within an award-winning, nurse-led service to provide interim mental health care for service users. The role involves undertaking prolonged bio-psychosocial assessments to be able to meet the holistic needs of all service users and empower them to have the optimum level of responsibility for their individual care and treatment by following recovery principles and approaches.
The post will enhance your skills in autonomous clinical decision making, assessment of mental health and physical health needs, risk management, crisis management, development of managerial skills as well as joint working with multiple agencies/services. The post will also allow you to develop skills in providing a broad range of specialist psychosocial treatments for individual patients.
Service specific training and support will be provided to successful candidates as well as access to trust wide training opportunities.
Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to roles within the acute and urgent care service line.
Main duties of the job
As a staff nurse you will conduct assessments, support discharges and support junior staff with decision-making. You will support and promote the fundamentals of mental health and physical health care for our patients, by carrying out needs assessments and working collaboratively with patients to develop crisis and discharge plans.
If you are a forward-thinking nurse looking to develop your assessment and risk management skills this is an exciting opportunity to consider. We are looking for someone who is clinically competent with the appropriate skills to join a diverse and experienced team. The successful candidate will be able to develop a positive team atmosphere through hard work, calmness, tolerance and consistency. They will support and lead on quality improvement initiatives and support a culture of reflection and learning. If you want to be part of a pioneering award winning service this is an opportunity not to be missed.
Agile and flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work a 24/7 shift pattern, Monday to Sunday, and we will aim to give you the very best of good work life balance. Please note this role is not able to be carried out from home.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supportingjunior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursingcare, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational andspiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement andactivities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of careare met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support: Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; gettingfeedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patientsand their relatives / carers. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary teamand partner organisations. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoringservice user compliance. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report allincidents following trust policy.3. Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and riskmanagement that involves making decisions based on knowledge of theresearch evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their socialcontext, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of careneeds through: Initial data collection Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress Feedback and discussion Producing reports and in-care reviews Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carerand MDT5. Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care toservice users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include: Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and nonjudgmental way. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging theimportance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all timesand ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patientcare documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT andfamily/carers. Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations areundertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating orescalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that doesnot fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment.Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support. Implementing the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting serviceusers to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities andother activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing topsychological interventions.6. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.7. Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouragingand empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility fortheir individual programme of care
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supportingjunior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursingcare, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational andspiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement andactivities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of careare met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support: Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; gettingfeedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patientsand their relatives / carers. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary teamand partner organisations. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoringservice user compliance. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report allincidents following trust policy.3. Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and riskmanagement that involves making decisions based on knowledge of theresearch evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their socialcontext, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of careneeds through: Initial data collection Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress Feedback and discussion Producing reports and in-care reviews Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carerand MDT5. Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care toservice users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include: Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and nonjudgmental way. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging theimportance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all timesand ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patientcare documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT andfamily/carers. Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations areundertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating orescalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that doesnot fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment.Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support. Implementing the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting serviceusers to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities andother activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing topsychological interventions.6. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.7. Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouragingand empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility fortheir individual programme of care
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of researchbased/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
- Significant relevant clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
- Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
- Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
- Experience of teaching. e.g. lecturer practitioner/preceptorship
- Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of researchbased/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
- Significant relevant clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
- Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
- Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
- Experience of teaching. e.g. lecturer practitioner/preceptorship
- Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
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).
