- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care with patients.
- To be the named nurse for identified patients.
- To work comprehensively within a multidisciplinary team
- To actively participate in CPA reviews with internal and external multi-agencies.
- To co-ordinate, encourage and facilitate patients to participate in the structured treatment programme maximising opportunities of recovery
- Delegate across the team and lead the team in managing the therapeutic day ensuring a consistent and recovery focussed approach.
- Proactively manage clinical risk
- Act as nurse in charge of shift ensuring that the team work within hospital policies and procedures and uphold the organisational values.
- Work at all times to safeguard children and vulnerable adults
- Ensure best practice standards are maintained at all times.
- To maintain an ethos which is empathic and compassionate and community facing.
- Actively promote independence and a solution focused approach
- To take charge of the shift when on duty.
- To provide support and work closely with the Ward Manager bringing to their attention any matters that they should be aware of changes to patients presentation incidents/accidents etc.
- To provide on-call cover as directed by the Service Manager.
- To manage duty rotas, managing staff absences, to maintain staffing at an acceptable level.
- To ensure patients families/carers are treated in a courteous manner at all times; ensure that they are aware of the Carers standards and that they feel fully supported by the team.
- Promote effective communications and cohesive, professional relationships within and across the team, sharing good practice and innovation
- To actively engage in monthly clinical supervision with Ward Manager.
- To develop skills in the area of clinical supervision.
- To provide clinical supervision for junior staff and students.
- To actively engage in the appraisal process
- To continue to gain knowledge, skills and experience in accordance with professional practice guidelines to enhance overall clinical care for patients.
- Actively engage in formal and informal training opportunities to develop and maintain skills and knowledge and ensure fitness for practice
- Seek out and engage in opportunities for learning within the team, participating in group forums/clinical meetings
- Adhere to essential and statutory training requirement
- Act as a role model for all nursing staff displaying a high standard of professionalism and clinical governance.
- Participate in staff meetings/ chair staff meetings in ward managers absence.
- Provide clinical supervision to members of the nursing team
- To facilitate live supervision and training to junior staff in order to help develop and support their practice.
- To be responsible for auditing CQC standards and other best practice standards communicating the results back through the team and developing action plans to address deficit
- To participate in audit, outcome measurement and development projects occurring within the hospital.
- Engage within the governance strategy.
- Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support practice.
- Oversee the professional/clinical work of nursing staff and ensure that individual patient care is to the highest standard adhering to the NMC Code of Conduct and CQC regulatory standards.
- Support and contribute to the development of action plans from audit and disseminate changes
- Actively contribute to the development of service
- Participate and implement quality initiatives to promote the highest standard of care.
- To support the ward manager in the continuous development of the eating disorders service, to ensure and sustain best practice.
- To work in innovative and creative ways to drive practice
- To be a highly competent, knowledgeable and visible practitioner ensuring the provision of high quality care and treatment for patients and their families.
- Understand and adhere to the hospital policies, procedures and ensure that others also adhere to these.
- Take personal responsibility for maintaining up to date knowledge and adhering to all hospital policies and procedures.
- Works within the hospitals Equality and Diversity framework.
- Ensure that patient, and visitors understand the hospital policies and procedures as it affects them.
- Ensure junior staff are operating within policy via supervision and appraisal.
- Managing staff sickness/absence in the form of completing return to work forms
- Contribute to the development of new policies making recommendations as appropriate and ensure implementation and monitoring of operational policies with the service
- Ensure the maintenance of a safe and secure treatment environment which is therapeutic.
- Contribute to the General Workplace Risk Assessment process and adhere to risk management plans.
- Work within Health and Safety legislation, hospital policies and procedures.
- The post holders adherence to the job description and specific role objectives will be reviewed as a matter of routine within supervision and appraisal. This allows for appropriate stretch and support for each individual working within a generic job description and meets individual needs creating opportunities for growth
- The post holder may be asked to undertake duties not explicitly stated within this job description. This will only ever ask of the post holder that which is within their capabilities, kill and knowledge
- As required by the hospital team in line with the post holders skills and knowledge.
- Riverdale Grange Hospital provides a service to 9 adolescent patients and 9 adult patients who may detained under the Mental Health Act or undergoing treatment on a voluntary basis.
- The post-holder will be required to work as a registered nurse within an MDT across the eating disorder service.
