Staff Nurse in Cambridge

Are you a motivated, compassionate, and experienced nurse seeking a rewarding and dynamic role? Then join our dedicated, diverse team on George Mackenzie House, where you’ll make a real difference in the lives of individuals on their journey to recovery. George Mackenzie House is the only NHS specialist provider of secure services within the area, offering a supportive and collaborative environment where patient-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. Our secure unit provides a safe and therapeutic environment for individuals with complex needs.

As a staff nurse here, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high quality, compassionate care, working collaboratively with the MDT in implementation of personalised treatment plans. Support patients in a holistic manner on their recovery journey, use your clinical expertise to contribute to a therapeutic environment and champion a compassionate patient-focused approach. The ideal candidate should have a strong teamwork ethic, positive can-do attitude, strong communication skills, sense of accountability and responsibility, accompanied by resilience and an ability to work under pressure at times. A good sense of humour is also valued.

Main duties of the job:

• To be responsible & accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the evidence-based care required, including health promotion for named service users ensuring it meets Trust timescales.
• To participate in the setting of quality standards, including the monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• To ensure the post holder understands and meets their professional role and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach.
• To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 2007 are observed, adhered to, and implemented.
• To promote carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• To encourage recovery, discovery, and independence, considering risk assessment and management.
• To establish therapeutic relationships with service users and the implementation of evidence-based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council's professional code of conduct.
• To demonstrate care and compassion in your work.
• To respect and value the different therapeutic approaches within the multi-disciplinary team but ensure that the agreed philosophy approach is adopted and followed.
• To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues, and other agencies at all times.

Person specification:

• Education & Qualification: Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH) or other specialism relating to post such as Registered Nurse Learning Disability (RNLD).
• Experience: Experience of inpatient service and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team; experience of dealing with service users with complex mental health needs; experience of running, coordinating shifts as a nurse in charge.
• Skills & Abilities: Excellent communication skills both verbally and written, including IT literacy (MS Office); ability to work as part of a team, as a role model, empowering and motivating other team members; enthusiastic, positive approach and can participate in full rotational shifts; ability to carry out physical interventions (PMVA) as a last resort; ability to keep calm and respond appropriately under pressure; ability to take accountability and responsibility for the completion, follow through of duties assigned; thorough understanding of care planning.
• Physical Requirements: Physically able to undertake a demanding role safely and associated mandatory training (Breakaways, Physical intervention training).
• Other: Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude; demonstrates an understanding of and interest in collaborating with this client group; initiative-taking, with a can-do attitude; creative, innovative thinker; strong work ethic; resilience; willingness, ability to drive the ward pool car to support engagement in community-based needs for our patients; ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence is essential.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.