Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Do you enjoy working in a compassionate environment, want to learn and develop new skills, enjoy working with a variety of service users, all with very different needs and work with people in crisis to help them with their recovery, then this job is for you

An opportunity has arisen for a Charge Nurse to join our Psychiatric Intensive Care Team in our purpose built, 10 bedded unit.

Undertake Gatekeeping for PICU referrals
Support in overseeing Unit compliance and excellence

Act as named nurse / key worker for an identified group of service users ensuring the assessment, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.

To co-produce collaborative care plans for service users and undertake service users' activities as appropriate ensuring a high standard of care.

Adhere to appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines.
Liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team to enhance the standard of care service users receive.
Carry out observations on patients and document them in line with trust policy
To safely administer controlled drugs and all other medication in accordance with Medicines' Management Policy and NMC guidance.

Act as Shift Leader ensuring the smooth running of the ward area and participating in an effective hand over period, ensuring good communications at all times.

Promote a safe environment in line with clinical risk assessments and to ensure all incidents are reported electronically.

Our team provides short-term intensive assessment, treatment, and support to Service Users, who maybe experiencing a mental health crisis, and often present with a variety of complex mental health needs.

To maximise Service User recovery, the teams will be working in a trauma informed way and utilising the RAID model of care.

Upon joining our team, we will ensure that successful candidates undergo both mandatory and bespoke training, to fully equip them with the skills required to work within our PICU environment

To act as the named nurse with responsibility for the overall care of an identified group of Service Users.-To regularly act as shift leader ensuring the smooth running of the clinical area and best utilisation of resources available, with support from other senior staff.-The post holder will be responsible for keeping professionally updated in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council requirements and for participating in clinical reflection throughclinical supervision.

-The post holder will be accountable for their behaviour on duty and will be responsible for reporting anything untoward to a senior member of staff
Evidence of Continual Professional development
Training in management of violence and aggression

Training in psychosocial interventions
Experience at Band 5 and evidence of appropriate clinical management experience
Experience of working in acute / forensic mental health settings.

Experience of working in a range of mental health settings

Knowledge of treatments and interventions appropriate for individuals with acute mental health needs
Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of the Mental Health Act and CPA process
Knowledge of current policy and guidance in relation to the development of PICU / Acute Mental Health Services
Understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues.

Pennine Care NHS FT
Walkerwood PICU