Clinical Nurse

Job overview

The National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine (NICPM) is looking for a qualified mental health nurse to join our multi disciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills and knowledge required to support people with a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms/illnesses.

At NICPM we are a dedicated team that supports the rehabilitation of patients with a variety of complex health conditions ranging from ME/CFS, Functional Neurological Disorder, Persistent Physical Symptoms, as well as other complex conditions.

We provide rehabilitation care using a biopsychosocial model which incorporates a variety of clinical knowledge from a range of health professions. Staff members have the opportunity to build therapeutic relationships, demonstrate effective psychological interventions and promote both psychological and physical rehabilitation.

Main duties of the job

Key working – Coordinating the care for people with severe and complex presentations. Writing and implementing care plans to meet the wide-ranging needs of our patients. Supporting colleagues to maintain high standards of care.

Assessments – Not just assessing risk but providing more detailed and ongoing assessments of a person’s biopsychosocial wellbeing and needs. In time, we will also ask you carry out pre-admission assessments on those patients on our waiting list.

Shift coordinating – Managing the day to day running of our ward environment. Supporting staff on shift and providing clinically informed handovers. Having an overall awareness of what is occurring on the ward and dealing with situations as they arise.

Administering medication alongside other treatments – Medications are just one part of the treatment we provide for patients here at NICPM. We would like you to be responsible for delivering a range of therapeutic interventions to our patients as directed by the MDT.

Working with families and carers – Help build and maintain relationships with the wider care network for our patients. Helping families to understand the journey a person has gone through in order to support their ongoing rehabilitation goals post discharge.

MDT working – You will be working alongside colleagues from various professional backgrounds. We expect you to show and understanding and appreciation of each professional groups’ role in the delivery of care here at NICPM.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

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.