Inpatient Staff Nurse

1 month ago

Gloucester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We're an acute mental health hospital in the centre of Gloucester providing inpatient services for the county of Gloucestershire.

Service users are supported by a variety of healthcare workers including nurses, doctors and allied health professionals such as psychologists, art therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and sports exercise therapists.

We have four wards in the main building as well as a nurse-led Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Low Secure Unit (LSU) in the grounds.

Everyone in the hospital is committed to making the admission and stay with us as pleasant as possible, and all staff work closely with both the regionalCrisis and Home Treatment Teams (CHTT)andCommunity Mental Health Teams (CMHT) to ensure seamless services are provided.

Priory Ward is an 18-bed acute admissions ward for service users who live in Cheltenham and the North Cotswolds areas. The team works very closely with the CheltenhamCrisis team.

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Main duties of the job

Clinical

Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs

Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met

As named nurse to have responsibility for undertaking mental and behavioural state examinations for own service users and service users being admitted, repeated on at least a weekly basis and clinical risk assessment and management plans.

Assist service users to meet their personal care needs assisting with bathing and washing, as outlined in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate

Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines

Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a 'concordance framework' and relevant policies. Administer medication, including Intra-muscular injections depot medication as appropriate and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain accurate written records and statistics to ensure that service user details and details of the care given is recorded in notes and on the Trust database(s) in line with Trust policies

Contribute to the preparation of appropriate reports, including reports for Mental Health Act Tribunals and Mental Health Managers review meetings as required by rule 6 (1) of the Mental Health Tribunal rules

Provide and receive complex and sensitive information from service users, carers or other professionals and agencies, on a daily basis

Work with and support other members of the Multi-disciplinary team, using clinical judgements in the absence of key members of the team, including medical staff

Ensure that psychological intervention or treatment is offered to service users as outlined in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines

De-escalation of aggression using verbal skills and physical breakaway skills

Leadership / Management

Support existing team members in the provision of appraisal and supervision of other team members including induction of junior staff members and assessment of work based studies such as a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ)

Support existing team members in the planning and delivery of teaching sessions to members of the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies including professions from primary care in order to implement mandatory training or to pass on specialist knowledge and skills. These sessions may be part of protected learning time

Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies using audit and policy development

Undertaking other duties appropriate to the post as requested by senior managers

Ensure that through competent planning and organisational skills, the post holder allocates sufficient time to provide and receive ongoing clinical and managerial supervision, to include work load management, focusing on improving quality of care and audit in line with the Government Modernisation Programme

Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses, nurses in training and other members of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring training objectives are met

Implementing risk assessments and management plans on a daily basis working with people with common, severe, and enduring mental health problems who are frequently distressed and emotionally disturbed

Take charge of the ward in the absence of senior staff for clinical, environmental and managerial aspects.

Shift Co-ordination including allocation of resources, deployment of staff, upholding the requirements of the Mental Health Act, maintaining a safe environment, liaising with other disciplines, service users and carers.

At nights and weekends undertaking additional responsibilities for hospital wide issues of bed management, staff deployment, fire coordination etc.

Person Specification

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Essential

Evidence of continued professional development Evidence of continued professional development Experience of working within an In-Patient or residential setting Working knowledge of Early Intervention, Primary Care, Recovery, Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment (CRHT) approach and social inclusion Experience in the provision of Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act & legal aspects of Mental Health care Demonstrable skills in risk assessment and management Knowledge of the different approaches to mental health assessment Knowledge of evidence based intervention with service users in an all phases of mental illness An understanding of national policy in relation to mental health Ability to undertake all statutory and mandatory training including Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA)/Positive Behavioural Management (PBM)/Breakaway (subject to Occupational Health clearance) Ability to work flexibly to cover a 24 hour, 365 day service Able to attend and participate in all mandatory and statutory training events

Desirable

Evidence of formal post registration learning Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector Completion of preceptorship programme Ability to travel around the locality as requested, independently and efficiently. (If you have a full driving licence there will be an expectation to drive trust vehicles where required) Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook Ability to work on social factors affecting mental distress accommodation, substance misuse, domestic violence, welfare rights Knowledge of child care / protection issues Up to date clinical knowledge including risk assessment, dual diagnosis and health and social care needs

Nursing Pin

Essential

NMC

Desirable

NMC

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