Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Oak Tree Ward in Hillingdon Part of CNWL is looking for compassionate and enthusiastic Band 5 RMN to work on our Older Adults Mental Health In-patient ward based at The Woodland Centre. We can boast excellent learning opportunities and further development both in physical and mental health conditions.

We were also shortlisted for the 'coveted Nursing Times Team of the Year award in 2021'.

We care for older persons with enduring mental health conditions, long-term physical health conditions. Our dynamic MDT comprises of Medical Doctor; Nurses; OT's; Psychologies; Wellbeing support officers and collaboration with outside Agencies. This provides optimum opportunities for both newly qualified and experience RMN's with interest in older adult mental health services.

Main duties of the job

Our Band 5 nurses work closely with the people who use our services, their families, friends and carers and play an important role in contributing in how people experience our services. Band 5 nurses are expected to be kind and compassionate; but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

Keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills, effective risk assessments and care planning.

Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures, and completing clinical audits.

Ensuring that the people using our services have a valuable experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people and their families during the recovery process.

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.

We are a multi professional experienced diverse team from different ethic backgrounds.

We work together to learn different skills and achieve additional training to help support our services users to achieve a well rounded recovery plan.

We as a team; we undertake quality improvement projects to improve our service users safety and delivery of continuing care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a Band 5 RMN on our ward. You would need to have excellent risk assessing and care planning abilities.

The ability to work as part of a team with (MDT) Drs, Manager, Pharmacy, OTs, Physio, Psychologists and healthcare support workers to provide Multi-disciplinary care plans and maintain service user safety.

Work as an advocate for our service users speaking up for their care, offering dignity and respect, also encouraging our services users to be a part of decision making and maintain independence.

Have excellent communication skills and ability to use IT skills. As our medication administration regime is now via computer software and also service user documentation is computerised.

Stay up-to-date on mandatory trainings and revalidation.

Safeguarding knowledge

Be willingly to work as part of the team on quality improvement projects

Medication Management skills

Patient Safety

Band 5 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible.

Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary

Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our service.

Being open and transparent about their own practice Supervising the work of others.

Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement

Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records

Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

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.