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Job summary

Main area
Adult Inpatients
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
Job ref
274-11281-AI
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Wolds, Discovery House
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/01/2025 23:59
Interview date
10/01/2025

Employer heading

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

We welcome you to be a Ìýpart of a great new service that is the only one of its kind.
The Wolds are seeking a band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMHN) who is committed to providing high-quality care. We are offering a permanent role to work alongside our current nursing team and be part of the multi disciplinary team that really delivers. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a new initiative that is one of its kind in the country. REABLEMENT. Our vision and values are to work closely with our patient(s) using a ‘hand on approach’ and supporting them to a successful discharge into the community where they can live as independent life as they envision.
Don’t delay apply today!!
ABOUT THE POST:
You will be the named nurse to your own small case load, as well as working alongside your associate nurse. As part of the MDT there is the expectation that all staff have the overview of the patient’s recovery, needs and pathway so we can support the patient(s) in achieving a safe and successful discharge.

Main duties of the job

As a staff nurse on the Wolds you will be allocated a caseload of named service users, as well as associate service users. There is also the expectation that you remain up to date of the care and treatment for all admitted onto the Wolds.

As a named nurse you will be responsible for the duties this role entails, such as personalised care plans that are tailored to the individual, written with them and not for them and relevant paperwork that helps aid recovery.

You will also have the opportunity to facilitate groups specific to our clients needs. Medicine management, Participation in MDT's, working closely with our Social Inclusion Workers for the best outcome for our patients through their reablement pathway.Ìý

As the Wolds is a 24/7 service we have to ensure safe staffing levels at all times. The working shifts within rehabilitation service are long days with a rotation of nights.

LPFT has been nominated as a good place to work, we have also been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as well as an AIMS accredited service. There is the opportunity to advance your skills and knowledge through online learning, courses open to NHS staff and self learning.Ìý

You will also have monthly managerial as well as clinical supervision as we understand the importance of being able to reflect on our self practice, annual appraisals to identify the areas you wish to progress in to further your career. Ìý

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Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,Ìý Lincolnshire has aÌýrange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.ÌýVisitÌýÌýto find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details

Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.

Perform nursing assessments of a client’s personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.

Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment client risk.

Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.

Perform nursing interventions advocated within the clients care plan.

Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.

Involve clients and/or carers in the care panning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.

Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.

Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.

Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.

Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.

Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.

Participate in regular clinical supervision.

Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RMN or RNLD 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
  • Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and barriers to effective communication whilst being considerate of client confidentiality
  • Relevant experience of working with mental health needs
  • Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
  • Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Government principles.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems.
  • Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesTimewise-Flex Positive EmployerVeteran AwareMenopause Friendly EmployerWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeAccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Carer Confident -AccomplishedNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICSPastoral Care Quality AwardStonewall Top 100 2024Stonewall Bronze Award 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Robert Flaszynski
Job title
Acting Up Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 597970