Staff Nurse

Responsibilities

• To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team.
• To liaise with the nurses, and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi-disciplinary mental health team.
• To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses.
• Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs.
• Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care.
• Participate regularly in clinical supervision sessions.
• Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes.
• Attend in-service training and other study / refresher days to meet individual, statutory and service needs.
• Participate in performance reviews.
• To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills.
• Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff.
• Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients' property and valuables, respecting cultural values.
• Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well‑being of patients.
• Perform nursing assessments of a client's personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.
• Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment of client risk.
• Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.
• Perform nursing interventions advocated within the client's care plan.
• Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.
• Involve clients and/or carers in the care planning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.
• Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.
• Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.
• Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.
• Demonstrate problem‑solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.
• Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be self‑motivated, enthusiastic and empathetic to the needs of patients during the acute stage of a mental health episode.

You will be required to have excellent communication skills, be resourceful, and keen to demonstrate the distinctive contribution and added value the Staff Nurse can offer the multi‑disciplinary team.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do. The Trust is rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England.

We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce, reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of “outstanding” for well‑led and “good” overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Looking for a fresh career within Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU)? The Hartsholme Centre PICU is a 10‑bed, male‑only unit based on one of our sites in central Lincoln, with state‑of‑the‑art design and technology being incorporated into the new facility.

Lincolnshire is leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Do you want to be part of changing mental health for the future? Improving things for the next generation and influencing the future. We have a number of exciting new opportunities for clinical staff. Excellent, well‑trained and motivated staff are what make the Trust as successful as we are.

This post attracts an additional £3000 Environment Allowance per annum.