Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

• Safeguarding people by recognizing and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse, recognizing their own limits, asking for help, and escalating concerns when necessary.
• Escalating safety concerns and acting as effective advocates for those who use their services.
• Being open and transparent about their own practice.
• Supervising the work of others.
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made.
• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement.
• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records.
• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered General Nurse, NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse, or NMC registered dual trained nurse.
• Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines.

Desirable criteria

• NMC registered for both General nursing or Mental health nursing in the UK.
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• You need previous experience of working in NHS hospital as either General Nurse or Mental Health Nurse.

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in Older Adult Mental Health care in the UK.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team, and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face, by telephone, and writing letters and reports.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise, and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies.
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary.
• Able to maintain electronic patient records.
• Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing.
• Proficient in Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement, and evaluate a care plan.
• Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the people they are working with.
• Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impact on their work and the people they are working with.
• Empowering and working in partnership.
• Safeguarding and advocacy.
• Risk assessment.

Attitudes, Aptitudes, Personal Characteristics

Essential criteria

• Caring for the people who use their services, their families, and carers, and other staff.
• Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated.
• Able and willing to work with service users, family, and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves.
• Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family, as well as other healthcare professionals.