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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Promote the health and well-being of patients and maintain a safe, caring and therapeutic environment.

To ensure nursing practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2002) and Mental Health Legislation.

Demonstrate overall responsibility and accountability for standards of care in conjunction with the Matron.

Act ethically to meet the needs of the patient.

Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well being of patients, visitors and colleagues.

To provide, in partnership with patients, evidence-based care-plans that include ongoing evaluation and review, incorporate cultural preferences, health beliefs, behaviours and traditional practices as well as respecting differences in relation to gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

Take overall responsibility for ensuring a systematic approach to care using approved assessment tools.

Develop, implement & evaluate programmes of care using a problem-solving approach that ensures the needs of each individual patient are met throughout their admission, including detailed arrangements for discharge.

To have an awareness of relational, physical and procedural security within an open rehab unit care setting in order to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment

Overall responsibility to ensure that all patients on the unit have their after-care planned and documented effectively in partnership with them and other agencies/services through CPA.

Ensure the maintenance of accurate records in line with Trust policy and NMC

Participate in the maintenance of general and specific patient observations, accurately recording all relevant information, and in risk assessments as required.

Participate as an active member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary teams, accountable for your practice, and work collaboratively and in partnership with patients and other health care professionals or agencies in the delivery of care.

Develop, promote and implement the philosophy, vision and values of the service.

Make professionally autonomous decisions without supervision

Ensure the provision of meaningful activities and therapeutic groups on the unit on a daily basis

Take the lead in carrying out audits to keep up to date with current national and local guidelines, NSFs, clinical governance agenda etc.

To ensure that ward staff are competent in the use of benchmarking techniques and are empowered to utilise an evidence-based approach to care.

To ensure the safe custody of patient’s property where appropriate in accordance with Trust and local policy.

Implement and evaluate ward-based systems to monitor cleanliness & infection control.

To take leadership in the storage and administration of drugs in accordance with legal requirements, local policies and procedures.

Plan and organise the duty rota for staff to ensure an effective skill mix of staff necessary to safely meet the needs of the service.

Generate new solutions to improve service delivery and evaluate their effectiveness.

Attend meetings and take a key role in the planning of local service delivery.

Participate within Trust and local Care Quality Groups activity, making this accessible to ward staff.

To review and evaluate activity and effectiveness of care through audit, both locally and as part of the Trust

To take leadership in standard setting and protocol development for the care of patients with mental disorder.

Ensure timely collation of responses to complaints about any aspect of patient care and share lessons learnt from processes.

Work with the Matron around areas of complaints/incidents.

Ensure that the ward bench marking is in line with Essence of Care documentation.

To act up, as necessary, for the Matron during annual leave, sickness/absence or as part of own development plan.

To be conversant with the Trusts policies and procedures, including those of the Unit/Department within Mental Health Services.

To act as a suitable role model for your grade of employment.

Participate in rotational duties and working in alternative care settings as required.

Ensure that rehabilitation is at the care of activities and interventions.

To ensure TMVA (Therapeutic Management of aggression and Violence) is implemented according to the Trust policy and that you are Trained in and able and willing to actively participate in TMVA.

Work within agreed levels of resources both human and financial.

To assist and support the Matron in the establishment of an efficient working environment, making the most effective and efficient use of staff, supplies and services.

Responsibility for the effective management of human, financial and information resources within the Ward.

Develop and maintain appropriate performance and quality measures for the ward's activities and monitor performance against them. Take appropriate action to ensure that agreed standards are achieved and improved on.

To act as Senior Nurse, providing information, support and guidance to staff. taking the lead in emergencies (Fire, Cardiac Arrest, un-toward Incidents) and acting as point of contact for external agencies.

Ensure that agreed Trust policies and procedures are followed.

Report any maintenance requirements through the Trust processes.

Provide the unit with professional leadership and expertise, keeping up to date with relevant professional developments, technical and legal information and best practice, and applying this knowledge to the management of the unit's work and the development of its staff.

Provide the unit with a clear direction and vision. Ensure that services have clearly stated aims and objectives and ways of demonstrating the outcomes it achieves, and that these are regularly reviewed to keep them in line with best practice, the needs of users and partners, and the lessons that have been learnt in doing the work.

Overall clinical and managerial responsibility for Nurses and unregistered staff and other staff employed on the unit.

Provide professional advice, facilitating role development and professional education, helping staff develop their full potential.

Initiate, implement and evaluate a staff development strategy and programme, and ensure that the training and development needs of all individual staff within the unit are regularly assessed and provided for.

To induct, supervise, support and appraise the staff directly reporting to you, and ensure that the same processes are carried out to a high quality throughout the ward. Evaluate the performance of staff individually and as a unit, and take any appropriate action.

Operate Trust's recruitment, absence management and other policies and procedures as required.

Develop budgets and financial/business plans for ward projects and manage the ward's budget to ensure that the agreed income and expenditure targets are met.

To encourage and develop teamwork within the disciplines, to evaluate and audit care.

Participate, together with other members of the MDT in service reviews.

To facilitate and participate in multidisciplinary education and clinical supervision and reflective practice.

Act as mentor to other nurses undergoing degree programme.

Act as tutor to student and conversion course nurses as appropriate.

To support students of any discipline undertaking a work placement