Job summary
Recruiting band 5 nurses! Join an outstanding mental health Trust!
Swift Ward are seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse who would either like to start their career as a preceptorship nurse on an inpatient unit or would like a fresh challenge working in an acute setting.
Swift Ward is a 18 bedded acute mental health assessment and treatment ward offering acute mental health care to adults. The ward provides mixed sex accommodation and has a multi-disciplinary team including psychologists, occupational therapy, recreational workers as well as the nursing and medical team.
Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.
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Come and join our friendly team!
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- be a key member of the Inpatient Team
- be responsible / primary nurse for a designated group of patients
- be responsible for the assessment of their needs and for the planning
- implement and evaluate the care provided to meet service user needs
- provide clinical supervision to junior staff members
- have excellent communication and relationship management skills
- treat patients with fairness and respect, maintaining confidentiality appropriately
- assist the inpatients manager, the team and charge nurses in maintaining standards of care
- be fully involved in ward rounds, handovers and other meetings where patient care is discussed and reviewed as required
- participate in the assessment, admission, transfer and discharge of patients according to local guidelines and standards.
In return, we can offer you:
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)
- Employee Assistance Programme
About us
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In addition to managing the clinical aspects of being a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you will take an active part in the assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for service users in collaboration with inpatient multi-disciplinary services.
- You will be liaising with colleagues and carers, ensuring they are fully aware of all aspects of a service users care and treatment.
- You will have effective communication skills and be able to contribute towards patient recovery and wellbeing.
- You will be able to identify individuals' care needs.
- You will be planning, implementing and evaluating care plans and risk assessments in collaboration with other teams and professionals.
- You will be maintaining lines of communication with all departments and staff involved in a service users care. Reporting on progress and effectiveness to the appropriate MDT.
For a more detailed description, please see attached JD and PS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In addition to managing the clinical aspects of being a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you will take an active part in the assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for service users in collaboration with inpatient multi-disciplinary services.
- You will be liaising with colleagues and carers, ensuring they are fully aware of all aspects of a service users care and treatment.
- You will have effective communication skills and be able to contribute towards patient recovery and wellbeing.
- You will be able to identify individuals' care needs.
- You will be planning, implementing and evaluating care plans and risk assessments in collaboration with other teams and professionals.
- You will be maintaining lines of communication with all departments and staff involved in a service users care. Reporting on progress and effectiveness to the appropriate MDT.
For a more detailed description, please see attached JD and PS.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN\Dip (Mental)
- Live registration with NMC
- Mentorship & Preceptorship after one year
Desirable
- Appropriate post registration qualification
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Skills\knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of legislation and practise guidelines concerning Adult Acute Mental Health
- Ability to develop professional relationships with staff, service users and all other stakeholders
- Ability to lead and motivate others
- Provision of effective clinical supervision
- Excellent communications skills - written, verbal and able to complete computer data entry and recording
- Good team worker, able to demonstrate organisational skills
- Awareness of budgetary needs of the service
Desirable
- Ability to participate in training of others - students and other team members
- Working with people detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to identify priorities of service and the need to deliver a high standard of care
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility in approach to solutions of service needs
Desirable
- Ability to work with resources available
- Demonstrate ability to manage ward on a shift by shift basis
Professional
Essential
- Maintains a high standard of care delivery
- Detailed awareness of current issues in Acute Mental Health
- Ability to support and educate others in their professional development
- Ability to act as a mentor to students, nurses and healthcare assistants
Other
Essential
- Participate in preceptorship process
- Maintains 'Passport to Practice'
- Ability to participate in staff supervision, where appropriate to act as clinical supervisor
Desirable
- Ability to support others with their 'Passport to Practice'
- Appropriate training taken up
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN\Dip (Mental)
- Live registration with NMC
- Mentorship & Preceptorship after one year
Desirable
- Appropriate post registration qualification
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Skills\knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of legislation and practise guidelines concerning Adult Acute Mental Health
- Ability to develop professional relationships with staff, service users and all other stakeholders
- Ability to lead and motivate others
- Provision of effective clinical supervision
- Excellent communications skills - written, verbal and able to complete computer data entry and recording
- Good team worker, able to demonstrate organisational skills
- Awareness of budgetary needs of the service
Desirable
- Ability to participate in training of others - students and other team members
- Working with people detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to identify priorities of service and the need to deliver a high standard of care
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility in approach to solutions of service needs
Desirable
- Ability to work with resources available
- Demonstrate ability to manage ward on a shift by shift basis
Professional
Essential
- Maintains a high standard of care delivery
- Detailed awareness of current issues in Acute Mental Health
- Ability to support and educate others in their professional development
- Ability to act as a mentor to students, nurses and healthcare assistants
Other
Essential
- Participate in preceptorship process
- Maintains 'Passport to Practice'
- Ability to participate in staff supervision, where appropriate to act as clinical supervisor
Desirable
- Ability to support others with their 'Passport to Practice'
- Appropriate training taken up
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).
