We are currently looking for a Registered Nurse to work in the Morpeth area.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

They act as a Primary/Named Nurse within a multi-disciplinary team, developing collaborative, and needs based care plans, through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

They provide excellent professional, skilled and effective person centred, evidence-based nursing care.

They are actively involved in the health and wellbeing of staff and service users.

They are visible and accessible to patients, families and carers working together to ensure efficient, effective, and caring services.

They contribute to achieving all performance indicators, essential standards, and quality outcomes.

They contribute to the education and development of the workforce and students.

They contribute to staff appraisals and support personal development plans.

They safely administer medication following Trust policies and practice guidelines.

They will provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect, and dignity.

COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIPS

Provide and receive complex difficult and sensitive information, which may be in a challenging and emotive atmosphere.

Communicate and collaborate with clinical nurse lead, ward manager, peers, medical staff, patients, families and carers, general public, external agencies, voluntary agencies, GP’s, other regional NHS Trusts.

Listen to services users and carers to promote and practice shared decision making Collaborate with service user/carer groups and representatives to promote service improvement and development

Organise, facilitate and contribute to ward meetings ensuring robust information pathways.

Prepare and present accurate reports both verbal and written.

Adopt and oversee accurate, robust and high standard of record keeping.

Facilitate and chair multi-disciplinary reviews, daily reviews and handovers.

Communicate with service users and carers in order to positively develop therapeutic relationships

Promote and practice a culture of compassion where relationships are based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity

Develop effective interpersonal skills in managing conflict and resolution

Adopt a common sense approach to confidentiality

Represent the team at operational and clinical forums as delegated by the ward manager to ensure effective two-way communication.

Assist in the management of complaints and serious incidents investigations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Be registered with RMN/RNMH/RNLD qualification

Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses (including medication competency assessments)

Have previously functioned in in-patient areas

Understand and implement mental health legislation

Demonstrate continued professional development

PLANNING AND ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

Prioritise work, oversee and coordinate clinical resources on a daily basis to meet service user needs.

Contribute to the planning of the future delivery of inpatient services

Co-ordinate staff rotas, ensuring adequate provision of staff across shifts and taking appropriate action when staff numbers are below acceptable levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PATIENT/CLIENT CARE

Deliver and maintain high standards of clinical care and contribute to achieving the Care Quality Commission Essential Standards. They will identify and act on any circumstances or practices which may compromise standards, quality of care and/or patient safety and report to the ward manager.

Advocate and maintain a philosophy of care which is person/carer centred, maintaining dignity and independence and consistently right for that person at that time

Implement care delivery systems, ensuring contemporary clinical practice is outcome focused and of the highest professional standard and consistency

Devise, implement and evaluate individual plans of care based on a person centred assessment.

Develop and deliver therapeutic clinical based interventions which meet the complex needs of service users.

Assist, support and debrief service users and carers following critical incidents and difficult situations

Ensure robust risk management systems are implemented and functioning.

Provide advice and guidance related to the promotion of service users health and well being

Assist in establishing systems to promote regular family/carer contact support to encourage collaborative decision making

Challenge practice, which may be outdated or no longer appropriate by developing effective change management strategies to continuously improve practice and service provision.

Have courage to speak out challenge and act when things feel wrong.

Promote and practice a culture of compassion where relationships are based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity

Act as Primary/Named nurse

Implement the Care Programme Approach within the Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure effective and appropriate teamwork

Demonstrate and promote safe practice in medication management, including storage, administration and stock control

Implement local Safeguarding procedures and other statutory requirements

POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

Implement Trust policies

Contribute to achieving all required Trust Quality & Performance objectives

Maintain Health and Safety Standards using existing mechanisms e.g. Clinical Risk Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment, Moving and Handling, COSHH.

Contribute to developing, delivering and maintaining the Ward Operational Policy

Support any review of service provision.

Contribute to the development of Trust wide policies and procedures.

Describe the current national and local priorities which have an influence on service provision.

SAFEGUARDING

Every employee has a responsibility for safeguarding and protecting adults and children from abuse, regardless of the setting in which the care takes place. It is every employee’s responsibility to be aware of relevant Trust Policies. All employees should take part in training in order to maintain their skills. Front line practitioners should access regular supervision and support in line with local procedures.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Contribute to maintaining a safe environment of care through effective risk management. Identify risks and develop appropriate strategies to manage the risks including responding appropriately to untoward/emergency situations.

TRUST CLINICAL GOVERNANCE STRATEGY

It is the responsibility of all health care professionals to play an active role in delivering the clinical governance agenda. There is a specific responsibility for individual health care professionals to be involved in auditing their own and their team’s clinical performance, and to engage in activities, which continuously improve, the quality of services they provide.

Information of a Confidential Nature or Access to Confidential Information

“To be aware of the nature of information dealt within the NHS and to work in a manner which ensures confidentiality and security of this information”

INFECTION CONTROL

All Trust staff (clinical and non-clinical, including locum and agency staff employed by external contractors) have a personal responsibility to ensure the risk of infection to themselves, service users and visitors is minimised by ensuring that they (1) are familiar and adhere to, current Trust policy and guidance on infection prevention and control, (2) participate in the Trusts induction programme and statutory/required training in infection prevention and control and (3) consider infection prevention and control as part of their appraisal and/or personal development plans’.

CALDICOTT RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Justify the purpose (s) of every proposed use or transfer – every proposed use or transfer of patient-identifiable information within an organisation should be clearly defined and scrutinised, with continuing uses regularly reviewed by an appropriate guardian.
2. Don’t use it unless it is absolutely necessary – Patient-identifiable information should not be used unless there is no alternative, where this is the case permission should be obtained.
3. Use the minimum necessary – Where use of patient-identifiable information is considered to be essential, each individual item of information should be justified with the aim of reducing identification.
4. Access should be on a strict need-to-know basis – Only those individuals who need access to patient-identifiable information should have access to it, and they should only have access to the information items that they need to see.
5. Everyone with access to it should be aware of their responsibilities – Action should be taken to ensure that those handling patient-identifiable information are aware of their responsibilities and obligations to respect patient confidentiality.
6. Understand and comply with the law – Every use of patient-identifiable information must be lawful. Each department must have someone responsible for ensuring that the organisation complies with legal requirements.

ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:

To be aware of the nature of information dealt with within the NHS, and to work in a manner which ensures confidentiality and security of this information.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities of the post and the post holder may be requested to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grade or post.

The post may change over time to meet organisational requirements and the job description may be changed after consultation with the post holder at any time.

Registrations from the comfort of your own home:

• Send your CV
• Phone Interview
• We send you all information to apply from the comfort of your own home
• Our training is taken place in our head office based in Gosforth, Newcastle where applicable.
• Completion of registration process i.e. received clear references covering everything within the last three years, completed all necessary training, and received clear DBS.
• You would provide us the dates you are available to work and we would offer you suitable roles to your ability, you are free to accept and decline these.

Salary: £24,907 – £30,615

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