Staff Nurse

Job summary

hours per week.

Are you a qualified nurse who is looking for an exciting and challenging role supporting gentlemen with complex mental health and additional associated risks to transition back to the community? Would you like to join our highly skilled and supportive team providing excellent levels of care and robust clinical risk management?

Are you motivated, creative and passionate about supportingindividuals to make positive changes to their lives, often after early trauma and adverse childhood experiences? If so we would like to hearfrom you.

Lee Mill Low Secure Unit is a 12-bed male inpatient ward just outside of Plymouth. We provide specialist mental health care formen who have often been involved in the legal system due to their mental healthneeds. The staff at Lee Mill arepassionate about providing the highest level of patient centred care to anoften challenging and disadvantaged patient group.

As a valued member of the team, you will receive regularsupervision and support from psychological services along with continuingprofessional development. We offer training in relevant therapies and approaches for this client group including essential training for staff working within secure services.

Due to the nature of the role, all staff are required toattend a physical interventions training session to ensure we can meet theneeds of our patients and remain effective in maintaining the safety andwellbeing of all. This post covers a 24/7 shift pattern.

Main duties of the job

Role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.

You will be responsible, for the assessment, planning, implementationand evaluation of programmes of care using the Electronic CPA process and willbe required to act as named nurse for identifiedindividual clients. The post holderwill be required to take charge of the unit on a regular basis.

Thepost holder will have the ability to sustain respectful, consistent andreliable therapeutic relationships with clients that enhances their ability tobuild social networks and diminishes their social exclusion, maximise theirstrengths and interests and increase their participation in meaningful activities.

The post holder will contribute to andbe an effective member of the Multidisciplinary team. Which requires theattendance and contribution to MDT meetings, to be involved in the assessmentof new referrals and to attend and contribute to reviews, clinical meetings andcase conferences.

The post holder will be required to create and maintain alearning environment for the development of junior staff and be able tomentor/educate qualified and unqualified staff, including pre and postregistration students. The post holderwill also be responsible for their ownprofessional development.

Thepost holder will work at all times within the guidelines of the NMC Code ofProfessional Conduct.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able andwilling to work across a 7 day service.

Job Share(s) Considered

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:

Protected CPD time for registered staff

Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff

Leadership & mentoring programmes

Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training

A Robust Preceptorship

A bespoke induction programme

Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical/Professional

1. To act as care co-ordinatoror named nurse for an identified group of clients following the procedures of the ElectronicCare Programme Approach (eCPA).

2. To deliver a high standard ofindividualised care, which will include the assessment, planning,implementation, review and evaluation of care following the eCPA process. This should be in partnership with the client,carers and multi-agency professionals as appropriate. This requires a complex level ofcommunication in the receiving and transmitting of information to clientscarers, colleagues, the wider service and the general public on an individualor group basis. This will be over awide range of complex and sensitive issues and will need to take into accountbarriers to understanding.

3. To ensure comprehensive riskassessment, history, planning and management is recorded and communicated tothe team and the wider service if appropriate, for individual clients. This will require the electronic recordingof risk and relapse indicators and warnings as per the Livewell Southwest SystmOnepolicy. This may require sharing ofinformation, negotiating care and monitoring of Risk in the wider context of amulti-agency approach eg. with probationand with the co-ordinators of both vulnerable adult and child protection.

4. To contribute to and be aneffective member of the Multidisciplinary team. Which requires the attendanceand contribution to MDT meetings, to be involved in the assessment of newreferrals and to attend and contribute to reviews, clinical meetings and caseconferences. It is the role of the careco-ordinator to convene necessary meetings, invite the relevant stakeholders,communicate and record outcome and be responsible for the allocation ofindividual aspects of care.

5. To work in partnership withcarers of clients, offering support, advice and reassurance on often quitesensitive and emotional issues and at times of high levels of distress. Where ever possible involving carers inplanning care as appropriate. Offeradvice on where best to seek expert support from organisations both within LivewellSouthwest and from local and national voluntary agencies.

6. To direct and support juniorstaff in the delivery of high standards of individually planned care. To create and maintain a learning environmentfor the development of junior staff and be able to mentor/educate qualified andunqualified staff, including pre and post registration students.

7. To maintain accurate, legibleand contemporaneous clinical notes, CPA and other relevant paperwork in linewith the NMC guidelines and with the Livewell Southwest SystmOne and eCPApolicies.

