Job summary
Gresham 2 is offering a one year secondment to the post of Band 6 Clinical Charge Nurse.
This role is suitable for RMNs who have completed Preceptorship and gained relevent experience in a Band 5 RMN role or Band 6 RMNs looking to gain experience on a male acute ward.
The post holder will deliver and support high quality, safenursing care; ensuring high standards of practice and clinicalexcellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of professional conduct.
As a CCN you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior team members through the practice of evidence-based care.
You will be expected to support professional development through clinicalappraisal and supervision. Your own professional development will be supported and may include further study.
Gresham 2 is based at Bethlem Royal Hospital, within a beautiful setting in over 200 acres of tranquil space filled with orchards, meadows and woodland, benefiting the physical and mental health of all.
Bethlem is unique in that it provides ample free parking to all staff, service users and visitors. The site has easy access to nearby main roads and is within walking distance of Eden Park and West Wickham stations, in addition to many bus routes.
The directorate has a diverse and inclusive workforce that values compassion, respect, teamwork and excellence. You will be supported by a culture of learning and improvement.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the clinical team, providing patient care, you will be:o Caringo Competento Courageouso Committedo Communicativeo Compassionate
Your main duties will involve:
- Providing robust leadership on the ward
- Role modelling to junior colleagues
- Deputising for the ward manager in their absence
- Supervision and appraisals
- Completing competencies for other team members
- Audits
- Rota completion
- Maintaining safer staffing levels
- Leading on Quality Improvement initiatives
- Participating in their own professional development
- Undertaking Duty Senior Nurse (DSN) shifts
- Remaining mindful of the ward budget and efficiant use of resources
- Managing and mediating and conflict between team members
- Dealing with formal and informal complaints
- DATIX reviewing and fact finder completion
- Oversight of completion and quality of KPIs such as Care Plans and Risk Assessments
- Undertaking a Lead or Champion Role in one or more areas
About us
At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, we believe in providing excellent care which is delivered with pride and compassion. Everything we do is to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all.
Gresham 2 is a 22 bed male acute ward; as the largest ward in the trust, this is a fast paced environment with the oppertunity to gain experience of a range of presentations.
We are commited to the Continuing Professional Development of all team members and provide regular Teaching Sessions, in additon to the trust-wide training. There are a range of Staff Wellbeing Initiatives including Staff Counselling, the Critical Incident Support Service (CISS), Reflective Practive and access to a Green Room rest space for staff, filled with plants, providing an opportunity for staff to distance from routine activities and relax.
We have a full Multi-Disceplinary Team on the ward and benefit from Psychology input from the Actue Psychology Service, and other professional groups including Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Dietietics, Phamacy and many more.
Our goal is to support the recovery journey of the people who use our service, in a holistic fashion; addressing both mental and physical health, alongside social issues and psychological wellbeing and supporting people. We aim to involve families and carers as far as possible and signpost them to appropriate support and resources.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Skills1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:
- Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
- Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
- Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
- Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents 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 social context, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs5. Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered - Implementing the principles of recovery.6. Escorting service users as required, in line with Trust policies.7. Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy.
Knowledge and Frameworks:8. Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs andsymptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice
9. Recognising and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Leading and coordinating difficult situations and de-escalation and developing resilience and strategies to manage them.10. Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area.
Communication:11. Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information and response using appropriate language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations, acknowledging cultural differences and professional boundaries.12. Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating ability to determine key information and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner.13. Contributing towards the on-going quality of service and care by managing the patient caseload and liaising with the relevant Health care professionals if there are any significant information relevant to the patient.14. Maintaining timely and accurate service user written/electronic records in line with Trust policy. Use care plans, pathway documents and Information System progress notes appropriately and in a timely manner.15. Reporting, without delay, any safety or security concerns to maintain the safety of service users, carers, staff and others in line with Trust policy.16. Understanding and contributing to the Trust risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures17. Maintaining confidential information in accordance with Trust Policies.Teamworking and Professional development:18. Protecting service users, self and others by maintaining a clean and healthy environment in accordance with health and safety and infection control policies.19. Working in ways that support shared responsibility within the team:demonstrating support, respect and courtesy towards colleagues; working in a professional manner and with Trust values always in mind, respecting the boundaries of the relationship with service users/patients, carers and staff.20. Leading, attending and participating in team meetings and contributing ideas to multi-professional team discussions.21. Leading sessions on reflective practice for the wider care team to ensure effective patient care is based on evidence based practice and with Trust values in mind. Leading staff training and meetings including reflective practice groups and activities including the development of reflective portfolio.22. Participating in supervision by nominated senior staff member, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal system. Providing and coordinating and overseeing the supervision to Bands 2 5 nursing staff.
23. Demonstrating and promoting a clear leadership role to others and acting as role model to others at all times in accordance with Trust values.24. Undertaking mandatory training as required by Trust policy25. Supporting the team manager to conduct clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance and collating anddisseminating the information to the appropriate individual. Contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area.26. Contributing in training and development programmes of staff and supporting the clinical placements of student nurses.27. Supporting Band 5 nurses
Leadership and Management:28. Developing the clinical practice of junior members of staff, including newly qualified band 5 nurses.29. Acting as a point of contact for all enquiries, working in partnership with the team manager and the wider MDT to coordinate the activities of the unit.30. Deputising for the team manager in their absence and be accountable for the nursing care and management of team, including maintaining communication with the modern matron and senior nursing staff.31. Assisting the team manager in ensuring the team is safely staffed, prioritising and deploying resources within budgetary parameters and escalating concerns to senior nursing staff where appropriate in accordance with HR policies and procedures.32. Supporting the team manager to investigate incidents and complaints:compile reports and disseminate this information to senior management.33. Recognising nursing practice that needs improvement and work inpartnership with the team manager to ensure appropriate action is taken to address it.34. Supporting the team manager to ensure mandatory and statutory training are up to date for all staff.35. Linking with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to ensure delivery of care in line with current teaching standards36. Demonstrating awareness and engagement with the SLAM programme to develop the band 2-5 clinical workforce.