- The post holder will be required to lead a team within a shift context, managing the ward in the absence of the ward manger.
- The post-holder will join the MDT and will be required to provide support and supervision to junior staff, as agreed with the Senior Management Team. Number of staff supervised/managed: Variable according to experience
- Budget responsible for: Nil
- Clinical caseload: Variable depending on occupancy and acuity
- Registered Nurse Mental Health with a current registration with the NMC.
- Experience of Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency within Mental Health services
- Experience of working with relatives and carers.
- Experience of and ability to manage resources/a team in delivering patient care
- Experience of and ability to facilitate clinical Supervision.
- Experienced in risk assessment and management.
- Experience of and ability to problem solve and action plan and to exercise a high level of professional judgement and decision-making and to keep clear and accurate clinical records. This includes rotation to on-call duties as senior practitioner and ability to deputise in the absence of ward manager.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, demonstrating excellent interpersonal and communication skills/enhanced listening skills
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable in approach and attitude, embrace new ways of working.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries of self and others.
- Ability to lead a team, demonstrate resilience and ability to remain calm and considered in tense situations
- Able to work within internal rotation shift pattern
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
- Forms and sustains very effective working relationships
- Ability to develop others
- Robust knowledge of best practice in Safeguarding vulnerable individuals.
- Good organisational skills.
- Good understanding of models of change and can apply this to the leading of teams
- Good understanding of group processes and can apply a positive approach to working with people.
- Promote and ensure individuals right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect and demonstrate empathic understanding promoting diversity.
- Experience within an eating disorder unit preferred but not required.
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Charge Nurse - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Riverdale Grange Hospital
Description
Job summary
ThePost of Charge Nurse at Riverdale Grange is a nursing Team Leader role. TheCharge Nurse acts to support the Ward Manager in ensuring the delivery ofexcellence in the care and treatment of patients with eating disorders andtheir families. The post holder is accountable to the ward manager and willassume the duties of the ward manager in their absence. The charge nurse is responsiblefor ensuring the delivery of clinical standards of care in line with clinicalstrategy. This post requires a personwith drive and commitment who is able to deliver and sustain change in thepursuit of patient centred, quality, care. The post of charge nurse will support,teach, and lead nurses and support workers in cohesive and empathic approacheswith patients which promote recovery and independence
Main duties of the job
Role Context:
The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team within either the Adolescent or Adult mental health service. They will be responsible for delivering a high standard of nursing care to patients and their families. The post holder will demonstrate empathic understanding, compassion and positive regard in maintaining the ethos of the ward and values of the hospital.
The basis of the role will be to lead the nursing team in the development and maintenance of a therapeutic environment which supports patients in making positive changes. As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will support and uphold a recovery focussed structured programme of treatment.
About us
OurVision
Toprovide a caring, supportive and inclusive environment where excellence isexpected and delivered.
OurMission
Toalways look forward, and use our expertise and skills to equip our patients toachieve their best outcomes.
OurValues
Kindness shownto all, at all times
Integrity Inall we do
Nurturing environmentfor patients and their families
Dedicated toproviding the best care for our patients
RiverdaleGrange is committed to the development and well-being of its staff team and sooffers many benefits.
Flexibleworking arrangements, training and development opportunities, pensionavailability and as a member of the team, you will benefit from the profitshare scheme and as a band 5 registered nurse your starting salary will be £ dependant upon experience, followed by annual increments. RiverdaleGrange has also committed to ensure that its staff salary increments match thatof the NHS.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Clinical or Work Practice
Teaching, Training & Supervision
Audit, Outcome Measuring & Service Evaluation
Policies & Procedures
Health and Safety
General Duties
Additional Duties
DIMENSIONS
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive and contentious information in an atmosphere where patients can be hostile, antagonistic or emotive, where adherence to detail and accuracy must be high, since the strands of communication can be conflicting, and where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills. Act in an appropriate dignified and responsible manner with patients, relatives, colleagues, using appropriate language and communication skills which acknowledge cultural differences.
PHYSICAL EFFORT
There is a frequent requirement for sitting in a restricted position for direct clinical practice activity.
Occasional requirement to exert intense physical effort throughout the period of work.
To undertake relevant essential training and engage in the management of violence and aggression.
Escorting and maintaining safety of patients both within and outside of the hospital environments.
Respond to emergency incidents.
Person SpecificationExperience
Essential
