Job summary
We are introducing an exciting opportunity for an aspiring
Night Nurse Practitioner to work and support our clinical teams across both
adult/older adult inpatient wards.
This opportunity enables the post holder to work as part of
the established leadership teams to direct the clinical care, function, and
future pathway of our services.
We are seeking dynamic, motivated individuals with an
interest in service development, quality improvement and a passion to ensure
our service users receive high quality, compassionate care.
You will need to be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with extensive experience of clinical leadership. You should be a confident, competent, and person-centred leader with a high level of clinical skills and knowledge of inpatient care and of the standards and procedures that direct and influence this system.
Night Nurse Practitioners (NNP) play a key role for people who use our services, clinicians and carers within a defined local delivery service. As an NNP you will:
- Act as a resource for all members of the multi-disciplinary team, providing expert nursing advice concerning all aspects of patient management.
- Act as gate keepers for access to mental health beds to ensure that the admission criteria/ bed management policy is adhered to.
- Provide professional leadership, role model, mentor and be a practice educator in response to patient and service demand.
Torbay has a 24 hour liaison service, the NNP role will offer advisory support only.
Main duties of the job
This posting provides a rare opportunity to work with our
newly opened, flagship ward. Salus Ward is a state of the art facility,
designed with patient experience at its heart. Our inpatient services consist
of 2 acute inpatient adult mental health wards and 1 older adult ward, all
serving the diverse population of Torbay and South Devon. These are clinically
active environments providing assessment and treatment of service users
experiencing a wide range of complex mental health needs.
The individual will work in close collaboration with the Senior Nurse Manager and Ward Managers to ensure that the clinical priorities and standards of care are achieved continuously.
As an NNP, you will:
- Be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of
care without supervision.
- Be a leadership role model, demonstrating expert knowledge and skill in clinical
practice.
- Participate fully in quality assurance initiates.
- Be responsible for specific clinical and managerial projects and undertake all necessary
work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating with
other staff.
- Initiate and participate in audit/research projects.
- Provide site management responsibility.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
Night Nurse Practitioners (NNP) play a key role for people who use our services,
clinicians and carers within a defined local delivery service.
- To act as a resource for all members of the multi-disciplinary team, providing expert
nursing advice concerning all aspects of patient management.
- Effective communication with all colleagues and patients is an integral part of the role.
- To act as gate keepers for access to mental health beds to ensure that the admission
criteria/ bed management policy is adhered to.
- Torbay has a 24 hour liaison service, the NNP role will offer advisory support only.
- To provide professional leadership, role model, mentor and practice educator in
response to patient and service demand.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of
care without supervision.
- Provide leadership role model, demonstrating expert knowledge and skill in clinical
practice.
- Participate fully in quality assurance initiates.
- Be responsible for specific clinical and managerial projects and undertake all necessary
work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating with
other staff.
- To initiate and participate in audit/ research projects.
- Provide site management responsibility.
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to receive and give complex clinical details clearly, with patients,
carers and colleagues.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly and sensitively in situations that are
contentious and/or hostile.
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, self-awareness and empathy in all
communications.
- Demonstrate an ability to negotiate and problem solve in contentious and/or antagonistic
situations where agreement is required, or communicate clear decisions and rationale
when agreement cannot be reached e.g. in situations where the Mental Health Act may
be required.
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with
colleagues in both the Mental Health and Acute Trusts and other statutory and non-statutory organisations.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
- Undertake specialist bio-psycho-social assessments. Highly developed complex risk
assessment and management skills are required in order to undertake this function
effectively. You will also implement, evaluate and document specialist care.
- Clinical triaging of urgent/routine primary care referrals.
- Formulate robust discharge plans without supervision, which may include a prompt
referral to secondary mental health services, social and voluntary services.
- You will have Freedom to Act. As a lone worker, you will be required to make
autonomous clinical decisions in relation to the discharge of patients with complex mental
health problems within the Acute Trust setting, without supervision.
Planning and Organisational Skills
- Under the guidance of the Senior Nurse Manager, identify own professional development
needs and demonstrate achievements against personal development plans.
- Participate in the mentoring and education of a range of students placed with the team.
