Staff Nurse

Search the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS website Main area: Organic inpatient service Grade: Band 5 Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Be able to work days (07:00 – 19:30) and night shifts (19:00 – 07:30)) Job ref: 246-GYW6866012 Site: Julian Hospital Town: Norwich Salary: £29,970 – £36,483 Gross per annum Salary period: Yearly Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59 Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people\’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care – seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health. Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience. We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us! We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require. Job overview Reed ward is a 13 bed female organic admission and assessment ward. We are looking for a person who is kind and compassionate to others, and has a focus on person centred care. As a staff nurse on Reed ward, you will be managing the day-to-day shift coordination, meeting the holistic needs of service users with varying degrees of cognitive impairment whilst utilising nursing skills in both mental health and physical health approaches as well as working with the MDT to oversee and coordinate the assessment and treatment of the service users. You will be working among a team of Doctors, Nurses, clinical support workers, physiotherapists, social workers and Occupational Therapists. You will work closely with the loved ones of service users to integrate life story work into the care planning of service users. Within this job role, you will be offered training, as well as at least monthly support by your line-manager. We believe that within a team it is important that staff feel listened to and are able to make change happen. Main duties of the job Keeping accurate records, updating care plans and risk assessments Monitoring a service user\’s physical health and being able to respond to a deteriorating patient Conducting relevant assessments for nurses – such as risk assessments, physical health assessments such as MUST and Waterlow, falls assessments. Leading a variety of meetings such as MDT, admission, best interest and discharge planning meetings Acting in a service user\’s best interests, advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves Assessing the capacity of a service user Supervising and assessing student nurses Providing line management supervision to clinical support worker staff Being accountable for your work and being a reflective practitioner Completing medication rounds and administering IM medication Communicating regularly with carers Completing nursing assessments such as continuing health care. Overseeing the admission and discharge processes on the ward Working within legalities of the job, checking of T2/T3 forms, reading of 132 rights, writing tribunal reports where necessary. Working for our organisation Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive. Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about. Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming; you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description which includes person specification and criteria for the job listed. Person specification NMC registered Experience working on an organic ward PMA Trained or ability to pass PMA PMA trained or ability to pass PMA 1 year experience as a staff nurse EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: The Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying. DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB): For posts with direct service user contact – Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it. The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale. This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr