Registered Mental Health Nurse | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

You will be a Nurse working within a multi-disciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties. As a Band 5 Nurse within the team you will be regularly supported and supervised by a nominated Band 6 Nurse Specialist and you will be encouraged to take personal responsibility for clinical supervision and your continued professional development plan.
You will undertake a period of preceptorship overseen by a named Band 6 Nurse Specialist within your team and engage on the trusts Preceptorship programme.
You will actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and Code of Conduct. You are required to maintain links with your professional body and provide evidence for the revalidation process.
You will provide nurse leadership within the multi-disciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users.
The successful candidate must have a genuine interest and passion for rehab services and promoting ongoing recovery. They will have a positive outlook and ensure that delivering a high quality service, which genuinely engages with service users, carers and other stakeholders, is a key priority.
You will promote and maintain high standards of care whilst supporting and assisting to implement local and national strategy and initiatives. You will be actively involved in driving forward key performance indicators (KPI’s) within the service, supporting with key audits, quality improvement initiatives as well as day to day clinical oversight of the unit.
You will need to possess excellent interpersonal skills and be focused in your contribution to the expansion of rehab services. A strong commitment to your ongoing professional education and development is essential.
The candidate will have a genuine desire to work in this specialist area and be able to contribute to the ongoing service development.
The successful post holder will be able to work shifts covering 24 hours, seven days a week.
We offer a full preceptorship package for newly qualified Registered nurses. This will be bespoke to Rehab services however will link very closely with the preceptorship program run at The Harbour acute inpatient unit, with opportunity to attend further sessions and training onsite there
Lancashire &South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary Mental Health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent Mental Health services, perinatal Mental Health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South CumbriaFoundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
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This advert closes on Monday 29 Jan 2024