- Participate in the planning, developing and delivery of multi-professional education
programmes and training sessions for a range of clinical and managerial staff.
- Provide clinical supervision to colleagues and students, as required.
- Facilitate a learning environment conducive to the acquisition of further knowledge and
skills.
- Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Utilise a range of highly specialised clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual
patients and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen.
- Take direct responsibility for providing specialist care and treatment for a small caseload
of patients.
- Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to
trust policy and an understanding of professional guidelines and application of
confidentiality.
- Work with colleagues to develop and promote the services philosophy, framework of
care delivery and strategic objectives, taking responsibility for specific areas of policy and
strategy delivery.
- Work with colleagues to develop clinical expertise and high standards of nursing practice,
as defined by the Nursing & Midwifery code of professional conduct (2002).
- Deliver care that is evidence based, reflecting current best practice and research.
- Participate in structured clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policies and
procedures. Demonstrate clinical excellence and high standards of nursing practice to
other staff.
- Demonstrate sound understanding of the legal and ethical issues in caring for all patients
who are admitted to the Acute Hospitals. In particular, demonstrating a sound
understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983), consent to treatment, capacity and
common law principles (urgent necessity, best interests and duty of care) in a non-mental
health setting.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation
- Demonstrate a commitment to developing ones own research skills and facilitating these
skills in other team members.
- Regularly undertake audit/research into client/service related areas and contribute to the
application and evaluation of current research findings.
- Identify areas of study/research in the service, develop proposals and seek advice of
funding to support such activities in collaboration with Senior Nurse Manager and in
partnership with the Research and Development Department.
- Participate in appropriate audit projects including data collection, as a means of
contributing to the ongoing evaluation and audit of the Night service
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources.
- In the absence of the Senior Nurse Manager, take responsibility for the co-ordination of
all activities within the clinical area or equivalent sphere.
- Assist the Senior Nurse Manager to exercise control of the budget for the service and
contribute to the formulation of the service budget setting process.
- Ensure the promotion of the health and safety, well-being and interests of the patients,
staff and all visitors who come into contact with the team and its service environs.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and
Management
- Contribute to the supervision of support staff and education of O.T. students as
requested by Lead and operationally manage a team of staff ensuring that they operate
within policies and procedures.
- Manage the overall day to day work load of the team/Service dealing with staff and
performance issues as necessary.
- Recruit and select staff within the team for both Health and Social Services posts
according to resource requirements in either agencies. Ensure that new staff receives an
induction programme.
- Ensure implementation of appropriate supervision arrangements for all staff and provide
effective management and supervision to all staff.
- Ensure that all staff receives training in accordance with the training plan, minimal
requirement for their professional registration and competencies for the Care Programme
Approach and recovery competencies. Ensure completion of all PDRs to support staff
development.
- Ensure that all staff are compliant with the Mental Health Capacity Act and other relevant
legislation.
- Contribute to the development of the effective workforce planning and development for
their function within the network.
- In the absence of the Senior Nurse Manager, take responsibility for the management of
the team and patient care provided, to the agreed local and professional standards.
- At all times follow the Code of Professional Conduct NMC (2002) and ensure that all staff
within their sphere of responsibility adheres to the code at all times.
- Supervise, monitor and appraise the performance of qualified and unqualified staff within
their sphere of responsibility and report to the Clinical Services Manager.
- Act as change agent to promote innovation and high standards of practice.
- To support inpatient managers with supervision, RMSs and SUIs.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties
- Participate in the design and implementation of the audit of clinical work.
- Take a proactive role in seeking carer and user feedback.
- Undertake appraisal and supervision according to Trust policy.
- Demonstrate respect, empathy and understanding of all users and colleagues within the
service.
- Adhere to the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code of professional conduct (2002)
- Adhere to all Devon Partnership NHS Trust policies e.g. Human Resources policy,
Health and Safety policy, Clinical policies and procedures.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- Participate in core clinical governance activities by contributing to the planning,
evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within designated area
- Network with peers to maintain professional links across the Trust.
- Contribute programmes of research and development as required.
