Job summary
Are you passionate about nursing? Would you like to make a difference or take on a new challenge? Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Staff Nurse to join our Nursing Team on Rydal Ward.
Rydal Ward is a 12 bed mixed sex elderly functional mental health ward. Elderly inpatient wards are dynamic and challenging environments, with a hard-working and dedicated staff teams who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to our diverse client base .
We are looking for highly motivated, dynamic and passionate individuals to drive our services forward. If you have a real passion for nursing, and are looking for an exciting, fast moving clinical field to develop your skills, we'd love to hear from you.
Whether you are already an experienced registered mental health nurse and are looking for a change or a newly qualified nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to complete your preceptorship, then Weaver ward is the opportunity for you.
Our qualified Nurses within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust are supported to provide the highest possible care, with access to training and development, with many being offered the opportunity to support their learning with post registration training opportunities so we welcome all applicants.
It`s an exciting time at Mersey Care as we continue to develop the highest quality services, supported by cutting edge innovation and research.
Main duties of the job
Please see job description for full duties of the job
1. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical health, addiction services and learning disability care.2. Service users receive a high quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.3. Staff are engaged with the delivery, innovation and continuous improvement of services to benefit service users.4. Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers5. The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.6. To provide high quality, evidence based care within the Local Services Division for service users and their carers within inpatient and community services.7. To carry out your duties as a practitioner under the supervision of a mentor.8. To function as an associate nurse/named nurse/care coordinator/ to service users assisting in assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused model of care.9. To take part in a 24 hour system of rostering including internal rotation
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the Care Programme Approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
- To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
- To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan
- To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
- To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
- To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings
- To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor.
- To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service users care
- To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
- To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language
- To use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other individuals with regards to a service users care in the reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings. These individuals may be external to the Trust
- To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
- To support services users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital. To ensure that service user rights under the Mental Health Act are effectively communicated to them and outcomes documented
- To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
- To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to
- To adhere to trust policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the Care Programme Approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
- To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
- To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan
- To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
- To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
- To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings
- To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor.
- To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service users care
- To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
- To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language
- To use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other individuals with regards to a service users care in the reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings. These individuals may be external to the Trust
- To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
- To support services users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital. To ensure that service user rights under the Mental Health Act are effectively communicated to them and outcomes documented
- To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
- To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to
- To adhere to trust policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
Person Specification
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
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).
