Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Adult Inpatient
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 working along with clinical shift working)
- Job ref
- 327-24-646
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wotton Lawn Hospital (Abbey Ward)
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/09/2024
Employer heading
Mental Health Charge Nurse (Acute Inpatients)
Band 6
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring, compassionate and highly motivated individual to work with Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Charge Nurse on Abbey Ward in our award winning Wotton Lawn Hospital. Inpatient services within Wotton Lawn Hospital are rated as ‘Good' by the CQC. Abbey Ward has also been accredited as ‘Excellent’ by the Royal College of Psychiatrists ‘Accreditation for Inpatient Mental Health Services’ programme (AIMS).
Wotton Lawn is an Acute Mental Health Hospital situated in the centre of the historic city of Gloucester and provides inpatient services to the population of Gloucestershire. It offers a vital service in supporting and rehabilitating those suffering from mild to severe mental health problems. All wards are serviced by an enthusiastic, multi-professional team of people, including Doctors, Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals who are supported by Ward Secretaries and Hotel Services Staff. Abbey Ward is a busy 18 bedded mixed gender acute ward.
We are now seeking a highly motivated caring, compassionate and committed Band 6 Charge Nurse to complement our current team of professionals. As the ideal candidate for this post you would be an experienced Mental Health Nurse seeking an opportunity to make a real difference to peoples' lives, through effective positive leadership and a passion for helping those experiencing an acute mental health concern.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to:
- Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs
- Facilitate early discharge from hospital and respond to agencies requiring assessment of users who are being considered for immediate psychiatric hospitalisation, handover of mental health care between primary and secondary services and vice versa
- Support clinical governance initiatives at ward / hospital level
The post holder will be a senior member of the team working with service users across the Strategic Service Units who have common and severe mental health problems.
We provide a service to our patients 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, so we are looking for flexible people who are able to work rotational shifts.
In return for your commitment we will provide the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive induction and training which ensures that you feel fully supported with the right tools to undertake this challenging, but rewarding job. We fully support and promote the continued personal and professional development of all staff relevant to their role.
Working for our organisation
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 (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Engage in complex health assessments as appropriate and plan relevant care in partnership with services users e.g. Specialist assessment of complex nursing needs
· Utilising the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and in line with Trust policy, provide specialist care, education and advice to service users (including carers) who are suffering from common, severe and enduring mental health to promote recovery and social inclusion and in accordance with Trust policy act as care co-ordinator as and when required, including adults at risk and supervision procedures
· Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals which reflect individual needs
· Ensure that everyone involved in the care plan receives a copy and to ensure that all relevant details are recorded on trust IT systems
· Assist service users to meet their personal care needs e.g. 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. To participate in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of clients 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
· Carry out Independent Prescribing as appropriate within the policy and related protocols if the post holder has the relevant training and qualifications, working with relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team
· 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 with clinical risk assessment and management plans
· As part of the Unit Wide Emergency Response Team to carry one of the specialised roles required, ensuring that there are adequately trained numbers of staff available (if applicable)
· Act as first point of contact with the Trust and Department when accepting external referrals from Commissioners and other providers
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH)
- Formal teaching and assessing course
Desirable criteria
- Other post registration training qualifications
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post qualification experience in Mental Health
- Experience of working in an inpatient unit
- Extensive experience of first line assessments including the assessment of risk
- Working knowledge of recovering approach and social inclusion
- Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing short term evidence based interventions e.g. CBT, Brief solution focussed therapy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Hutson
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004214763
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