Freedom to Act
- Lone working on unit and within community setting in compliance with Trust and local
lone working policies and procedures.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- Adhere to the Trust policy for the promotion of equal opportunities and cultural
awareness.
- Required to work flexibly in keeping with local practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
Night Nurse Practitioners (NNP) play a key role for people who use our services,
clinicians and carers within a defined local delivery service.
- To act as a resource for all members of the multi-disciplinary team, providing expert
nursing advice concerning all aspects of patient management.
- Effective communication with all colleagues and patients is an integral part of the role.
- To act as gate keepers for access to mental health beds to ensure that the admission
criteria/ bed management policy is adhered to.
- Torbay has a 24 hour liaison service, the NNP role will offer advisory support only.
- To provide professional leadership, role model, mentor and practice educator in
response to patient and service demand.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of
care without supervision.
- Provide leadership role model, demonstrating expert knowledge and skill in clinical
practice.
- Participate fully in quality assurance initiates.
- Be responsible for specific clinical and managerial projects and undertake all necessary
work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating with
other staff.
- To initiate and participate in audit/ research projects.
- Provide site management responsibility.
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to receive and give complex clinical details clearly, with patients,
carers and colleagues.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly and sensitively in situations that are
contentious and/or hostile.
- Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, self-awareness and empathy in all
communications.
- Demonstrate an ability to negotiate and problem solve in contentious and/or antagonistic
situations where agreement is required, or communicate clear decisions and rationale
when agreement cannot be reached e.g. in situations where the Mental Health Act may
be required.
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with
colleagues in both the Mental Health and Acute Trusts and other statutory and non-statutory organisations.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
- Undertake specialist bio-psycho-social assessments. Highly developed complex risk
assessment and management skills are required in order to undertake this function
effectively. You will also implement, evaluate and document specialist care.
- Clinical triaging of urgent/routine primary care referrals.
- Formulate robust discharge plans without supervision, which may include a prompt
referral to secondary mental health services, social and voluntary services.
- You will have Freedom to Act. As a lone worker, you will be required to make
autonomous clinical decisions in relation to the discharge of patients with complex mental
health problems within the Acute Trust setting, without supervision.
Planning and Organisational Skills
- Under the guidance of the Senior Nurse Manager, identify own professional development
needs and demonstrate achievements against personal development plans.
- Participate in the mentoring and education of a range of students placed with the team.
- Participate in the planning, developing and delivery of multi-professional education
programmes and training sessions for a range of clinical and managerial staff.
- Provide clinical supervision to colleagues and students, as required.
- Facilitate a learning environment conducive to the acquisition of further knowledge and
skills.
- Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
- Utilise a range of highly specialised clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual
patients and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen.
- Take direct responsibility for providing specialist care and treatment for a small caseload
of patients.
- Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to
trust policy and an understanding of professional guidelines and application of
confidentiality.
- Work with colleagues to develop and promote the services philosophy, framework of
care delivery and strategic objectives, taking responsibility for specific areas of policy and
strategy delivery.
- Work with colleagues to develop clinical expertise and high standards of nursing practice,
as defined by the Nursing & Midwifery code of professional conduct (2002).
- Deliver care that is evidence based, reflecting current best practice and research.
- Participate in structured clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policies and
procedures. Demonstrate clinical excellence and high standards of nursing practice to
other staff.
- Demonstrate sound understanding of the legal and ethical issues in caring for all patients
who are admitted to the Acute Hospitals. In particular, demonstrating a sound
understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983), consent to treatment, capacity and
common law principles (urgent necessity, best interests and duty of care) in a non-mental
health setting.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation
- Demonstrate a commitment to developing ones own research skills and facilitating these
skills in other team members.
- Regularly undertake audit/research into client/service related areas and contribute to the
application and evaluation of current research findings.
- Identify areas of study/research in the service, develop proposals and seek advice of
funding to support such activities in collaboration with Senior Nurse Manager and in
partnership with the Research and Development Department.
- Participate in appropriate audit projects including data collection, as a means of
contributing to the ongoing evaluation and audit of the Night service
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources.
- In the absence of the Senior Nurse Manager, take responsibility for the co-ordination of
all activities within the clinical area or equivalent sphere.
