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    Advanced Practitioner PhysiotherapistNHS AfC: Band 7 - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - Black Country Job Support

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    Job overview

    The role of Senior Staff Nurse, in the Older Adults Division has been developed to create a new and innovative career pathway for experienced nurses who wish to pursue clinical excellence and drive the quality agenda on our wards. Working closely with Matrons, Clinical Leads and Allied Health Professionals and taking a key role in supervision within the nursing team.

    You will be supported to pursue further professional development aligned to divisional priorities for patients, which include, dementia, older adult specific mental health problems, therapies, frailty, physical health and tissue viability.

    Reporting into the Ward Manager, you would be working in a multi-faceted role encompassing training and development, clinical governance, quality and continuous improvement as well as a heavy focus on developing and improving care planning, implementing research and evidence based practice.

    This is a relatively new role which is working well within the older adult division and the successful candidate will be part of an exciting and robust team to develop and embed this role into our services and culture - and we encourage you to be a part of this outstanding opportunity to enhance your nursing career.

    Main duties of the job

    To take a lead role in the ward based nursing team, with responsibility for:
    - Clinical priorities for the older adult mental health division, that include; older
    adult specific mental health, dementia, frailty and physical healthcare, to lead
    at ward or divisional level the sharing of best practice and innovation to benefit
    the whole division
    -To support and supervise staff to enhance the skills, knowledge and expertise
    of the team in line with current evidence based research, training and
    modelling in line with their specialist knowledge
    -Delivery of clinical supervision for junior nursing and healthcare support staff
    -To co-ordinate the nursing elements of care delivery as part of the wider multidisciplinary team
    -Act as Named Nurse where required for ensuring co-ordination of assessing,
    planning and providing management guidance on interventions for complex
    presentations
    -To lead on local quality improvement initiatives, delivery of outcomes following
    RCAs and investigations, CQC assurance and local audit
    -To recognise situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of
    the service users and carers with the aim of providing shared and agreed plan
    of care for resolving the crisis situation and preventing further crisis situations
    from occurring
    -To support embedding both the national and locally agreed clinical and
    professional standards within the service.
    -To support the development and review of service outcomes

    Working for our organisation

    These are exciting times for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform in-patient mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives across our communities.

    The Trust is rated 'Good' from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and in July 2022 became the lead provider for mental health services across the Black Country. We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, including multi-million pound investment in building new facilities and work-force models.

    This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work collaboratively with partners, service users, carers and their families.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    Professional responsibilities
    - To maintain registration and all professional and personal development
    requirements.
    -To support and contribute towards the organisation's clinical governance
    systems, supporting quality standards and work towards the continuous
    improvement in clinical and service quality.
    - To observe confidentiality in all matters relating to service users and staff.
    -To adhere to trust policies and procedures.
    -To participate in clinical and managerial supervision as per trust policy.

    -To observe and practice in accordance with adult safeguarding guidelines and
    report as appropriate in line with policy and process.
    Clinical Responsibilities
    - Senior Staff Nurse in older adult inpatient wards providing enhanced knowledge
    and skills, linking with the matron agenda, community specialist nurses and
    specific care pathways.
    -To supervise junior nursing staff, supporting day-to-day practice and ongoing
    development
    -To provide and contribute to the effective assessment of patients and lead the
    nursing element of the development of multi-disciplinary care plans
    -To ensure that positive risk management, patient safety and reduction of harm is
    at the centre of ward nursing practice.
    -To both be Named Nurse/Key worker for an identified cohort of patients and
    support junior staff in their role, specifically when aligned to complex needs,
    specialist knowledge and multi-agency working.
    -To support the development, implementation and monitoring of standards, both
    locally defined and nationally prescribed.
    -To support the development, implementation and review of effective policies and
    procedures.
    -To recieve lessons learned and contribute to the development and
    implementation of action plans.
    -To ensure the clinical environment being conducive to learning for junior staff,
    student nurses and the wider MDT.
    -To provide educational material for staff, service users, family members and
    other professional groups as required
    -To have a contemporary working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and
    its applications in practice, the rights of patients and any future amendments.
    - To deliver clinical supervision and ensure a commitment to their own supervision
    requirements as per policy.
    - To be responsible for supporting the maintenance of clinical standards in the
    ward environment and across the division, working closely with Older Adult
    Matrons
    - Work with the ward managers to ensure equitable use of all resources to support
    an effective service.
    - To support the instigation and continuation of CQC standards, infection control
    standards, National patient safety standards and standards for better health.
    Educational and Research responsibilities
    -Develop and implement internal learning processes to evaluate and monitor the
    assessment process.
    -To participate on relevant research projects relating to the service
    -To ensure clinical practice develops through the critical analysis and evaluation of
    evidence based research findings
    -To take opportunities to develop specialist knowledge in line with the role
    requirements, personal development conversations and needs of the service.
    Management responsibilities
    - To attend relevant steering groups and forums appropriate to the development of
    the Inpatient Services.
    - To be consistent and active in improving and evaluating the effectiveness of the
    service through feedback from service users.
    - To conduct appraisals and Supervision within the team, being aware of the
    particular developing needs of staff
    -To assist in the recruitment and selection of staff.
    Communication
    -To be responsible for promoting the service within BCHFT and social care
    economy and wider partnership.
    - Identify and mitigate any barriers to effective communication.
    - To promote liaison and inter agency working and collaboration
    - To be support the development and maintenance of effective lines of
    communication on complex matters, issues and ideas, between staff, service
    users and carers.
    - To represent the team at appropriate meetings and ensure information is
    cascaded to the team.
    Leadership Skills
    - To promote the ethos of a flexible service, that places service users and their
    family at the centre of their care
    - To promote the values and ethos of the service in line with the principles and the
    policy implementation guidelines.
    - To promote equity and equality in accessibility to the service.
    - To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the
    responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality inpatient service.

    Person specification

    Essential

    Essential criteria

  • •Registered Mental Health Nurses - RMN (Mental Health)
  • •Active registration to practice
  • Post-qualification experience of 18 months of working as a registered RMN within mental health setting including inpatient
  • Desirable criteria

  • •Experience of working in an older adults mental health setting as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • •Experience of leading junior nursing and healthcare support staff in ward environment
  • •Involvement in research and/or clinical evaluation and audit


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