We have the opportunity to recruit a Senior Staff Nurse. This post will provide clinical development / progression opportunities for an experienced nurse who aspires to work within the inpatient environment longer term.

As a Senior Staff Nurse, you must be able to provide clinical leadership and motivation to develop junior staff, whilst also maintaining high professional standards and demonstrating commitment to staff development and patient care. This is a clinical role and whilst there is an ongoing need for Deputy Ward Managers this band 6 role will differ from the traditional Deputy Ward Manager's role.

We are looking for a highly motivated staff nurse who can demonstrate excellent clinical and interpersonal qualities. The successful candidate must be willing to work in fast paced environment have a positive outlook and ensure that delivering a high quality service, which genuinely engages with service users, carers and other stakeholders, is a key priority.

The post is open to a secondment or fixed term contract for 17 months to cover maternity leave. The post is 30 hours per week and the expectation is that this will be a mix of early, late, night shifts. If there is a strong preference for working long days this may be discussed. There will also be an expectation to rotate onto nights at times.

The successful post holder may be expected to rotate across the specialty areas and be able to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to aid staff development and demonstrate sound leadership skills. You will promote and maintain high standards of care, whilst supporting and assisting to implement local and national improvement strategies and initiatives.

Inpatient wards / units are designed to meet the holistic needs of service users/patients and carers, in a working environment conducive to staff development and wellbeing. The post holder supports the delivery of the ward / unit through:

Actively promoting teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.

Demonstrating clinical leadership and oversight in terms of the clinical practice of others.

Delivering Clinical Supervision to Junior Staff, acting as the shift lead and carrying out clinical audits where necessary.

Providing nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensuring the effective assessment formulation planning and monitoring of care given to inpatient service users including the implementation of meaningful activity for inpatient service users and to analyse the effectiveness of these activities.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level registered nurse, RN(MH), RN(LD) with current NMC Registration
• Mentorship registered with NMC

Experience

Essential

• Post graduate experience
• High level knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care including experience of delivering CBT based interventions
• Knowledge and working experience of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs
• Current national legislative and professional requirements relating to social and health care and the processes implemented locally (Community Care Act, Mental health Act)

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sevenacres

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

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