Neuromodulation Nurse

Job summary

Are you looking for an Interesting and varied Role ?

We are looking for an Neuromodulation Nurse to work with our initiative team

You will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process, including joint working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to meet the needs of the patients and carers to ensure that they are working to HPFT Clinical Policies and Procedures/Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Practice and Standards.

Main duties of the job

You will will receive training to acquire the skills and experience to be able to work flexibly across all areas within the Neuromodulation Service. You will support the processing of all referrals into the Neuromodulation Service, ensuring that they are discussed as an MDT and the patient is taken onto the most appropriate treatment pathway. You will participate in the management of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) to ensure the service is meeting accepted quality and safety standards in accordance with national and local guidelines, obtaining and maintaining ECTAS Accreditation standards, and providing a consistent approach across the Trust. You will deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of clinical/practice governance. You will focus on supporting the team to introduce ways of continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence will flourish.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Then please read on...

Job description

Job responsibilities

To have the clinical skills relative to the delivery of Neuromodulation services. To ensure all treatment suites are properly prepared, organised and maintained for practice in accordance with treatment protocols and accreditation standards. To ensure regular maintenance of equipment and the facilities in the treatment suites, in accordance with Trust policy and procedure. To contribute towards effective management and utilisation of resources with the treatment suites. To participate in assessment, care planning and review of all services users referred for treatment as appropriate, with the relevant disciplines To recognise and promote all aspects of equality and diversity whilst assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating care To carry out clinical nursing procedures/techniques for treatment, including pre-treatment clinical assessment and interventions, as well as during and post treatment

For a more detailed Job and Person Specification please read attached before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RNMH/RNLD/RGN with minimum experience following qualification. TMS Training. Current NMC Membership. Microsoft Office Package Training Intermediate Life Support Training.

Desirable

Specialist knowledge of ECT, related to theory, efficacy, practices, and procedures. Professional Degree. ECT Foundation Course. Experienced ECT Nurse Course.

Experience

Essential

Leadership and motivational skills. Organisational skills and the ability to work. effectively within a management structure. Experience of assessing and managing clinical risk. Experience of working as part of an MDT and communicate efficiently. Evidence based interventions. Medication Management. Legal issues relating to consent and the MHA, MCA. Issues involved in the treatment of mental illness and key features of relapse prevention.

Desirable

Clinical Supervision experience. Teaching/Training experience.

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