Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide nursing care from admission to discharge.

Take an active role in multidisciplinary team meetings feeding back patient progress.

Provide information and advice about drugs, alcohol, smoking cessation and related issues which includes, blood borne viruses, safer sex and physical healthcare needs as a consequence of substance misuse.

Provide on-going assessment of patient care, evaluating and amending care plans and treatment options as appropriate.

Administer medication, including controlled drugs in accordance with national guidelines and local policies and procedures.

Ability to assess and respond to those service users presenting high risk in relation to their mental or physical health, risk of overdose, providing information, guidance and advice with regards to improving quality of life and managing risk effectively.

To actively participate in team meetings with the focus on service review, development and improvement.

To ensure that essential training requirements are current and up to date.

To take an active role in appraisal, clinical and managerial supervision, identifying aims and objectives for personal development in line with the service business plan.

Maintain own registration requirements in accordance with NMC regulations.

Promote a no blame and can do culture.

Continuously explore and champion opportunities for improvement and challenge the status quo. Promote a climate of equality for all.

Maintain organisational, service user and colleague confidentiality.

Be honest and transparent at all times.

Be familiar with and demonstrate adherence to Frameworks organisational and service specific Policies and Procedures.

Adhere to the Organisations Code of Conduct.

To understand and actively promote the Organisations values (Respond/Respect/Empower).

Identify your own development needs and actively seek opportunities to expand your knowledge, skill and experience to meet the developing needs of the service. Actively participate in the development of others.

To engage actively have regular clinical and line management supervision.

To engage in the personal development appraisal process.

To act as an autonomous practitioner in all areas of care e.g. clinical decision making, treatment options selected and the evaluation of treatment provided. The Level Staff Nurse

To work within the guidelines of Framework Policies and Procedures as well as the NMC Code of Conduct.

Responsibility to have knowledge of and employ the principles of infection prevention and control practice. All employees must comply with Infection Prevention and control mandatory training requirements specific to their role

Complete any other reasonable task delegated by line management

The post holder will be required to plan and organise their own work as well as that of the wider staff team on a day to day basis. To assist in the Management of the complexities of activities, demands, and co-ordination of resources to effectively achieve the service outcomes. The post holder will need to be aware of the activities and responsibilities of other posts within the service and influence them appropriately in line with service activity, need and outcome.

This post provides nursing care and support to vulnerable persons affected from substance misuse. Treatment and other specialist services are generally delivered through referral to and in partnership working with specialist provision, however in line with the needs of the service there will be a requirement to deliver specific evidenced based interventions for which training can be provided

The post holder will need to demonstrate flexibility to ensure that they engage with all service users within the service appropriately.

In addition, the post holder will be required to undertake other related tasks, such as organising service user meetings, delivering training to, organising and facilitating group activities with Service Users.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Has experience of assessing service user needs and risks.
• Has experience of working effectively within a multi disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Experience of working with those who misuse substances.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental health or general nurse. RGN, RMN Current NMC registration & PIN number.

Desirable

• Evidence of formal on-going professional development.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates professional boundaries maintaining a professional distance whilst building effective and supportive non-dependant relationships.
• Has an understanding of wider issues affecting substance misusers e.g. homelessness, Mental Health issues.
• Strong IT skills.
• Demonstrates an understanding of Safeguarding adults.
• Is able to demonstrate appropriate empathy and compassion.
• Excellent communication skills written, verbal and Electronic.
• Demonstrates active listening skills.
• Has the ability to establish, plan, coordinate, facilitate and review care & support plans.
• Is able to accurately assess need and risk.
• Is able to lead, motivate and challenge staff.
• Ability to undertake mandatory training as required.
• Ability to stay calm in challenging situations.
• To work as part of a team whilst maintaining own caseload.
• Required to work shifts including nights and weekends.
• Is competent in basic IT skills including word, outlook and emails.
• Constantly demonstrates a positive solution focussed attitude, identifying opportunities for their own, their team and service users development within given resources.
• Embraces and celebrates diversity.
• Promotes and champions equality.

Desirable

• Has knowledge of the health implications associated with problematic substance misuse.
• Has knowledge of the National Drug and Alcohol Strategies.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Framework Housing Association

Address

Edwin House

56 Millers Court

Nottingham

NG7 3DP

Employer's website

https://www.frameworkha.org/careers (Opens in a new tab)