We are looking to recruitRegisteredandNewly QualifiedMental Health Nurses at The Meadows, West Park Hospital.

The Meadows is a single storey building in the grounds of the Noble Park housing development in the former West Park Hospital site in Epsom.

This is a 24/7 hospital servicewith24 beds availablefor the care ofpeople aged over 65 years who havedementia or organic mental ill-health (i.e. decreased function due to medical or physical disease, rather than a psychiatric illness).

There are three single sex wards, each with eight beds:

• One wardisfor people with mental ill-health (functional, e.g. bipolar or depression)
• Two wards are for people withdementia.

We are a multidisciplinary team including occupational therapists and psychology support.

Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives by providing a high quality, caring service that makes a positive and effective contribution to the care pathway of people admitted onto the wards in the acute phase of their illness.

Job Overview

The post holder will be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment and support of people with serious and enduring mental health problems and people in crisis. He/she will particularly ensure access to and availability of mental health nursing skills to users of mental health services and their families.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of service user

To supervise, mentor and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students

To co-ordinate the patient environment on a shift by shift basis

To co-ordinate care for a specified group of service users

To lead the clinical management of designated of service users, in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care

To ensure the junior staff and students are actively engaged in patient activity

To observe report and record changes in the service user physical, mental health and behaviour

To work with the MDT in planning and delivering care

To maintain working knowledge of legislation, policy and guidance pertaining to mental health and learning disabilities

To identify, provide and supervise the necessary physical care to service users to help those complete daily living activities i.e. personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, manual handling, personal environment, manual handling, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations

Person Specification

Education and Registration

Essential

• NMC Registration as RMN or RGN

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of Team working
• Evidence of IT Skills
• Evidence of good Communication Skills

Desirable

• 6 months post qualification experience, but preceptorship maybe available for newly qualified nurses
• Mentorship qualification

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Meadows West Park Hospital

Horton Lane

Epsom

KT19 8GT

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325-6870341-HOSP