Part Time Band 5 Practice Nurse - Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom - Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Site Lexden Hospital, London Road, Colchester, CO3 4DB Town Colchester Salary £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/2024 23:59

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS.

Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.

You will be working as a band 5 Staff Nurse within our Assessment and Treatment Inpatient Service for adults with Learning Disabilities based at Lexden, Colchester.

This is a post suitable for newly qualified Learning Disability Nurses .

We offer a preceptorship programme for newly qualified registered nurses that allows you to develop your clinical, communication and leadership skills with excellent support.

The Assessment and Treatment service (A&T) provides a specialist health service for up to six adults with a learning disability, who require an admission to a specialist learning disability unit.

This is usually due to a decline in their mental health and/or behaviour that cannot be safely met within the community, and the level of support they require not being appropriate for mainstream mental health services.

Nurses are involved in all aspects of service user care on the unit, supporting individuals towards recovery and a discharge back to the community.

You will need to be flexible in your working hours to work shifts/unsocial hours, weekends and bank holidays as required.

Fulfil the role of Named Nurse, actively supporting adults with a learning disability who have been admitted on the unit to improve their physical, mental and emotional health.

Improve the lives of people with a learning disability by minimizing the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.

Professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking a range of clinical/therapeutic interventions in hospital.

Support others in the team including associate practitioners, healthcare assistants and students as appropriate, to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision and clinical advice.

Advocate for and promote a positive image of people with a learning disability.
Ensure statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act are observed and applied.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match.

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.

We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Fulfil the role of Named Nurse, actively supporting adults with a learning disability who are residing on the unit to improve their physical, mental and emotional health.

Improve the lives of people with a learning disability by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing.

Professionally accountable and responsible for patient care, undertaking a range of clinical/therapeutic interventions in hospital.

Support others in the team including associate practitioners, healthcare assistants and students as appropriate, to develop competence by providing leadership, day to day supervision and clinical advice.

Advocate for and promote a positive image of people with a learning disability.
Ensure statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act are observed and applied.

Develop effective working relationships with other professionals and nursing staff within the service, service users, carers and any other internal or external stakeholders.

Maintain links with various external agencies associated with the support of people who use our services and their care package.

Bridge the gap between primary care and secondary care services, to enable better communication and better access to health care for people with learning disabilities.

Work effectively and collaboratively with staff from other provider and commissioning organisations.

Work collaboratively with service users, carers and families to deliver nursing assessment and then plan, implement and evaluate identified interventions, with a view to improving physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Carry out clinical nursing procedures/techniques in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
Implement and promote evidence-based clinical processes and standards of practice within the inpatient unit.
Facilitate individual therapeutic sessions to achieve identified health outcomes for service users in accordance with assessed needs.
Develop and review a range of comprehensive and evidence-based clinical risk assessments and associated care plans.

Ensure the administration and safe custody of drugs and medications in accordance with Trust policy and procedure, as well as NMC guidelines.

Comply with and promote the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct.
Provide clinical supervision as per Trust policy.

Support both the mentorship of student nurses and the preceptorship of newly registered nurses in accordance with the NMC and university requirements.

Participate in the induction and training of others, including the mentoring/co-mentoring of students.

In consultation with the Charge Nurse and Team Leader, set and review performance objectives for Health Care Assistants and other staff where appropriate, which includes supporting staff in their ongoing personal development.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
~ Assist in the care and safe custody of service user's monies and property in accordance with the Trust's standing financial arrangements.

Comply with the Trust's requirement in attending all relevant mandatory training.
Actively participate in quality and safety improvement initiatives.
Advise senior management on current issues and new developments with the service area field.

Develop and deliver in-service training for nursing staff working in the service area and business unit, in conjunction with members of the management team.

Maintain evidence of continuing professional nurse development.
Education, Qualifications &Training
Relevant Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Demonstrable commitment to ongoing training and development
Knowledge of common physical, mental and emotional health needs experienced by people with a learning disability
Experiencing of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care according to assessed need using person-centred approaches
Experience of working with people with learning disabilities or complex health needs
Working knowledge of legislation and policy relating to learning disabilities
Experience of maintaining high standards of recordkeeping consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
Record keeping and report writing skills
Contribute to a culture that promotes equality and diversity, including recognising and reporting behaviour that undermines this

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services.

In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums".

This year, our staff rated us the 4 th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country.

Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.

Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture.

We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.

If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.

HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community.

We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.

The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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