Nurse Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to join the expanding Navigo family, working as a qualified Practitioner within the Acute services inpatient lodges. We are looking for hard working, kind, caring and compassionate people who want to make a difference to the lives of others.

Our teams work across the locality in a holistic, person-centred and trauma-informed approach to deliver services that we\’d be happy for our own families to use.

Main duties of the job

The role of a qualified practitioner involves completing holistic assessment of need, risk assessment & management, delivering evidence-based treatment & interventions, admission/discharge, coaching & supervising junior colleagues, attending and leading meetings (including MDTs, reviews, team meetings, etc.), maintaining the ward environments, supporting the friends/families of people using services, and contributing to the safe and effective delivery of the service whilst ensuring that the people who use our services are always involved and at the heart of any decision-making. Through robust implementation of policy and compliance with the appropriate legal frameworks, this role truly contributes to improving the lives of the people accessing our services.

About us

Hello!

We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire\’s mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.

The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.

We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list.

As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre.

Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.

We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Come and Join us!

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Job responsibilities

Provide nursing care to patients, having knowledge of national and local policies and procedures, in order to maintain high standards of care.

Directly support staff as appropriate in the provision of care for the service user providing supervision and support as necessary.

Assist in the supervision and assessment of junior staff.

Provide and receive complex, sensitive, and at times, contentious, information around service users mental health needs and requirements.

Communicate with service users, their family, and carers, around needs and care programmes, whilst overcoming their possible barriers to understand by using persuasive and negotiating skills.

Demonstrate procedures to qualified and unqualified staff by means of instructions and supervision.

Participate in the full range of administrative responsibilities.

Plan and organise workloads for staff within the area to include allocation of staff, planning patient care and groups etc.

Maintain patient records accurately and promptly and be able to give and receive nursing care reports, including knowledge of, and the ability to use, our computer database system (SystmOne).

Assist in maintaining the safe custody of drugs in accordance with our policies and procedures.

Handle cash and valuables belonging to the service user within policy and guidance.

Assist in providing a safe environment for the safety and welfare of service users and staff by being aware of the following: (1) Health and Safety at Work Act (2) Fire Prevention and Management (3) Infection Control Policy (4) COSHH.

Report all accidents and complaints and also all faulty equipment in line with Navigo\’s policies and guidelines and provide written reports when appropriate.

Be aware of developments in nursing by attending continuing education courses and study days and be self-motivated with regards to personal development.

Assist as appropriate in the support and counselling of service users and relatives.

Be involved within clinical supervision sessions with peers and superiors.

Contribute to the maintenance of a good clinical climate for learners and assist in the in-service training for ward staff.

Keep up to date with current research in nursing and when necessary participate in research projects.

Rotate between day and night duty, as the service need demands.

Carry out audits to improve areas of work within the service (in-patient, home treatment etc).

At times, when service need demands, work in other areas of the service.

Provide specific training/mentorship to students.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience working with mental illness of a severe and enduring nature.
• Knowledge of relapse prevention.
• Evidenced knowledge of issues involved in the treatment of mental illness and relapse prevention.
• Can evidence experience in audit and research.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the principles of nurse prescribing and the use of patient group directives/protocols.
• Broad knowledge of risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration – please provide UK registration number.
• Post qualification award in health/social care at degree or equivalent level.
• 032/33 or ENB998 (equivalent).
• Clinical Supervision Training.
• Nurse prescribing.
• AMHPs trained/willingness to undertake training.
• IT or equivalent qualification to level 2

Additional Requirements

• Evidence of ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Examples of positive attitude and person-centred, trauma-informed care.
• Able to work shifts, covering days and some nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Evidence of a commitment to user/carer involvement.
• Access to own transport.

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.

Harrison House / Other Navigo Acute Locations as required