Bank - Mental Health Inpatient Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for experienced Mental Health Band 5 Nurses to work on a temporary basis, as and when required, who will support the team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s mission of “best care by the best people”.

You should have a current RMN registration with a minimum of 6 months post qualification experience, good written and verbal communication skills, be able to work as part of a team and demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues with experience of dealing with emotional distress. You will be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of care including working/liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care and have the ability to engage service users and relatives with empathy and compassion CAMHS experience is a plus.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Operating, as named clinician, for a group of clients, under the supervision of a Team Manager.
2. Providing high quality evidence-based and individualised mental health care to a clearly defined group of patients, relatives and carers.
3. Supervising unqualified staff in the delivery of their care.
4. Working and acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary teams, supporting each service user in achievement of planned outcomes.

Leadership
1. To supervise unqualified staff in the delivery of care.
2. To demonstrate appropriate values to working with a mental health setting to junior staff.
3. Identify any performance concerns about agency staff and liaise with line manager when necessary.
4. Identify performance concerns about support staff working on the unit and ensure they are interacting appropriately and effectively with service users, relatives and carers at all times.
5. Facilitate students achieving their competencies relevant to their outcome.

Clinical Skills
1. Ensure that own knowledge and skills are constantly updated
2. Actively participate in clinical supervisions
3. Actively participate in management supervision
4. Be aware of the KSF outline for the post and develop and maintain a portfolio of evidence for KSF review meetings.
5. Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development with the agreed time scale