Band 5 - Registered Mental Health Nurse - GOSH

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) are searching for an experienced and passionate band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their highly skilled team. GOSH is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare, dedicated to providing world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.

The Mildred Creak Unit at Great Ormond Street is an in-patient psychiatric unit for seven to fourteen year olds. We have seven inpatient beds available on the unit as well as three day patient spaces and we accept children with a range of behavioural and emotional difficulties. The role involves working as a member of the nursing team to provide care to the young people, facilitating their daily routines and attendance of the therapeutic timetable in a nurturing and supportive manner.

The role includes various duties such as:

• Supporting young people to eat
• Helping young people with their physiotherapy programmes
• Providing a space for young people to talk about their feelings
• Clinical tasks such as administration of medication, nasogastric feeding, physical observations and the facilitation of therapeutic groups
• Aspects of housekeeping and admin

Responsibilities:

• To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, providing a high standard of holistic family centred care to the children, young people and families.
• Ability to promote family centered care and establish good relationships with children, young people and their families.
• To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To be able to take charge of the ward in the absence of senior nursing staff following achievement of required competence.
• To actively engage with young people and families, in order to facilitate recovery from their individual difficulties.
• To be familiar with and adopt the principles of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers vision for Compassion in Practice.

Qualifications:

• NMC Registered Nurse Child, Mental Health or Learning Disability
• Relevant nursing qualification
• Evidence of ongoing professional development linked to demonstrable competencies
• Experience of having worked with children/young people with mental health difficulties
• Understanding of professional and current issues in CAMHS
• Understanding of the importance of research and evidence-based practice
• Basic knowledge of computer skills
• Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
• Understanding or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation
• Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality)
• Experience of working as part of a diverse team
• Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture
• Understanding of nursing practice and innovation outside of GOSH
• Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours
• Weekly salary
• Staffing Bank workers can contribute to their NHS pension
• Priority of shifts over all agency workers
• Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.