Bank Mental Health Nurse - RMN

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Site: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Town: London

Salary period: Hourly

Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59

Interview date: 26/02/2025

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Job overview

The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team throughout the Homerton supporting temporary staffing requests. They will use their professional skill set and calming influence to identify and support patients presenting with mental health needs, supporting the implementation and engagement of care plans.

The RMN will be part of the multi-disciplinary team providing care to patients who present to the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Support patients presenting with mental health needs, on a shift-to-shift basis, ensuring the delivery of high quality and safe care.
• Use specialist knowledge and skill set to identify and detail deterioration/improvements in patient’s mental health and escalate to relevant teams where there are significant risks.
• Engage directly with patients in a holistic manner to determine clinical, environmental, and social needs.
• Assist in the management of clinical emergencies under the direction of the nurse in charge.
• Be part of the multi-disciplinary team, providing care to patients with physical needs.
• Deliver excellent patient care through continuous review of evidence-based clinical standards.
• Contribute to policy, standards, and development of specialist care delivery strategies.
• Maintain effective communication between teams.
• Act as a resource providing clinical information for other areas.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of \”Outstanding\” from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard\’s Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• RMN
• Evidence of ongoing and professional development
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Other

• Demonstrates an understanding of Trust Values

Skills and Abilities

• Effective Communication
• Evidence of ability to support patients within the Emergency Department
• Excellent interpersonal and counselling skills

Experience

• Experience of working with patients who have acute mental health crisis
• Ability to work within a team
• Previous experience of working in an Emergency Department

Knowledge

• Understanding of confidentiality issues
• Knowledge of appropriate legislations around mental health act and legal frameworks

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the \”Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application\” under \”Additional Documentation\” before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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