Staff Nurse - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Livewell Southwest

Description

Job summary

hours per week. Plym Bridge House is a Tier 4 Unit for Children& Young People who are experiencing mental health needs that admission tohospital. including PTSD, Autism, Psychosis, Depression, OCD, Anorexia andother non-specific eating disorders.

Plym Bridge House is a regionally respectedteam who engages in rewarding work withthe young people in our care, and is also part of theSouth West Provider Collaborative whose aim is to improve the care pathways foryoung people and keep them closer to home.

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled,compassionate and caring staff nurse to join our multi-disciplinary team atPlym Bridge House. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference tothe lives of the young people in our care and you will need to be committed toproviding care of the highest quality to the young people we support.

Candidates will need to possess excellentcommunication skills and empathy as you will be working alongside otherprofessionals, families and carers. The successful candidate will work in anestablished professional MDT team; supporting the clinical team in the deliveryof therapeutic programmes and plans of care.

We offer a positive and supportiveenvironment to work in, with in-house bespoke training relating directly toCAMHS and inpatient care.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.

Main duties of the job

Toimprove children and young peoples mental health through effective managementof a CAMHS Tier 4 unit providing safe, effective, cost efficient, timely andaccessible services that are in accordance with national and local prioritiesand responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and theirfamilies.

To offerpsychological/Mental Health nursing care and therapy (at a skill levelappropriate to banding), to young people who are inpatients.

To do this as part ofa coordinated team, under the guidance and leadership of the nurse withcontinuing responsibility for the treatment programme.

To act as a namednurse in the assessment, planning & provision of nursing care.

To contributeto the establishment of a positive working environment and open learningculture, which fosters high morale and commitment amongst all staff, and thatpromotes wellbeing, personal development and continuous improvement in thestandards of business activities and professional practice.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:

Protected CPD time for registered staff

Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff

Leadership & mentoring programmes

Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training

A Robust Preceptorship

A bespoke induction programme

Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Job responsibilities

ClinicalFunctions:

Toprovide mental health/psychosocial nursing care throughout the 24 hour daythrough the operation of an internal rotation shift system. This is to includepotentially working every other weekend and two weeks of nights in every eight.

Toparticipate in a multi-disciplinary/nursing care team that implements andmaintains a therapeutic milieu.

Toprovide individual therapeutic counselling sessions for young people who areresident in the unit.

Toact as a named nurse for young people who are inpatients.

Tofacilitate therapeutic group work within the unit.

Tobe trained in and actively participate in the management of violence andaggression via approved physical intervention techniques.

Tobe responsible under the guidance of the Clinical Team Leader for the provisionof nursing care plans in collaboration with young people & parents/carerswhere appropriate.

Topresent information and material at case conferences and CPA/MDT reviews in asystematic way, and to ensure that care plans are changed to reflect thedecisions taken.

Towork with the families/carers/networks (Triangle of Care) of young peopleallocated to you.

Toactively participate in line management supervision and appraisal process inaccordance with the Organisational policy

Toarrange & participate in regular group & individual Clinicalsupervision.

Moreexperienced nurses to deliver line management, appraisals or clinicalsupervision to junior staff.

Tomaintain & contribute to standards of nursing care, policies &procedures.

Tosupport the function of the Childrens and Young Persons Place of Safety (CYPPOS) and offer clinical advice where required. To have knowledge of Section135/136

AdministrativeFunctions:

Tomaintain confidentiality in relation to all material, whether verbal, writtenor taped.

Toprepare reports on nursing care on young people to whom they act as the namednurse at their initial & any following reviews.

Tobe aware of the mental health legislation and childrens legislation, as theymay affect the young people under your care, Mental Health Act andthe Children Act

Tobe aware of child protection policies and to see that they are implemented.

Touse the electronic record system.

Tobe aware of Health and Safety policies and other Livewell Southwest policiesapplicable to the Unit.

Toreport any untoward occurrences to the Nurse-in-Charge in a timely way.

Tobe aware of, and assist in, implementing organisational & NMC policies andprocedures:

Administration& Dispensing of Medicines

Confidentiality

DataProtection

Controlof Infection

COSHH

WasteDisposal

Healthand Safety at Work

Personaland Professional Development

Toattend line management supervision and clinical supervision

Toattend mandatory study days and training particular to the role as directed byline manager or clinical team leader.

Toparticipate in regular group supervision and staff group.

Physical Effort

Tohave the ability to sit with young people and their families for extendedperiods of time, often within very pressurised circumstances and to sustainfrequent, intense concentration.

Applya high level of expertise to create a safe, calm and appropriate environmentfor young people in a highly emotive situation and be able to respondappropriately to this need.

Toundertake physical intervention techniques, that requires occasionalrequirement to exert moderate physical effort for several long periods.

Utilisedriving skills when transporting young people.

Regularlyinputting information into patient notes and other records, linked to the youngperson you will be assigned to work alongside for the day.

Toeat meals with young people at set times, and support the needs of a youngperson within the context of the Plym Bridge House eating disorder carepathway.

Knowledgeof the use of the Plym Bridge Houses SAS alarm system.

MentalEffort

Theworkload (clinical and operational) will be highly unpredictable andinterruptions often require immediate action from the post holder.

Supportingcolleagues and families in managing difficult behaviour, verbal and physicalaggression, and levels of suicidal risk in young people.

EmotionalEffort

Frequentexposure to distressing or emotional circumstances examples include dealingwith patient issues relating to child protection or risk to life. Participationin team processes and with staff issues, safety, risk management, servicecontinuity.

Thereis a requirement for long periods of intense concentration whilst deliveringclinical practice.

WorkingConditions

Facilitatethe reasonable needs of the young person, within a managed risk environment.

Regularexposure to unpleasant working conditions when dealing with aggrieved staff andpatients.

Exposureto incidents of self harm and the ability to provided thoughtful support andcare of young people.

Beable to work a full 24hr pattern of work, hours will include early shifts07:30-15:30, late shifts 12:30-20:30, twilight duties 15:00-23:00 and wakingnight shifts 20:00-08:00. The needs of a 24 hour 7 day a week service willtherefore incorporate working regular weekends. All duties will include amandatory 30 minute break or longer if required dependant on the lengthy of theshift.

Qualifications

Essential

Experience

Desirable

knowledge and skills

Essential

Desirable