Sanctuary Health are currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Staff Nurse to fill a full-time role based in Ipswich in a Forensic Low Secure Unit. The ideal candidates will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Mental Health Nursing and be registered with the NMC.
The salary for this Staff Nurse job is £24,214 to £30,112 per annum.
Job Description:
- We are looking for an individual to join our forensic low secure unit who shares our team passion of providing high quality, collaborative and thoughtful care to our service users. You will be working in a 16 bedded unit based in Ipswich, Suffolk providing inpatient support in a secure setting for male adults over the age of 18 who have come into contact with the criminal justice service and who are now detained under the mental health act. As part of the role you will be supported to develop your leadership skills, you will be supported with training and development, and there is a robust supervision and appraisal system in place to assist with this. You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated, dynamic and forward thinking. Evidence based practice and innovative therapies are encouraged. You need to have a commitment to maintaining and improving service user focused services to the highest standards, to have the ability to communicate with service users, families, the public, team members, and you must have an ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Duties:
- The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care without direct supervision, ensuring continuity of practice.
- As named nurse to ensure accurate mental health clustering is carried out on admission, discharge and at reviews.
- Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge.
- Ensure that clinical practice is consistent with the Care Programme Approach.
- Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs.
- Take responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and national developments and is evidenced based.
- Under the direction of the Ward Manager/Senior Charge Nurse, participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities.
- Carrying out Risk Assessment
- Act as the named nurse for a group of patients with ultimate responsible for providing an individualised plan of care for each patient.
- Maintain a general knowledge of current ward, service and trust arrangements, operational
- policies, clinical objectives, procedures and overall philosophy and working in accordance with
- these.
- Ensure good working relationships with all disciplines, contributing to the effective running of the ward by engaging in ward discussions and attending appropriate meetings.
- Be aware of personal limitations and role boundaries.
- Induct new starters to the work environment.
- Attend mandatory and non-mandatory in-service training sessions and refresher courses as required by the trust and as identified in the KSF/PDP process.
- Undergo IT training and utilise basic IT skills as necessary including the Intranet, computerised self-rostering and electronic stores ordering.
- Carry out basic administrative tasks as required such as photocopying, faxing and the making and receiving of phone calls.
Requirements of the Staff Nurse:
- Degree or equivalent within Mental Health Nursing (RMN trained)
- NMC registration and a valid live pin
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
- The post holder is required to maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with professional and Trust policy.
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training.
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs.
- Ability to supervise others.
- Fitness to undergo PMA training and perform full duties of post.
- Awareness and understanding of equity and diversity issues.
- Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period
Contact:
This Staff Nurse job is advertised by Victor Rosado; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
