Staff Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 per annum Inc HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Homerton, E9 6SR |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6178692/363-CH5788301-A |
Summary
City & Hackney Centre for Mental Health is a mental health hospital based at Homerton Hospital that provides assessment and treatment for male and female individuals experiencing acute mental health difficulties. Our vision is to provide optimum care and treatment to aid recovery and promote well-being prior to returning back within the community environment.
An exciting opportunity has come up within the inpatient wards for an enthusiastic Staff Nurse, Band 5, to join our busy and motivated teams across the unit on both Female and Male Wards
Our aim is to deliver a patient focused care that provides patients with an opportunity to better understand the crisis or behaviour that resulted in their admission and to learn coping skills to reduce the risk of relapse.
Our main aims are to:
Supporting the in-patients wards during psychiatric emergencies.
Promoting a safe environment of care that safeguards and protects patients and staff against undue risk.
Facilitating a positive role for patients where open communication and opportunities for learning and decision-making are promoted
Maintaining the patients right to spend no more time than clinically necessary in a locked environment.
Provide support and clinical assistance to the other hospitals within the trust.
Provide support and liaise with the community mental health teams and other allied professionals
To co-ordinate and provide care and treatment to an identified group of patients without direct supervision.
To manage and organise work as required.
Take responsibility for the development and delivery of evidence based practice, ensuring that it supports and reflects service user individual needs, Trust objectives and professional guidance.
Contribute to the development of high quality evidence based in-patient services in a changing health care environment.
Contribute towards ensuring that the ward functions as an integral part of the Directorate’s services.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us.
Join our CQC outstanding trust, by applying for one of our exciting Band 5 opportunities within our in-patient wards.
We offer a nationally recognised Preceptorship programme that is used as an example of regional excellence; with dedicated support to help you consolidate your knowledge and skills during the first six months of qualification and progress your career further.
ELFT offer exceptional opportunities for continued professional development and career progression; with development programmes for progression onto Band 6-8, with the emphasis on valuing your contribution and identifying clinical leaders of the future.
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
This advert closes on Saturday 6 Apr 2024
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