Senior Acute Care Nurse

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity within our Acute Inpatient Older Adult Dementia Service for a Senior Acute Care Nurse to join our Team. We are looking for an experienced and passionate clinician who is self-motivated, compassionate and willing to work as part of a team, with a can-do attitude to be successful in this role.

Langworth Ward is an 18 bedded acute assessment and treatment ward for older adults experiencing mental health problems associated with Dementia (We do take younger individuals depending on diagnosis). The ward is challenging and fast-paced, offering excellent opportunities for professional development.

As a Senior Acute Care Nurse, you will be responsible for coordinating the shift and supporting the delivery of excellent nursing care. The role requires close working relationships as part of the Multi-disciplinary Team including the Consultants, Physical Health Nurses, Therapy Team, Psychology, Matron and Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

We need someone who has the flexibility to work shift patterns across 24 hours a day, 7 days per week in a very busy inpatient environment, with each day being varied and at times challenging, but above all is extremely rewarding. In return, we will support you in developing skills and opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve clinically leading and managing a team of staff nurses and healthcare assistants when on shift.

Supporting the Ward Manager with some operational duties and help develop and maintain clinical standards.

You will be able to demonstrate a capacity for clinical excellence, have a high level of emotional resilience, and be able to support the ward with developing and enhancing services.

To risk assess and manage complex and challenging behaviours of acutely unwell patients and implement Reducing Restrictive Practice to manage these presentations.

To ensure and undertake the assessment, planning, evaluation and review of individualised plans of care in conjunction with the patient.

Completing assessments of needs and delivering individualised care to support a successful transition and discharge to the appropriate environment when their recovery has been optimised

Be visible and accessible to patients, families and carers working together to ensure efficient, effective and caring services.

You will need to possess sound clinical skills and the ability to formulate collaborative care plans.

A high standard of written and verbal communication is essential

Work alongside service users and carers/relatives to continually work towards improving and maintaining high standards .

Working for our organisation

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.

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’re really proud of this!

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.

Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

Implement evidence-based practice in the provision of treatment and care to clients.

Be accountable for own personal clinical caseload using resources as appropriate.

Select appropriate assessment tools for assessing specific client needs and risks.

Demonstrate sound clinical decision-making skills that are in the interests of the client.

Provide skilled clinical supervision to others.

Apply health enhancing skills in a wider group/community setting.

Apply self awareness to reflections on their nursing practice

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
• Mentorship Module (degree level )
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice

• Certificate in clinical supervision
• Management Training

Experience

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient. Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.

• Experience of working within mental health care within the NHS

Skills & Competences

• Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of information.
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patient care, where appropriate.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team
• Understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to support colleagues move through appropriate process
• Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes
• Ability to work independently and collectively.