Job overview
Are you a highly motivated, enthusiastic and thoughtful Registered Nurse Associate? Can you support your Nursing and Medical team to provide excellent inpatient care for our patients?
If so, we are looking for you!
Ashurst ward is a 11-bedded male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse Associate with a caring, non-judgmental, and inclusive attitude, who is committed to the delivery of safe, high-quality care. Experience in an acute setting would be an advantage but is not essential as we will provide you with all the training required.
Main duties of the job
You will assist our dedicated members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team in implementing and evaluating individual care plans by working alongside the patient to support their recovery journey. Your duties will also include actively supporting individual clients in engaging with their local community and reducing social isolation.
What we need from you!
* A keen interest in new and upcoming technologies within Nursing and Healthcare.
* Be self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing initiative and promoting new ideas on how to improve the service
* Be compassionate, caring and creative with excellent communication skills
* A flexible and positive attitude with a willingness to accommodate our 24/7 service
On Ashurst Ward we understand that nursing is not just a job, but a calling, a passion and a way of life, and even on the toughest days, it’s all worth it. We look forward to hearing from you.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
5. Competitive pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Mental Health First Aiders
10. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
11. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our team works hard to ensure high quality, patient centred care is at the heart of everything we do. You will be part of a motivated, supportive and cohesive multi-disciplinary Mental Health Team where your contribution is highly important. The team actively promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to the care coordination of our clients.
Here on Ashurst Ward we can offer you!
* A supportive team and committed colleagues
* Support for further training and education, potential training to the right candidate could include Phlebotomy training, Psychosocial Intervention training and Immediate Life
* Support training, Family Intervention
* Access to additional training to further support your career and progression on the ward, and within the trust!
* There is a large variety and range of available additional training through our L+D services, we encourage and support staff where possible to participate in further training and education while on the ward
Person specification
As below
Essential criteria
12. Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register. Completion of Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.
Desirable criteria
13. Years experience
14. Ability to travel between sites and to regional meetings. Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
15. Previous inpatient experience
Team work
Essential criteria
16. Ability to work well in a team. Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload. Ability to work on own initiative. Ability to recognise own limitations in the context of the nursing associate role. Detailed knowledge and understanding of appropriate procedures and treatment plans. Ability to participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities. Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role contributes to Quality Improvement. Manage the boundaries of the patient / associate nurse relationship effectively, and to always behave professionally. Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate trainees, other learners and care support workers as required within clinical settings.
Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
17. Excellent interpersonal skills. Effective written, verbal, and non-verbal communication with patients, relatives, carers and all members of multi-disciplinary teams. Ability to work with patients from a diverse range of religious, cultural, and social backgrounds to meet their needs..
18. All new starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process, aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale
19. Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
20. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
21. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
22. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
23. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
24. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
25. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing