Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-Luton-May2024
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Luton and Bedfordshire
- Town
- Luton and Bedfordshire
- Salary
- £14.53 Basic Hourly rate
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 05/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse
Band 5
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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.
Job overview
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
Main duties of the job
Ensuring that a service user centred multi-disciplinary approach to
care is present
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in keeping with evidence
based practice.
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To take an active role in direct service user care and role model to
junior staff.
To provide specialist guidance to junior staff relevant to clinical
speciality
Ensuring that a high standard of practice is maintained in relation to
the detention of mentally ill clients under the Mental Health Act and
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Ensuring that least restrictive
practices are promoted within individual care.
Ensuring that care reflects individual and cultural needs
Ensure that the service provides holistic care that incorporates
excellence in physical health care management
Ensuring that all practices are within the guidelines set out by the
NMC and other professional groups and are in accordance with Trust
policies.
Ensure that the ward environment is pleasant, clean, comfortable and
suitable for its use at all times liaising with other departments as
necessary.
Knowledge of safeguarding issues and management processes
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to child and adolescent services
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of a portfolio ENB 998 or equivalent
Previous
Essential criteria
- Experience of mental health nursing in an inpatient setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care using evidence based approaches.
- Proven leadership skills in clinical area
- Ability to recognise stress
- Ability to work as part of a team.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Mental Health issues relevant to speciality
- Mental Health Act 1983 and 2007
- Care Programme Approach
- NMC Code of Conduct
- Current Developments in nursing
- Clinical supervision
- Single Assessment Process
- Essence of Care
Other
Essential criteria
- Motivated to providing the highest standards of care in a changing service
- Able to work on an internal rotation shift basis
- Awareness of equal opportunities in the workplace
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Peter Ojajuni
- Job title
- Modern Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07741704030
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