Staff Nurse, Band 5 Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 per hours per week

Woodlands Unit - Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup

Holbrook Ward is an acute dementia inpatient ward run by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust providing care for people who are living with Dementia and experiencing distress.

We are looking for a registered mental health nurse who can demonstrate a commitment to recognizing individuality and is able to work hard to ensure that patient's quality of life is enhanced. You must be able to demonstrate effective communication, a passion for working with people living with Dementia and an understanding of the principles of person-centred care.

We welcome applications from staff that are already on the NMC register with relevant experience and also newly qualified staff, who will be able to undergo the preceptorship programme with support.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team you will be involved in the delivery of care and therapy for our service users in many unique ways. You need to be a passionate role model in delivering care as well as keen to develop and build on your management and leadership skills.

A shift rota system operates, including weekends and night work.

You will receive staff induction, in-house training and personal development reviews.

You will receive support and frequent supervision to help develop within this team.

Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse you provide direct personal care to service users/patients, without direct supervision, and co-ordinate the care given bycolleagues.The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuringconsistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which complywith the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service userassessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centeredcare in a collaborative way.

The post holder will co-ordinate a first classservice that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health,maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.

Band 5 nursing roles are only open only to staff with a nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

- Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a person-centred way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

- Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.

- Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.

- Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.

- Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication monitoring service user compliance.

- Safety safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.

- Developing the management of care needs through:a. Initial data collectionb. monitoring of individual service user / patient progressc. Feedback and discussiond. Producing reports and in-care reviewse. Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse.

- Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including:a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way.b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.c. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Frailty and physical health
• Ethical and legal issues relating to Dementia Care

Desirable

• NEWS2/MUST
• Understanding of Dementia
• Support for Staff

Skills

Essential

• Verbal and written communication
• Understanding distress
• IT Literacy

Desirable

• Sensitive approach which considers the needs of the whole person
• Ability to build constructive relationships with patient, their support network and staff

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration (or awaiting PIN)

Desirable

• Qualification in Dementia Care

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Holbrook Ward, Woodlands Unit, Queen Marys Hospital

Frognal Avenue

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

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