Job Overview
Are you passionate about acute mental health services? Are you looking to develop your career within a mental health inpatient setting? We require a Band 7 RMN or RNLD to work alongside our dedicated Multi-Disciplinary team who provide care and support to our inpatients.
Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be a key part of the Campbell Centre Senior Leadership Team. We require a dynamic, compassionate leader who can ensure high standards of care and effective management of acute services, with an emphasis on safety and flow whilst ensuring good outcomes for our patients.
The successful candidate must be available to work shifts as well as core office hours as the role will involve at least 1 day per week working in the clinical numbers.
We will ensure that supervision and continuing development reviews are provided and that your PDP needs are supported in line with service development.
The Campbell Centre is passionate about career progression, we will support you to attain the skills, knowledge and experience to move forward in your career with us.
Working for our organisation
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in the community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Ensure the day to day management of the multi-disciplinary team, with responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
The Senior Practitioner/Ward Manager will ensure a quality and efficient service operates within the ward whereby high standards of nursing care and statutory requirements are adhered to.
Take a lead role in clinical and multi-disciplinary team meetings, supporting and guiding junior staff, ensuring that all contributions are recognised.
The post holder will be responsible via the ward staff for the completion of all documentation, planning of care, provision of care, for all patients.
The postholder will be part of the Duty Senior Nurse roster and will undertake the role of Duty Senior Nurse one day per week and have the responsibility for liaising with internal and external agencies.
If you would like to come and visit us or discuss the advert further, please contact Matron Gemma Levins on gemma.levins@nhs.net
Person specification
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
* Mental health qualification
* Registered Nurse with the NMC/HCPC
* Significant demonstrable post qualified experience in mental health
Desirable criteria
* Practice teaching award
Experience
Essential criteria
* Ability to analyse, summarise and write/ record relevant information clearly and concisely so that it is easily understood by users and colleagues
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Good IT skills and ability to use range of complex systems to support care delivery and resource allocation
* With appropriate experience able to supervise staff
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