About this role
Job summary
Lime is a unit that has 19 beds for men in mental health crisis we work in a trauma informed way to aid recovery.
The lime team are looking for passionate, caring individuals that want to make a positive impact on patient care.
In return as part of the team you will be supported to develop and to grow in your confidence and knowledge, to become part of a established MDT team.
Main duties of the job
Your role is ...
Running shifts as nurse in charge.
Key working patients.
Supervising junior staff and health care support workers.
Maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.
Working to your NMC standards of conduct.
Displaying and following the trust values.
Maintaining health and safety / infection control.
Clear and high quality written and verbal skills.
Role modelling.
Manging challenging acute situations.
Maintaining and developing your own learning and the staff you work with.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description Job responsibilities
1. To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
2. To maintain and develop professional knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure best practice delivery including evidence based, current and responsive interventions in line with the changing needs of the service user and the service.
3. To work towards a sustainable culture of continuous collaborative learning to keep own practice clinically current, and to foster a team learning ethos.
4. To maintain standards of record keeping and associated administration in accordance with AWP Trust Policy and professional guidelines.
5. To use own skills, knowledge and resources to provide clinical leadership for colleagues and external professionals at all levels, acting as a professional ambassador for mental health and learning disabilitiesnursing, and related development activities. To make best use of available workforce resources based on agreed staffing models ensuring provision of best care possible. Follow Trust and Service Policies in regard to the security of the building/clients, to ensure safe practice and protection of clients, staff, visitors and members of the general public
The expectations is that you maintain care to CQC levels of expectations, you work with in the NMC expectations of conduct and capability.
Maintain a safe and therapeutic environment for staff and patients.
Please see attached job description for full role requirements.
Person Specification
RMN qulaification Essential
Qualified / or nearly qualified RMN Nurse with appropriate registration and PIN Clear communication skills Experience working with male inpatients Interest in inpatient work Experience of working with people who experience mental health difficulties Demonstrate highly effective listening skills.
Desirable
Relevant specialist CPD qualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address Lime Unit
Callington Road Hospital
Bristol
BS4 5BJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)