As a Registered Nurse looking for a career and opportunity to provide a person-centred high quality of care SWYT is the place for you. SWYT offers you the opportunity to work in areas which includes Barnsley, Calderdale, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, and Wakefield.

We are looking for committed Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMN) and Learning Disabilities Nurse (RNLD). The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding which requires a positive outlook and an ability to develop and maintain a meaningful therapeutic relationship with the service users. The focus of the role is on delivering the highest possible standards of care that maximises service user recovery and rehabilitation potential. You will have high standards of communication and people skills, a non-judgemental and person-centred approach and above all a real caring attitude and be prepared to make a difference.

We are also looking for Student Nurses entering, or are in, the last year of their training and looking at joining a trust that will provide a wide reaching and supportive preceptorship process.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients

Main duties of the job

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide some low and medium secure (forensic) services to the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities and we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical support services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

Being a foundation trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including our staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help every year.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

About us

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide some low and medium secure (forensic) services to the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities and we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical support services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

Being a foundation trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including our staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help every year.

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Workload Management

• To work flexibly to cover shifts to provide a 365 day per year service
• Act as shift co-ordinator as required and to participate in the planning and co-ordinating of the shift to ensure smooth and effective running of the service and role model best practice
• Co-ordinate and lead the team to make effective use of team skills to provide the best possible standards of care and treatment / interventions
• To prioritise workload in keeping with the team and service objectives
• Take full involvement as a primary nurse by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment / care for named service users
• To actively participate and contribute to service users reviews, ward rounds, meetings as applicable
• To provide care and specific interventions for other service users as allocated on a daily basis, and directly in accordance with their written care plan

Communication

• Maintain accurate and up to date care plans for each service user
• Maintain effective use of systems for service user and carer documentation
• Contribute to keeping statistical service records, be involved in the evaluation process, as required by the manager
• Develop good working relationships with consultants, their teams and other trust teams and services to ensure effective service delivery and best use of resources
• Develop positive relationships with non-statutory and voluntary agencies to develop working partnerships as appropriate to the service development and local delivery
• Positively embrace service user / carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery wherever and whenever possible
• Inform all service users of their right to access their care plan, and to actively encourage them to read, write / evaluate their care plan
• In conjunction with the team contribute constructively to develop and communicate a shared philosophy of culture and practice
• To work within the boundaries of accountability and confidentiality

Human Resources / Supervision / Management

• Know, maintain and constantly strive to improve all standards of care and procedures (written and implicit) within the team
• Ensure that high standards of care are maintained by self and peers
• To provide direction, guidance and support to junior staff
• Participate in and provide clinical supervision
• Participate in and provide managerial supervision
• Participate in and implement (under supervision) Personal Development Planning
• Participate and be actively involved in team reflective forums / sessions
• To be involved in the induction programme for all new starters

Resource Management

• To be involved in the off duty planning and day to day cover of the service
• Manage individual / teams time and resource effectively
• Show appropriate regard for budgetary constraints within the service
• Participate in the selection and recruitment of junior staff when appropriate

Decision Making and Advice

• To make comprehensive risk assessments and implement management plans

appropriately

• Identify training needs and contribute to the education and development of all staff and students

Initiating and Implementing Change

• Take responsibility for creating an environment that respects and values equality, diversity and rights
• Take responsibility for creating an environment that promotes health, safety and security

for service users, carers and staff

• Take responsibility both individually and in partnership with the team to develop clinical governance
• Ensure own and teams practice is based on best practice
• Maintain awareness of developments in clinical practice
• Demonstrates positive desire to improve / change, be flexible and confident
• Initiate and seeks clinical autonomy
• Actively promote and facilitate innovation of clinical practice
• Act in a manner which will promote a positive image of the service, the trust, with the public, service users and other staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st Level Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the register

Desirable

• Relevant post basic qualifications
• CBT/PSI.
• Experience of mentoring/supporting learners or ability to demonstrate the skills required for effective mentoring.

Experience

Essential

• Involvement in a systematic approach to care: Assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Awareness of the Care Programme Approach.
• Working with individuals who have mental health needs or working with people with a learning disability.
• Knowledge of key worker/primary nurse system.
• Working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team/working with other disciplines.
• Knowledge of collaborative working within a recovery based model of intervention.
• Clinical/Professional Supervision.

Desirable

• Implementation of the Care Programme Approach.
• Experience of leading and supervising junior/unqualified staff.
• Experience of working with a care pathway approach toward recovery.
• Experience of working with risk assessment models i.e. HCR, 20.
• Experience using risk tools to support assessment and interventions in relevant clinical setting

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with patients therapeutically on a 1:1 basis or in groups.
• Awareness of the skills in the prevention and management of violence and aggression.
• Ability to lead and motivate staff.
• Ability to coach, train, mentor and act as a role model to other team members and learners.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to travel around the Trust as appropriate to the role

Desirable

• Evidence based practice.
• Knowledge of Recovery Models i.e. Recovery Star, My Shared Pathway, etc.
• Thorough understanding of the role of primary nurse system and the concept of clinical supervision
• Knowledge of Psychosocial interventions.
• An awareness of the IMROC model
• Knowledge of NHS initiatives specific to the clinical service

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

WF1 3SP

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