East London NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse

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Job summary

Registered Mental Health Nurses

We have vacancies on our inpatients wards for Staff Nurses (Band 5) at the Forensic Service both at John Howard Centre and Wolfson House. This role will cover all areas of our service including HDU, learning disability, specialist autism, acute mental health, women services and rehabilitation services.

As a Staff Nurse, your role will be to provide holistic nursing care to patients from admission to discharge and to work with the ward management team to innovate and inspire change and excellence across all aspects of the care environment. You will be a role model to unregistered nursing staff and able to demonstrate care and compassion in all that you do.

You will be a motivated clinician who is able to communicate and demonstrate therapeutic interventions with adults experiencing acute mental health problems, with knowledge of the physical health issues related to this patient group, reflected in good documentation and the ability to evidence care.

You will develop effective lines of communication with members of the wider multidisciplinary team and other agencies, working with ward management and the consultant teams to effectively manage bed occupancy and discharge planning, and maintain task-focus, effective team work in the context of, at times, a highly unpredictable working day.

The first paragraph of your supporting statement should include three reasons why you have applied for this position.

Main duties of the job

To co-ordinate and provide care and treatment to an identified group of patients without direct supervision.

To manage and organise work as required.

Take responsibility for the development and delivery of evidence based practice, ensuring that it supports and reflects service user individual needs, Trust objectives and professional guidance.

Contribute to the development of high quality evidence based in-patient services in a changing health care environment.

Contribute towards ensuring that the ward functions as an integral part of the Directorate's services.

Effective communication with all relevant personnel both internal and external to the Trust.

To practice within professional guidelines and promote professional practice in clinical area.

To ensure continuous personal development through the utilisation of regular supervision, annual appraisal and training where appropriate.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Details

Date posted

04 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum inclusive of HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-FOR5437850

Job locations

John Howard Centre

12 Kenworthy Road

Hackney

E9 5TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Experience

Essential

  • Working with people with mental health problems
  • Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
  • Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
  • Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
  • Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
  • Able to manage time so that deadlines are met
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
  • NMC Code of Conduct

Desirable

  • Current Developments in nursing
  • Awareness of supervision and reflective practices
Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Experience

Essential

  • Working with people with mental health problems
  • Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
  • Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
  • Experience of providing individualized and culturally sensitive care

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
  • Minimising clinical risk and reducing restrictive practices
  • Able to manage time so that deadlines are met
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
  • NMC Code of Conduct

Desirable

  • Current Developments in nursing
  • Awareness of supervision and reflective practices

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Howard Centre

12 Kenworthy Road

Hackney

E9 5TD


Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Howard Centre

12 Kenworthy Road

Hackney

E9 5TD


Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Nurse

Jodie Pritchard

jodie.pritchard@nhs.net

02085102081

Details

Date posted

04 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum inclusive of HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

363-FOR5437850

Job locations

John Howard Centre

12 Kenworthy Road

Hackney

E9 5TD


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