8. Maintain and regularly updateknowledge of The Mental Health Act 1983, and be aware of own responsibilitiesand clients rights under the Act. Towork at all times within the Code of Practice and Livewell Southwest policies.

9. To be responsible andaccountable for the safe storage and administration of medication as pernational and Livewell Southwest policies and procedures. To educate clients and carers regarding thepotential benefits and side effects of medication and feedback information tothe medical staff/community pharmacist.

10. The post holder is requiredto comply with all infection control policies and guidance, attend relevantupdates and report issues of concern to their immediate line manager (if noaction or explanation received, then it is the individuals responsibility toescalate to Director of Operations/Chief executive Office.)

Managerial

1. To take responsibility for the management ofthe unit in the absence of more seniorstaff, including the planning and organisation of the daily clinical activity,covering sickness and adjustment of staff rotas and attendant paperwork,flexible changes to routines in response to individual client need and changingstaff levels and to maintain the safety of staff and clients.

2. To encourage staff development using alltraining resources available and demonstrate work activities to new orinexperienced staff. Provide advice andinformal clinical supervision for staff and direct to appropriate resourceswhich facilitate evidence based nursing practice.

3. To be aware of and appropriately implementnational and Livewell Southwest policies and procedures governing a wide rangeof clinical and non clinical practices ie. Clinical guidelines such as the safeadministration of medicines, NICE guidelines, CPA etc. Non clinical policies and procedures suchas Health and Safety legislation, COSHH, Fire regulations and FoodHygiene. To comment on and proposechanges to draft policies and procedures.

4. To be responsible in attitudetowards economy of resources and care of equipment and property including; theday to day financial management of petty cash; safe storage and recording of patient monies; stockcontrol of all supplies ie stationary,medicines, food office supplies etc and the health and safety of theenvironment.

5. To be responsible for the safe use of unitvehicles and the accurate recording of mileage. To be responsible for carrying out riskassessments and planning to reduce risk when transporting patients.

6.To undertake appraisal and line management supervision of junior staff.

ProfessionalDevelopment and Education

1. The post holder willundertake mandatory and other training as directed by the Livewell Southwestand Unit/deputy manager. This will include Physical Intervention Training

2. The post holder will beresponsible for the development of their own practice, managerial developmentand to keep up to date with evidence based developments in mental healthnursing or their sphere of practice in line with PREP, as part of participatingin the Livewell Southwest appraisal system.

3. The post holder will berequired to ensure they receive line management support and participate inclinical supervision.

ClinicalGovernance

1. To understandresponsibilities under clinical governance and to contribute to the delivery ofan appropriate and good quality servicein a safe environment.

2. To contribute to any auditprocess within the Livewell Southwest as appropriate.

CorporateResponsibilities

1. The post holder will behavein a manner that does not bring the service and Livewell Southwest intodisrepute.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN/Dip HE BSc Mental Health RNLD NMC Registration.

Desirable

Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

Multi-disciplinary working. Relevant transferable healthcare experience of working with adults with a history mental health issues.

Desirable

Supervising junior staff Undertake line Management and appraisals Networking with other agencies. Team working

Specific Skills

Essential

Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner within a team including: Assessment skills. Communication and liaison skills. Leadership skills/ Supervisory skills. Team working skills. Self-management ability. Prioritising workload/resources Administration skills. Interpersonal skills. Computer skills. Risk assessment management. Crisis management. Lone working. De-escalation skills

Desirable

Ability to recognise and support stress in others. Group Interaction Skills. Specific Therapeutic interventions. Positive risk management. Good working knowledge of the Care Quality Commission. Car driver

Knowledge

Essential

Confidentiality. Knowledge base of mental illnesses Current knowledge of developments and nursing in healthcare Safeguarding and MCA processes and frameworks Mental Health Act

Desirable

MCA/DOLS. Completion of CPA and Care Co-ordination competencies Physically fit and able to undertake physical Intervention training and annual updates Knowledge of NICE guidelines in relation to mental health and the ability to apply evidence-based practice. Physical Health/Health promotion initiatives Ethical issues in relation to Mental Health. Familiarisation in working with electronic patient record systems Interest and awareness of national and local services developments. Knowledge of substance misuse and the impact of this on mental and physical health

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