Mental Health or Learning Disability Registered Nurse NMC - Inpatient Mental Health Recovery Services.
Maple Lodge is a purpose-built 15 bed rehabilitation unit within the Boston area for people with enduring mental health problems and complex needs, both informal and detained patients.
We understand that mental health can impact the whole person and are passionate and committed to a person-centred approach to enable those we serve within our communities to move forward with positive mental health beyond their hospital admission.
We support people in their recovery to their optimum following a period of mental ill health, helping individuals improve their quality of life. We work with people to manage their long-term mental health conditions to enable them to live well in their communities.
You will have the opportunity to participate and maintain high-quality care within the ward environment, working alongside service users to aid in their recovery and transition back to independence.
We provide intervention for both men and women with severe and enduring mental ill-health in an open environment within the community to support their ongoing recovery and social integration/inclusion needs.
Training opportunities are available to support growth in the role. You will be expected to work shifts, including weekends, nights, and bank holidays over a 7-day period.
Main Duties of the Job
To be part of an integrated health/social care team providing inpatient care for service users suffering from serious and enduring mental illness. Offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic, and social forms with the aim of promoting mental health well-being, self-autonomy, and independence.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care in liaison with the care team in the capacity of a mental health nurse.
About Us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism, and social care services in Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high-quality care is a contented workforce, reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.
We are leading the way in transforming care, with a multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff network groups, and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job Responsibilities
Practice
Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client. Perform nursing assessments of a client's personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools. Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment of client risk. Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs. Perform nursing interventions advocated within the client's care plan. Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care. Involve clients and/or carers in the care planning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner considering their diverse needs. Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance. Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate. Demonstrate knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information. Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy. Demonstrate problem-solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues. Participate in regular clinical supervision. Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.
Leadership Demonstrate an ability to lead, support, and develop junior staff. Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies. Participate in service developments that impact on staff/services. Contribute to innovation and new ways of working. Take part and implement local audit and research activities where appropriate. Implement risk management strategies to ensure the provision of high-quality care to all clients. Formulate appropriate clinical opinion based on clear rationale and understanding, national standards (NICE), and evidence-based practice. Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills. Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team.
Practice Development and Research Apply knowledge and understanding of existing practice development structures within the organisation. Consider the impact and influence of their practice upon clients and others. Understand their own role and identify their unique contribution to the ongoing development of nursing practice. Demonstrate professional standards in the delivery of their nursing practice. Understand how nursing sits within the organisation's clinical governance framework. Challenge service development, professional, and organisational boundaries as new and emerging developing practice is recognised. Develop their practice where existing evidence and theory demonstrate new ways of working. Identify sources of evidence linked to improving client health and social care. Demonstrate the ability to critique research bases that may influence practice. Evaluate own nursing practice in line with current evidence/value-based practice. Use a variety of feedback mechanisms to improve own nursing care.
Education, Training and Personal Development Identify personal educational needs which consolidate own learning from the point of registration. Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to ongoing learning. Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging roles. Produce a personal development plan that strengthens their competence to deliver safe nursing practice reflecting current job requirements. Complete mentor training in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard (NMC) and fulfil the appropriate responsibilities to support learners in practice.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential RMN or RNLD 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent. Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
Experience Essential Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers, and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and barriers to effective communication while being considerate of client confidentiality. Relevant experience of working with mental health needs. Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
Desirable Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems. Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others.
Skills & Competences Essential Ability to work independently and collectively. Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
Employer Details Employer Name Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Maple Lodge Toot Lane Boston PE21 0AX Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 2274-11284-AI #J-18808-Ljbffr
Maple Lodge is a purpose-built 15 bed rehabilitation unit within the Boston area for people with enduring mental health problems and complex needs, both informal and detained patients.
We understand that mental health can impact the whole person and are passionate and committed to a person-centred approach to enable those we serve within our communities to move forward with positive mental health beyond their hospital admission.
We support people in their recovery to their optimum following a period of mental ill health, helping individuals improve their quality of life. We work with people to manage their long-term mental health conditions to enable them to live well in their communities.
You will have the opportunity to participate and maintain high-quality care within the ward environment, working alongside service users to aid in their recovery and transition back to independence.
We provide intervention for both men and women with severe and enduring mental ill-health in an open environment within the community to support their ongoing recovery and social integration/inclusion needs.
Training opportunities are available to support growth in the role. You will be expected to work shifts, including weekends, nights, and bank holidays over a 7-day period.
Main Duties of the Job
To be part of an integrated health/social care team providing inpatient care for service users suffering from serious and enduring mental illness. Offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic, and social forms with the aim of promoting mental health well-being, self-autonomy, and independence.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care in liaison with the care team in the capacity of a mental health nurse.
About Us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism, and social care services in Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high-quality care is a contented workforce, reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.
We are leading the way in transforming care, with a multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff network groups, and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job Responsibilities
Practice
Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client. Perform nursing assessments of a client's personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools. Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment of client risk. Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs. Perform nursing interventions advocated within the client's care plan. Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care. Involve clients and/or carers in the care planning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner considering their diverse needs. Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance. Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate. Demonstrate knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information. Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy. Demonstrate problem-solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues. Participate in regular clinical supervision. Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.
Leadership Demonstrate an ability to lead, support, and develop junior staff. Work in partnership with multi-professional colleagues or agencies. Participate in service developments that impact on staff/services. Contribute to innovation and new ways of working. Take part and implement local audit and research activities where appropriate. Implement risk management strategies to ensure the provision of high-quality care to all clients. Formulate appropriate clinical opinion based on clear rationale and understanding, national standards (NICE), and evidence-based practice. Apply reflective practice to develop and improve leadership skills. Maintain a professional role to model appropriate leadership behaviours within a team.
Practice Development and Research Apply knowledge and understanding of existing practice development structures within the organisation. Consider the impact and influence of their practice upon clients and others. Understand their own role and identify their unique contribution to the ongoing development of nursing practice. Demonstrate professional standards in the delivery of their nursing practice. Understand how nursing sits within the organisation's clinical governance framework. Challenge service development, professional, and organisational boundaries as new and emerging developing practice is recognised. Develop their practice where existing evidence and theory demonstrate new ways of working. Identify sources of evidence linked to improving client health and social care. Demonstrate the ability to critique research bases that may influence practice. Evaluate own nursing practice in line with current evidence/value-based practice. Use a variety of feedback mechanisms to improve own nursing care.
Education, Training and Personal Development Identify personal educational needs which consolidate own learning from the point of registration. Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance performance and contribute to ongoing learning. Identify additional knowledge and skills to perform existing and emerging roles. Produce a personal development plan that strengthens their competence to deliver safe nursing practice reflecting current job requirements. Complete mentor training in accordance with the assessment and learning in practice standard (NMC) and fulfil the appropriate responsibilities to support learners in practice.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential RMN or RNLD 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent. Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
Experience Essential Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers, and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and barriers to effective communication while being considerate of client confidentiality. Relevant experience of working with mental health needs. Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
Desirable Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems. Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others.
Skills & Competences Essential Ability to work independently and collectively. Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
Employer Details Employer Name Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Maple Lodge Toot Lane Boston PE21 0AX Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 2274-11284-AI #J-18808-Ljbffr
