Job Summary
South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting band 5 RMNs to join the team based at Cheswold Park Hospital in Doncaster. The role plays a vital part in ensuring our patients receive the care they need whilst offering a person‐centred approach and will be an integral part of the multi‐disciplinary team.
Cheswold Park is a 112‐bed low and medium secure service for men and women who have come into contact with the criminal justice system.
Job Responsibilities
* Contribute to an integrated team of staff in providing high‐quality care and treatment on an individual basis and within a purposeful group programme.
* Have an understanding of and commitment to the philosophy of mental health or learning disability services and local service provision.
* Be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment and care for defined service users within the pathway.
* Utilise core nursing and specialist skills within the role of primary nurse.
* Contribute specific professional support and advice to the team, service users and carers.
* Work in partnership with other teams within and outside the organisation.
* Oversee and support junior members of staff in implementing planned treatment and care.
* Support the management team in carrying out their duties.
Key Result Areas
* Work flexibly to cover shifts to provide a 365‐day‐per‐year service.
* Act as shift co‐ordinator as required and participate in planning and coordinating of shifts.
* Coordinate and lead the team to make effective use of team skills to provide the best possible standards of care and treatment.
* Prioritise workload in keeping with the team and service objectives.
* Take full involvement as a primary nurse by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment and care for named service users.
* Actively participate and contribute to service users' reviews, ward rounds and meetings as applicable.
* Provide care and specific interventions for other service users as allocated on a daily basis in accordance with the written care plan.
Communication
* Maintain accurate and up‐to‐date care plans for each service user.
* Maintain effective use of systems for service user and carer documentation.
* Contribute to keeping statistical service records and be involved in the evaluation process as required by the manager.
* Develop good working relationships with consultants, their teams and other trust teams and services to ensure effective service delivery.
* Develop positive relationships with non‐statutory and voluntary agencies to develop working partnerships.
* Positively embrace service user/carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery wherever possible.
* Inform all service users of their right to access their care plan and actively encourage them to read, write and evaluate their care plan.
* Contribute constructively to developing and communicating a shared philosophy of culture and practice.
* Work within the boundaries of accountability and confidentiality.
Person Specification
Training
* Commitment to undertake mandatory training including the management of violence and aggression.
* Willingness to undertake training in nursing mentorship.
Essential Knowledge & Skills
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to work with patients therapeutically on a 1:1 basis or in groups.
* Awareness of the skills in the prevention and management of violence and aggression.
* Ability to lead and motivate staff.
* Ability to coach, train, mentor and act as a role model to other team members and learners.
* Ability to work without direct supervision.
* Ability to work flexibly.
* Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role.
Desirable Knowledge & Skills
* Evidence‐based practice.
* Knowledge of recovery models (e.g., Recovery Star, My Shared Pathway).
* Thorough understanding of the primary nurse system and concept of clinical supervision.
* Knowledge of psychosocial interventions.
* An awareness of the IMROC model.
* Knowledge of NHS initiatives specific to the clinical service.
Experience
* Involvement in a systematic approach to care: assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
* Awareness of the Care Programme Approach.
* Working with individuals who have mental health needs or working with people with a learning disability.
* Knowledge of key worker/primary nurse system.
* Working as a member of a multi‐disciplinary team or with other disciplines.
* Knowledge of collaborative working within a recovery‐based model of intervention.
* Clinical and professional supervision experience.
Desirable Experience
* Implementation of the Care Programme Approach.
* Experience of leading and supervising junior or unqualified staff.
* Experience of working with a care pathway approach toward recovery.
* Experience with risk assessment models (e.g., HCR 20).
* Experience using risk tools to support assessment and interventions in a relevant clinical setting.
Physical Attributes
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post, working various shift patterns including nights.
* A satisfactory sickness record over the previous two years.
Qualifications
* Essential: 1st level registered nurse on the appropriate part of the register.
* Desirable: Relevant post‐basic qualifications; CBT/PSI; experience of mentoring/supporting learners.
Values and Behaviours
* Commitment to adopt the Trusts core values and behavioural standards.
* Enthusiasm.
* Motivation to work in chosen speciality.
* Professionalism.
* Resourcefulness.
* Flexible attitude.
* Common sense approach.
* Initiative, tact and diplomacy.
* Positive self‐image.
* Effective team member.
* Ability to cope with change.
* Commitment to high clinical standards when working with patients.
* Reliability.
Equal Opportunities
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Recruitment & Hiring Policies
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. This role meets the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure and Barring Service check is required to ensure there are no disqualifying adverse convictions.
Application Disclaimers
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