Staff Nurse - Band 5

Job overview

Sapphire ward is looking to expand. The service is unique and differs from the rest of the inpatient services across the Brooklands Site. The vast majority of the assessment and treatment needs of the patients are completed for this small group of patients. We specialise is complex and often prolonged transitions of patients with complex needs that either cannot live in a main ward environment or require slower, longer transitions in a lower arousal environment.

We are looking for enthusiastic staff to join the team on sapphire as we expand the service. We require committed, reliable, motivated, compassionate, outgoing and energetic individuals to join us in developing our service further. Individuals should be person centred in approach, willing and able to support patients with complex needs.

The ethos of the ward is to prepare patients and bridge the gap through transition from inpatient to community. Individuals must be willing and able to support patients to in accessing community facing facilities. Individuals must be skilled in supporting and promoting independence by supporting patients to participate and maximise independence in activities of daily living skills on and off the ward.

Main duties of the job

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As an expanding service we are looking for individuals that are confident in supporting the Operational manager, clinical lead and wider multi disciplinary team into continually developing an improving the service through involvement in care planning, PBS implementation and improving patient care and experience from those that use the service and families/carers.

To support the ward manager in the inpatient environment to provide packages of care to service users, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. staff nurses are also required to act as nurse in charge of a shift and have named nurse responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

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• Preceptorship programmes for newly qualified nurses
• On-going support for experienced nurses (mentoring, buddying)
• Support with revalidation
• Training and development opportunities
• Experience working within a national service, with professionals who are committed to making a profound improvement in the lives of our service users
• The opportunity to develop the specialist skills required to participate as a skilled member of an experienced Multi Disciplinary Team.