Clinical Practitioner
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and creative band 6 nurse, with either a mental health or learning disability nursing qualification, to work on a busy, award winning, small male PICU in the heart of West Lancashire.
We are a 4 bedded male PICU, with a compact and committed staff team who all strive towards providing our service users with an excellent inpatient experience. We do this in part through our commitment to reducing restrictive practices, the use of activity on the ward and by providing the staff team access to a wide range of training and development opportunities.
The team have recently won awards from within LSCFT, including enhancing the patient experience with a cycling project, a locality award for outstanding contributions to quality and patient safety, and winning the Trust wide award for outstanding contribution to service user and carer experience.
The positions available will be suitable for both experienced and newly qualified nurses from either a mental health or learning disability background. We ask that you are motivated, creative in your approach and eager to enhance the inpatient experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical input into the designated inpatient area. This will include the screening of admitted patients in conjunction with the inpatient MDT in order to determine which require input from the post holder in respect of facilitation of early discharge and/or implementation of comprehensive assessments. The facilitation of early discharge function will involve the post holder actively facilitating discharge to an appropriate environment as soon as patients are clinically stable and fit for discharge. Assessment function will involve the post holder undertaking in depth psychologically informed assessments utilising structured and psychometric measures routinely to develop holistic formulations of patient's needs and difficulties. The post holder will actively communicate findings with the inpatient MDT and through ward processes in order to inform effective decision making and care planning. The post holder will use their experience and in depth knowledge of assessed patients to guide and clinically supervise band 5 nurses in the designated inpatient area in their care planning and delivery of care.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Details
Date posted
10 October 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
351-CEN851-LT
Job locations
Ormskirk Hospital
Ormskirk
L39 2JW
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ormskirk Hospital
Ormskirk
L39 2JW
Employer's website
https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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