We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses or soon to qualify nurses.
Are you interested in challenging your expectations of working with people with a Learning Disability?
Are you able to share your positivity and lead a team even in the most challenging situations?
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a nurse to join our team providing ongoing assessment and treatment for people with learning disabilities. Either full-time or part-time positions are available.
We are looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking, and imaginative qualified nurse to become an integral part of our multidisciplinary team. In return for your skills, we offer the chance to be at the forefront of working with a diverse and rewarding patient group and within a service that offers the unique chance to be at the very core of progressive service design. We also offer preceptorship if appropriate, the opportunity to work with an experienced and highly skilled staff team, and support to enhance your career progression.
You should be either a Learning Disability Nurse or a Mental Health Nurse with an interest in working with people with a learning disability, have experience of working with people who have a learning disability who may exhibit challenging behaviors, are autistic, or who have an existing mental health issue. Experience in working in an inpatient environment and managing challenging situations is also desirable.
Responsibilities include:
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of service users. Supervise, mentor, and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students. Coordinate care for a specified group of service users. Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs. Develop, implement, and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers, and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met. Ensure that everyone involved in the care plan receives a copy and that all relevant details are recorded on Trust IT systems. As named nurse, undertake mental and behavioral state examinations for own service users and service users being admitted, repeated on at least a weekly basis, and clinical risk assessment and management plans. Utilize the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and in line with Trust policy, provide specialist care, education, and advice to service users (including carers) who are suffering from common, severe, and enduring mental health problems to promote recovery and social inclusion. Assist service users to meet their personal care needs, e.g., assisting with bathing and washing, as outlined in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate. Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in Multi-Agency meetings to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines. Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a ‘concordance framework’ and relevant policies. Administer medication, including intramuscular injections and depot medication as appropriate, and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate.
At Berkeley House, our shift times are as follows:
Early shift: 07:00-14:50 Late shift: 13:40-21:30 Night shift: 21:00-07:20
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme, we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026). #J-18808-Ljbffr
Are you interested in challenging your expectations of working with people with a Learning Disability?
Are you able to share your positivity and lead a team even in the most challenging situations?
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a nurse to join our team providing ongoing assessment and treatment for people with learning disabilities. Either full-time or part-time positions are available.
We are looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking, and imaginative qualified nurse to become an integral part of our multidisciplinary team. In return for your skills, we offer the chance to be at the forefront of working with a diverse and rewarding patient group and within a service that offers the unique chance to be at the very core of progressive service design. We also offer preceptorship if appropriate, the opportunity to work with an experienced and highly skilled staff team, and support to enhance your career progression.
You should be either a Learning Disability Nurse or a Mental Health Nurse with an interest in working with people with a learning disability, have experience of working with people who have a learning disability who may exhibit challenging behaviors, are autistic, or who have an existing mental health issue. Experience in working in an inpatient environment and managing challenging situations is also desirable.
Responsibilities include:
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of service users. Supervise, mentor, and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students. Coordinate care for a specified group of service users. Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs. Develop, implement, and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers, and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met. Ensure that everyone involved in the care plan receives a copy and that all relevant details are recorded on Trust IT systems. As named nurse, undertake mental and behavioral state examinations for own service users and service users being admitted, repeated on at least a weekly basis, and clinical risk assessment and management plans. Utilize the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and in line with Trust policy, provide specialist care, education, and advice to service users (including carers) who are suffering from common, severe, and enduring mental health problems to promote recovery and social inclusion. Assist service users to meet their personal care needs, e.g., assisting with bathing and washing, as outlined in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate. Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in Multi-Agency meetings to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines. Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a ‘concordance framework’ and relevant policies. Administer medication, including intramuscular injections and depot medication as appropriate, and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate.
At Berkeley House, our shift times are as follows:
Early shift: 07:00-14:50 Late shift: 13:40-21:30 Night shift: 21:00-07:20
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme, we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module “Preceptorship for Healthcare” (AP7026). #J-18808-Ljbffr
