Mental Health Staff Nurse - Dale Ward

Job overview

Band 5 Adult Mental Health Inpatient Staff Nurse - Dale Ward

Are you looking for a new challenge and want to make a direct difference to patients, carers and staff every day? If you are, then this is an exciting time to join our services, which have a strong reputation for innovation and as such you will support us to shape our services.

This is an ideal opportunity for EXPERIENCED BAND 5 nurses

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will:

Assess service users’ mental health, physical health, wellbeing, strengths, risks and individual needs.

• Plan, deliver, coordinate and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care.
• Act as named nurse where allocated and ensure care is appropriately coordinated, reviewed and documented.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with service users while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• Work collaboratively with carers, relatives and multidisciplinary colleagues, respecting confidentiality and consent.
• Monitor changes in presentation and respond appropriately to deterioration, increased risk or safeguarding concerns.
• Promote recovery-focused care, choice, dignity, inclusion and least restrictive practice.
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential clinical records.
• Contribute to effective handovers, multidisciplinary discussions, admission, transfer and discharge planning.
• Undertake medication-related responsibilities within professional competence and relevant medicines policies.
• Support physical health monitoring and escalate concerns for timely assessment and treatment.
• Respond professionally to incidents, emergencies and periods of increased clinical risk.
• Delegate and supervise work appropriately, taking account of competence, experience and patient need.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To contribute to quality improvement initiatives, e.g. clinical audit, essence of care.

To take an active part in developing knowledge ideas and to support evidence based practice.

To regularly take charge of the ward, taking responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of deputy/ward manager.

To delegate and supervise the work of junior team members as appropriate to level of ability.

To contribute to the development of junior members of staff and students, promoting an environment conducive to learning.

To participate in regular management and supervision from ward manager/deputy ward manager.

To participate in regular individual performance review (IPRs) and in the production of a personal development plan.

To attend training courses that are mandatory, indicated in personal development plans or required by the needs of the service.

To work flexible shifts including Nights, Weekends and Bank Holidays in accordance with service needs.

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.