Staff Nurse - Band 5 - National Psychosis Unit

Job overview

The National Psychosis Unit located at the Bethlem Royal hospital is looking to recruit several highly motivated and passionate nurses to join its world leading service specializing in treating treatment resistant psychosis.

Main duties of the job

Clinical skills;  1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of  quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care  in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to  address any issues that arise.  2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition,  hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.  3. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving  plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).  4. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.  5. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner  organisations.  6. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.  7. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust  policy.  8. Developing the management of care needs through:  a. Initial data collection

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.  We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

We are looking for ambitious staff with the desire for both personal and   professional development. We offer regular clinical and managerial supervision as well as promoting continuous professional development to provide you with opportunities to progress and ensure that best practice is embedded in clinical provision. We support our staff through a well-structured Trust Induction, Mandatory Training, monthly professional and clinical supervisions, staff appraisals, robust  Preceptorship Programme, support for continual professional development activities, Reflective Practice, staff meetings, psychosocial and team events such as team away days. We also offer a number of clinical and professional development opportunities.

You must be a qualified RMN, Learning Disability Nurse in the final year of your RMN/LD course. It’s important that you have an understanding of multidisciplinary services and the challenges that Children and young people face from their mental health problems.

Communication skills must be of the highest standard, you will be expected to engage with very vulnerable children and their families. You must show that you are caring and compassionate as well as a desire to uphold the dignity of the Patient you support.

A detailed Job Description is attached to this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse

• Mentorship qualification

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.
• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation

• Experience of shift co-ordination.
• Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision.
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
• Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
• Approachable and forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity

• IT skills
• Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.

Other Requirements

• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
• Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS
• Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas within the Trust as required
• Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)