Senior Mental Health Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Deputy Ward Manager position on Cedars Ward, specializing in functional older adult mental health care based at Bloxwich Hospital.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your management and leadership skills within Older Adults Mental Health and support junior staff in delivering high-quality care within our dementia inpatient service.

Applications are invited from experienced Nurses with relevant experience to support and lead our service as part of the ward management team.

You should be motivated, forward-thinking in your approach, and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

A degree of flexibility in approach is required, along with a willingness to learn while working in a potentially challenging environment.

• Provide leadership and support for all staff
• Act as a role model for good clinical, care governance practice
• Be caring and compassionate
• Work in conjunction with the ward manager
• Understand what an effective service is
• Understand local and national policies
• Able to maintain clinical standards, a quality service, and a sense of direction to an already committed team
• Promote a recovery culture with least restrictive practices
• Understand risk management and monitoring
• Able to reflect, develop action plans, and support others
• Understand the needs of a challenging environment
• Have excellent standards of communication and reporting systems
• Good time management skills
• Enjoy teamwork

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region, we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies, and a talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

*To demonstrate an ability to engage proactively using effective communication with patients and families/carers/significant others.

*Ability to demonstrate a high level of clinical nursing expertise acting as a role model to others and to have an awareness of their own specialist skills.

*To participate in Mental Health Act assessments and demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the nurse and its application in practice.

*Demonstrates competence, skills, and knowledge to effectively work with patients and their families/carers/significant others with regards to medicine management.

*Demonstrate the skills and knowledge essential for developing risk management plans and timely review of the risk management plan identifying opportunities for positive risk taking in conjunction with the patient, ward team, and carer/family/significant other.

*To support Band 5 staff in their role as named nurse, facilitating responsible care coordination, care planning, implementation, and clinical assessments.

*To monitor the well-being of patients and contribute to protecting individuals whose health and well-being is at risk in accordance with local policies, e.g., observation policy, risk management policy.

*Ability to assess patient progress on the ward through close working with the ward team.

*To maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Professional Code of Conduct.

*To maintain clinical records in accordance with local policies.

*To monitor and maintain health, safety, and security of self and others in own work area as identified in local policies.

*To initiate quality improvement directives such as clinical audits, Essence of Care.

*To take an active and where necessary a leading part in developing knowledge, ideas, and to support evidence-based practice and have a clear understanding of good practice.

*To support Band 5 staff in their role as Shift Coordinator and/or Nurse in Charge.

*To undertake and support team members through processes such as Professional Development planning and Clinical Supervision.

*To contribute to the development of junior members of staff and students promoting an environment conducive to learning.

*Ensure all necessary documentation identified in organizational/local policies and procedures are completed by self and others as required.

*Ensure an open channel of communication/information to the team and other members of the multi-disciplinary team including active engagement with care coordinators under CPA in order to identify appropriate resources to support the patient upon discharge from hospital.

*Ensure an open channel of communication/information throughout the wider Trust including other ward areas, site meetings, and support services such as Finance, Employment services.

*Refer any enquiries out of your sphere of competence to the appropriate channels using line manager.

*Develop nursing practice through the critical appraisal of research, integrating findings where appropriate into clinical practice.

*Support nursing and multi-disciplinary research and audit within the Trust.

*Maintain a professional portfolio and registration for practice.

*Report and discuss any professional concerns with the Ward Manager.

*Act as a positive role model when carrying out all aspects of patient care.

*Be non-judgmental and anti-discriminatory in your approach to patients and staff despite difficulties that may present and promote this ethos within the team.

*Take time to listen to the patient regarding their concerns, anxieties, and needs.

*To participate in regular individual performance reviews and in the production of a Personal Development Plan.

*To actively engage in reflection on own practice as an ongoing process and through regular clinical supervision.

*To attend mandatory training courses indicated in personal development plans or required by the needs of the service.

*To work rotational shifts including nights, weekends, and bank holidays in accordance with service need.

*To participate in cross-site Senior Nurse cover including nights, weekends, and bank holidays offering managerial support to other ward areas.

*To support the Ward Manager in developing effective ward rotas, managing skill mix issues, and addressing staff shortages where necessary through effective communication with the ward team and Bank Nurse service.

*To effectively negotiate annual leave with team members keeping accurate records in line with Trust policies.

*To negotiate and facilitate mandatory and identified training for team members.

*To support the Ward Manager in managing staff sickness in an effective and timely manner as per Trust policies and maintain accurate records.

*Demonstrate the commitment to develop the range of skills required to deputise in the absence of the Ward Manager.

*Demonstrate effective time management and the ability to prioritise competing demands.

*To demonstrate a commitment to work positively with patients and carers who express verbal concerns or complaints about the service and attempt early and effective resolution.

*Demonstrate a comprehensive and working knowledge of the policy and procedural guidance following a Serious Untoward Incident (SUI) and the ability to prepare a clear and concise 24 report following such incidents.

*Demonstrates awareness of the major national policy initiatives and their influence on care delivery.