Staff Nurse - Band 5 in Birmingham

Sapphire ward is looking to expand. The service is unique and differs from the rest of the inpatient services across the Brooklands Site. The vast majority of the assessment and treatment needs of the patients are completed for this small group of patients. We specialise in complex and often prolonged transitions of patients with complex needs that either cannot live in a main ward environment or require slower, longer transitions in a lower arousal environment.

We are looking for enthusiastic staff to join the team on sapphire as we expand the service. We require committed, reliable, motivated, compassionate, outgoing and energetic individuals to join us in developing our service further. Individuals should be person centred in approach, willing and able to support patients with complex needs. The ethos of the ward is to prepare patients and bridge the gap through transition from inpatient to community. Individuals must be willing and able to support patients to access community facing facilities. They must be skilled in supporting and promoting independence by supporting patients to participate and maximise independence in activities of daily living skills on and off the ward.

Main duties of the job

• To support the ward manager in the inpatient environment to provide packages of care to service users, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Staff nurses also required to act as nurse in charge of a shift and have named nurse responsibilities.
• Contributing to care planning, PBS implementation, and improving patient care and experience for service users and families/carers.

Job responsibilities

• Preceptorship programmes for newly qualified nurses
• On-going support for experienced nurses (mentoring, buddying)
• Support with revalidation
• Training and development opportunities
• Experience working within a national service, with professionals who are committed to making a profound improvement in the lives of our service users
• Develop specialist skills required to participate as a skilled member of an experienced Multi-Disciplinary Team

Qualifications

• A range of experience of working with people with a mental disorder
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

Values

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.