- Assist the Senior Nurse Manager to exercise control of the budget for the service and
contribute to the formulation of the service budget setting process.
- Ensure the promotion of the health and safety, well-being and interests of the patients,
staff and all visitors who come into contact with the team and its service environs.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and
Management
- Contribute to the supervision of support staff and education of O.T. students as
requested by Lead and operationally manage a team of staff ensuring that they operate
within policies and procedures.
- Manage the overall day to day work load of the team/Service dealing with staff and
performance issues as necessary.
- Recruit and select staff within the team for both Health and Social Services posts
according to resource requirements in either agencies. Ensure that new staff receives an
induction programme.
- Ensure implementation of appropriate supervision arrangements for all staff and provide
effective management and supervision to all staff.
- Ensure that all staff receives training in accordance with the training plan, minimal
requirement for their professional registration and competencies for the Care Programme
Approach and recovery competencies. Ensure completion of all PDRs to support staff
development.
- Ensure that all staff are compliant with the Mental Health Capacity Act and other relevant
legislation.
- Contribute to the development of the effective workforce planning and development for
their function within the network.
- In the absence of the Senior Nurse Manager, take responsibility for the management of
the team and patient care provided, to the agreed local and professional standards.
- At all times follow the Code of Professional Conduct NMC (2002) and ensure that all staff
within their sphere of responsibility adheres to the code at all times.
- Supervise, monitor and appraise the performance of qualified and unqualified staff within
their sphere of responsibility and report to the Clinical Services Manager.
- Act as change agent to promote innovation and high standards of practice.
- To support inpatient managers with supervision, RMSs and SUIs.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties
- Participate in the design and implementation of the audit of clinical work.
- Take a proactive role in seeking carer and user feedback.
- Undertake appraisal and supervision according to Trust policy.
- Demonstrate respect, empathy and understanding of all users and colleagues within the
service.
- Adhere to the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code of professional conduct (2002)
- Adhere to all Devon Partnership NHS Trust policies e.g. Human Resources policy,
Health and Safety policy, Clinical policies and procedures.
Responsibility for Research and Development
- Participate in core clinical governance activities by contributing to the planning,
evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within designated area
- Network with peers to maintain professional links across the Trust.
- Contribute programmes of research and development as required.
Freedom to Act
- Lone working on unit and within community setting in compliance with Trust and local
lone working policies and procedures.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
- Adhere to the Trust policy for the promotion of equal opportunities and cultural
awareness.
- Required to work flexibly in keeping with local practice.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities: Communication and Working Relationship Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic.
- Able to produce well written reports.
Skills and Abilities: Analytical and Judgmental Skills
Essential
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Excellent clinical assessment skills
Skills and Abilities: Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to be mobile across a geographical area
- Computer literacy
- Ability to work night duty
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional mental health qualification RMN.
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
- Management qualification
Skills and Abilities: Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Supervisory skills
- Negotiation skills
- Ability to manage own time and that of the teams
- Ability to work flexibly
Knowledge
Essential
- An excellent understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
- CPA and Recovery Process
Desirable
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
- Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
- Providing clinical supervision and managing staff.
- Ability to manage change in a positive manner
Desirable
- Budget management.
- Setting up or working within a new service.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities: Communication and Working Relationship Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic.
- Able to produce well written reports.
Skills and Abilities: Analytical and Judgmental Skills
Essential
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions.
- Ability to manage risk.
- Excellent clinical assessment skills
Skills and Abilities: Physical Skills
Essential
- Ability to be mobile across a geographical area
- Computer literacy
- Ability to work night duty
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional mental health qualification RMN.
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
- Management qualification
Skills and Abilities: Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Supervisory skills
- Negotiation skills
- Ability to manage own time and that of the teams
- Ability to work flexibly
Knowledge
Essential
- An excellent understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/ Mental Health Capacity Act requirements.
- CPA and Recovery Process
Desirable
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
- Understanding of recovery principles in Mental Health
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
- Substantial experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector.
- Providing clinical supervision and managing staff.
- Ability to manage change in a positive manner
Desirable
- Budget management.
- Setting up or working within a new 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).
