Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: prison vetting is a contractual requirement of the role
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-1886
- Employer
- Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Wormwood Scrubs Healthcare Unit
- Town
- East Acton
- Salary
- £34,089 - £41,498 Per Annum including inner London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/05/2024
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.
We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.
Job overview
Are you an exceptional Staff Nurse yearning to develop your existing skills in a diverse but supportive area?
Are you looking for a rewarding new challenge and can adapt to a busy, fast paced and unique environment?
Are you a driven, flexible and highly motivated Newly Qualified (or soon to be) who is passionate about high quality care delivery?
If any or a combination of these statements define you, then this may be the right role crafted just for you!
In our Pursuit to improve clinical outcomes for a complex patient population, we are looking to recruit a high calibre and enthusiastic RMN staff nurse to work within our Offender Care Service at HMP Pentonville.
Prison nursing is both challenging & rewarding, where no two days are the same! You will need a good understanding of both the needs and challenges facing patients with multiple needs in a secure setting. The variation ensures the environment is not monotonous, keeping tasks stimulating alongside the support needed to deliver the best care possible.
Main duties of the job
The role will mostly involve working in a multi-disciplinary team of RMN,RGN, healthcare assistants and prison officer support workers in both mental and physical health. The Inpatients Unit is a 22 bedded healthcare ward that is divided into two. The two wards provide both mental and physical healthcare to offenders who cannot be appropriately cared for in the prison’s ordinary wings. The unit usually works with an average of 18 patients with mental health needs and 4 with primary physical care problems (this varies with presenting needs).
Working for our organisation
BEH MH NHS trust is a forward thinking and dynamic NHS Trust with a genuine commitment to staff development. This exciting opportunity will enable you to join the friendly and expanding team ensuring the delivery of h compassionate care to service users whilst obtaining high quality training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
MAIN TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities
Act as primary nurse for a defined group of patients and liaises with the associate nurses to ensure a consistent approach to delivering care.
Assess plan, implement and evaluate the care provided especially with regard to identifying and managing risk.
Accept responsibility for the implementation of the Care Programme Approach with their primary patients.
Encourage patients to accept an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programmes.
Enter and maintain records using electronic and paper based systems.
Works in partnership with Healthcare Officers & other healthcare Depts to ensure that patient’s needs are addressed, and to maximise the time out of cell and range of activities available for patients.
Treat prisoners and patients with fairness and respect, maintaining confidentiality appropriately.
Develop strategies for dealing with disturbed behaviour especially the ability to recognise and respond to signs of imminent disturbance.
Assist the inpatients manager and charge nurses in maintaining standards of care and participate in evaluation studies and projects as required.
To keep up to date with developments and research in mental health nursing and applies relevant to practice.
Participates in the running of therapeutic patients groups and provide a recovery focus approach to deliver care.
To be fully involved in presentations in ward rounds, handovers and other meetings where patient care is discussed and reviewed.
To expedite and participate in the assessment, admission, transfer and discharge of patients according to local guidelines and standards.
Ensure that as a nurse they understand the confidential nature of their work and their responsibilities as identified in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
To ensure the safe custody of drugs and that they are ordered and administered accordingly to Trust policies and the Misuse of Drugs Act.
To maintain an effective working knowledge of the administrative requirements and needs of patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
To demonstrate specialist knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by MHA 2007).
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3 or Part 13 of NMC register) and evidence of post-basic study
Desirable criteria
- Preceptoship/ Mentorship or working towards it
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- 12 months post qualification experience or suit newly qualified.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to plan and organise a range of complex clinical activities which require judgments to be made on competing factors
- Ability to formulate care plans and packages of care
- Ability to engage in group work and supportive therapy
- Ability to work independently and autonomously
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Kevin Clarke
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02085883387
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