NHS Jobs
Job role: Mental Health Nurse
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 246-GYW7909601
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About the Job:
- Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge.
- Ensure that clinical practice is consistent with the care program approach.
- Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs.
- Take responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and national developments and is evidence-based.
- Under the direction of the Ward Manager/Senior Charge Nurse, participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities.
- Act as the named nurse for a group of patients with ultimate responsibility for providing an individualized plan of care for each patient.
- Delegating appropriate tasks to junior staff is appropriate.
- Effective management/coordination of shifts.
- Share information with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, either verbally or in writing.
- Attending appropriate meetings.
- Use available resources effectively.
- Provide and receive clinical supervision as per Trust guidance.
- Report any untoward incidents, accidents, or complaints involving patients, relatives/carers, or staff to the nurse in charge of the area.
- Maintain a general knowledge of current ward, service and trust arrangements, operational policies, clinical objectives, procedures, and overall philosophy and work in accordance with these.
- Ensure good working relationships with all disciplines, contributing to the effective running of the ward by engaging in ward discussions and attending appropriate meetings.
- Be aware of personal limitations and role boundaries.
- Induct new starters into the work environment.
- Attend mandatory and non-mandatory in-service training sessions and refresher courses as required by the trust and as identified in the KSF/PDP process.
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