Registered Nurse Associate

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of our Woodbank Female Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Are you passionate about Trauma Informed Care? We are looking for dedicated, motivated, and compassionate individuals to join our  team.

As a member of our team, you will:

• Act as a positive role model, reflecting the values of both the Trust and the unit.
• Contribute to providing high-quality, safe, secure, and therapeutic care.
• Help shape the future of this pioneering service, with a strong focus on staff wellbeing as well as patient care.
• As part of our  Woodbank team, you will play a key role in supporting service user recovery through a trauma-informed approach, underpinned by the RAID model (Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive strategies).

At Woodbank PICU, we are proud to deliver care through our 3Ps model – Positive, Proactive & Person-Centred. This multidisciplinary, biopsychosocial approach ensures the very best outcomes for our female service users.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities of the Post:

• Provide support to enable patients’ to engage in meeting their health needs. This may include arranging initial appointments and attending with the service user if required, contacting them by phone and enlisting other services to support
• To support patients whose health and wellbeing is at risk, acting upon and escalating concerns appropriately.
• To provide health promotion to patients, understanding the relationship between mental health and physical health. To be able to enhance a patients overall wellbeing, and promote parity of esteem
• To undertake physical health checks, and respond to & report concerns appropriately
• To undertake venipuncture after relevant training and ongoing guidance
• To refer onto expert services in the community where a need has been identified
• To undertake any other duties, appropriate to the grade, that may be required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.