Band 5 Staff Nurse - Oakwood Ward, Southmead Hospital

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Main area

Mental Health Nursing

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent: Substantive

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

342-BR241-0923

Site: Oakwood Ward
Town: Bristol
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/09/2023 23:59

Job overview

Oakwood Ward is a 20 bed mixed gender acute ward based in the grounds of Southmead Hospital. There is a plan for the ward to move to Callington Road Hospital late 2024 into a brand new, purpose built ward.

We have a full MDT team including physio's, OT's, Dieticians, Psychology (including music, dance and movement therapists) as well as Nursing and Medical colleagues.

Oakwood is a great learning environment and provides opportunities for training and development, access to CPD courses and encourages staff to develop expertise in their areas of personal interest.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care.

• Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users.

• To complete risk assessments

• Ability to implement research-based practice

• To maintain and develop professional knowledge, skills and expertise.

• Ensure that service provision is both safe and therapeutic within span of knowledge.

• Effective time management

• Utilize electronic rostering systems (Rosterpro)

• Participate in education and training opportunities

• The upkeep of patient records in accordance with relevant NMC Guidelines and Trust Policy.

• Maintain safety of clients and staff within the Unit and ensure legal obligations are fulfilled.

• Take part in a rolling programme of audit.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Clinical Practice Management

To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided. This will include:
• Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care
• Implementation of care and rehabilitation programme
• Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users
• Ability to implement research-based practice
• Following successful completion of preceptorship, ability to supervise junior and unqualified staff
• Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for individual clients; ICPA/SAP to people who present with mental health problems.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant mental Health Legislation
• Ensure the ordering storage, administration and disposal of medication complies with relevant trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010,Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and MHA (1983)

2 Teaching, Education & Health Promotion

To use own skills, knowledge and resources to provide mentoring opportunities for staff within designated areas and promote positive attitudes towards mental health. This will include:
• Regular provision of advice and mentoring to staff.
• Support the provision of an appropriate learning environment for pre- and post-registered students, novice practitioners, and new team members as directed.

3 Continuing Professional Development

• To maintain and develop professional knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure that practice reflects best practice, remains evidence based, is current and responsive to meet changing patient and NHS service needs, as outlined in the NHS Plan (2000).
• Abide by the legal rules, statutory regulations and professional responsibilities relating to practice as outlined in the NMC's 'The Code': Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives
• Take responsibility for post-registration education and for continuing professional development as outlined in NMC Standards.
• To receive clinical supervision in accordance on a contracted and regular basis from an identified Senior Practitioner, as per trust Clinical Supervision Policy.
• To be aware of the need for appropriate management support and supervision from the line manager, and to maintain records of these meetings.
• Maintain Health and Safety in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974).
• Work to the Clinical and Personnel Policies and Procedures of AWP Trust.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant medicines, related medication management issues and act in accordance with the appropriate NMC standards and Trust policy, and ensure that others also work within these guidelines.

4. Finance and Workforce

To make best use of available workforce resources based on agreed staffing models ensuring provision of best care possible. Follow Trust and Service Policies in regard to the security of the building/clients, to ensure safe practice and protection of clients, staff, visitors and members of the general public
• To take part in PEAT and environmental risk assessments as requested so that best use is made of resources.
• Manage temporary staffing resources in line with AWP best practice guidance
• Ensure that service provision is both safe and therapeutic within span of knowledge.
• Effective time management
• Utilize electronic rostering systems (Rosterpro)
• Participate in education and training opportunities
• To take charge of the Unit in the absence of the Charge Nurse or Clinical Team Leader
• To be familiar with and comply with all Policies & Procedures operational within the Trust

5 Record Keeping and Administration

To maintain standards of record keeping and associated administration in accordance with AWP Trust Policy and local joint arrangements and professional guidelines. This will include:
• The upkeep of contemporaneous, chronological and accurate mental health records in accordance with relevant NMC Guidelines and Trust Policy.
• Work under the direction of ‘Essence of Care’ lead.
• Contribute to the achievement of Controls Assurance Standards relating to Records Management within their span of control.
• Maintain safety of clients and staff within the Unit and ensure legal obligations are fulfilled.

6 Evidence-Based Nursing, Practice Development & Clinical Audit

To contribute to practice development activity and evidence-based mental health nursing. This will include:
• Undertake relevant practice development/research activity.
• Take part in a rolling programme of audit.
• Comply with activity as outlined in “The Essence of Care”.
• Work within the framework of AWP and Department of Health Research Governance.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RN3: Mental Health Nurse, Level 1

Professional Registration

Essential criteria

NMC pin or about to receive NMC pin

Experience

Essential criteria

Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to communicate effectively and efficiently with other members of the team
Able to develop an excellent therapeutic relationship; function as named nurse undertaking all aspects of the nursing process in order to provide best possible patient care

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with ‘lived-experience’ of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,– we are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

Please apply to join us, we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.

Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the closing date and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system ‘TRAC’. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us, via the TRAC system, if you have any queries about your application.

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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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Fran Hodge
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: frances.hodge@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01174146631
Additional information: Please contact ward manager Fran Hodge for additional information or to arrange an informal visit.

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