Job summary
- Main area
- Older Adult Inpatient Services
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 294-MHCA-6257500-JB
- Employer
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tolworth Hospital
- Town
- Tolworth
- Salary
- £29,460 - £31,909 per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Nursing Associate
Band 4
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.
We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".
When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.
As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has risen for a passionate and enthusiastic Band 4 Nursing associate on Jasmine Ward (Tolworth Hospital)
Jasmine Ward (Tolworth Hospital) is a 16 bedded unit and Crocus Ward is a 19 bedded unit that offers care and treatment for male and female patients over 75 years of age. The service offers Inpatient care for older people with mental health problems, provides assessment and treatment of older people with a range of diagnoses, who require hospital care due to the severity of need. We provide services for patients cannot be cared for in the community or other settings, due to the intensity and expertise of the care required. Within this setting all aspects of physical health, social care needs, and risks are jointly managed by a multi-disciplinary team, which forms part of a planned and integrated holistic system approach to care.
Main duties of the job
You need to have a genuine passion in working with elderly patients and willing to make a difference in their lives. This role is pivotal in supporting the team in delivering care. You will be expected to deliver high standards of care incorporating the recovery approach to cover all aspects of health needs and risks within a safe environment by working closely with the relevant community services. This will involve giving support to individuals to meet their psychological and physical health needs.
We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurse Associate Nurse to join our inpatient teams at Southwest London and St. Georges Mental Health Trust
Working for our organisation
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Supporting people to improve and maintain their mental, physical,
behavioural health and wellbeing.
2. Active involvement in the prevention of and protection against disease and ill health. SLP February 2019
3. Engage in public health, community development, and in the reduction of health inequalities.
4. Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting
patients/service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating
psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions under the guidance of a registered professional.
5. Advocating for patients/service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy.
6. Encouraging and empowering individuals to have an optimum level of
responsibility for their individual programme of care.
Person specification
Training & Qualification
Essential criteria
- English and Mathematics basic qualifications (e.g. GCSE at Grade C or above, New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language or evidence of Level 2 in Functional skills for numeracy and literacy).
- English and Mathematics basic qualifications (e.g. GCSE at Grade C or above, New GCSE Grade 4-9 in Maths and English Language or evidence of Level 2 in Functional skills for numeracy and literacy).
- Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
- Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
- Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
- Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi- disciplinary team.
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in different clinical care settings
- Experience in supervision of staff.
- Lived experience of mental health.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, with supervision available but not always present, and acting on own initiative, within protocols, policies and care plans.
- Able to plan and co-ordinate and prioritise own and team work within a shift system.
- Communications skills – receiving and conveying sensitive information, with staff and with service users and able to keep accurate records. Knowing when to escalate concerns and to whom
- Ability to positively engage distressed individuals and de-escalate highly- aroused situations
- Highly resilient and able to respond to difficult interpersonal situations, which may at times be traumatic / distressing.
- Approachable and self-aware, including the ability to self-reflect. Understanding forms of effective working relationships with colleagues.
Desirable criteria
- Vital Signs, Phlebotomy.
- Experience in facilitating groups.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Hannah McCarthy
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 513 5376
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