Working for our organisation

• We are a multi professional experienced diverse team from different ethnic backgrounds.
• We work together to learn different skills and achieve additional training to help support our services users to achieve a well rounded recovery plan.
• We as a team; we undertake quality improvement projects to improve our service users safety and delivery of continuing care.
• Our trust provides excellent access to additional training opportunities and to gain more knowledge.
• We also have trust benefit schemes and a link on our trust site to access these.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary.
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our 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 but also 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 impacts 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 our 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 health care professionals.