Research and Quality:- Measuring and developing standards of care through collection ofbenchmarking data where appropriate and undertake audits to ensure care meets the requirements of the CQC and Service Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).-Contributing to the strategic targets of the trust directorate and widerSLAM workforce development.- Contributing to service improvement (Quality Improvement and Innovation), and developments, benchmarking exercises and audit activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Skills1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:
- Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
- Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
- Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
- Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents 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 social context, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs5. Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered - Implementing the principles of recovery.6. Escorting service users as required, in line with Trust policies.7. Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy.
Knowledge and Frameworks:8. Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs andsymptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice
9. Recognising and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Leading and coordinating difficult situations and de-escalation and developing resilience and strategies to manage them.10. Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area.
Communication:11. Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information and response using appropriate language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations, acknowledging cultural differences and professional boundaries.12. Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating ability to determine key information and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner.13. Contributing towards the on-going quality of service and care by managing the patient caseload and liaising with the relevant Health care professionals if there are any significant information relevant to the patient.14. Maintaining timely and accurate service user written/electronic records in line with Trust policy. Use care plans, pathway documents and Information System progress notes appropriately and in a timely manner.15. Reporting, without delay, any safety or security concerns to maintain the safety of service users, carers, staff and others in line with Trust policy.16. Understanding and contributing to the Trust risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures17. Maintaining confidential information in accordance with Trust Policies.Teamworking and Professional development:18. Protecting service users, self and others by maintaining a clean and healthy environment in accordance with health and safety and infection control policies.19. Working in ways that support shared responsibility within the team:demonstrating support, respect and courtesy towards colleagues; working in a professional manner and with Trust values always in mind, respecting the boundaries of the relationship with service users/patients, carers and staff.20. Leading, attending and participating in team meetings and contributing ideas to multi-professional team discussions.21. Leading sessions on reflective practice for the wider care team to ensure effective patient care is based on evidence based practice and with Trust values in mind. Leading staff training and meetings including reflective practice groups and activities including the development of reflective portfolio.22. Participating in supervision by nominated senior staff member, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal system. Providing and coordinating and overseeing the supervision to Bands 2 5 nursing staff.
23. Demonstrating and promoting a clear leadership role to others and acting as role model to others at all times in accordance with Trust values.24. Undertaking mandatory training as required by Trust policy25. Supporting the team manager to conduct clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance and collating anddisseminating the information to the appropriate individual. Contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area.26. Contributing in training and development programmes of staff and supporting the clinical placements of student nurses.27. Supporting Band 5 nurses
Leadership and Management:28. Developing the clinical practice of junior members of staff, including newly qualified band 5 nurses.29. Acting as a point of contact for all enquiries, working in partnership with the team manager and the wider MDT to coordinate the activities of the unit.30. Deputising for the team manager in their absence and be accountable for the nursing care and management of team, including maintaining communication with the modern matron and senior nursing staff.31. Assisting the team manager in ensuring the team is safely staffed, prioritising and deploying resources within budgetary parameters and escalating concerns to senior nursing staff where appropriate in accordance with HR policies and procedures.32. Supporting the team manager to investigate incidents and complaints:compile reports and disseminate this information to senior management.33. Recognising nursing practice that needs improvement and work inpartnership with the team manager to ensure appropriate action is taken to address it.34. Supporting the team manager to ensure mandatory and statutory training are up to date for all staff.35. Linking with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to ensure delivery of care in line with current teaching standards36. Demonstrating awareness and engagement with the SLAM programme to develop the band 2-5 clinical workforce.
Research and Quality:- Measuring and developing standards of care through collection ofbenchmarking data where appropriate and undertake audits to ensure care meets the requirements of the CQC and Service Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).-Contributing to the strategic targets of the trust directorate and widerSLAM workforce development.- Contributing to service improvement (Quality Improvement and Innovation), and developments, benchmarking exercises and audit activities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRMN/RMNLD oContinuing professional development oMentorship Training
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care oAn ability to develop a therapeutic relationship oExperience of shift co-ordination oExperience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students
Desirable
- oExperience of /involvement in project work oExperience of recruitment and selection of staff
Knowledge
Essential
- oA knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems. oExperience of racial awareness/ diversity training oCurrent up to date knowledge of relevant legislation
Desirable
- oA knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems. oExperience of racial awareness/ diversity training oCurrent up to date knowledge of relevant legislation
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oSkills in developing and changing clinical practice. oSkilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback oAbility to present information both written and oral and communicate this effectively oAbility to role model, reflect and provide evidence of conflict resolution oSkilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
Desirable
- oAbility to use computerised information and communication systems oAbility to facilitate groups oAbility to provide relevant training to the service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRMN/RMNLD oContinuing professional development oMentorship Training
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care oAn ability to develop a therapeutic relationship oExperience of shift co-ordination oExperience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students
Desirable
- oExperience of /involvement in project work oExperience of recruitment and selection of staff
Knowledge
Essential
- oA knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems. oExperience of racial awareness/ diversity training oCurrent up to date knowledge of relevant legislation
Desirable
- oA knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems. oExperience of racial awareness/ diversity training oCurrent up to date knowledge of relevant legislation
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oSkills in developing and changing clinical practice. oSkilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback oAbility to present information both written and oral and communicate this effectively oAbility to role model, reflect and provide evidence of conflict resolution oSkilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
Desirable
- oAbility to use computerised information and communication systems oAbility to facilitate groups oAbility to provide relevant training to the service
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).
