[ref. f62566102] Specialist Mental Health Nurse - Emergency Department

• The Emergency Department is looking for a highly motivated B6 RMN to provide high quality psychiatric nursing care and ongoing assessments to patients in the Emergency Department, in particular for those who attend frequently.
• In particular to work alongside colleagues from other organisations (including South West London and St. George’s Mental Health Trust, local authorities, charities and GPs).
• The aim is to provide better quality care for people with mental health conditions, and to help them reduce their attendances to the Emergency Department.

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care, utilising research findings as appropriate.
• Working with colleagues and patients to design and provide well managed care for people who attend ED with a mental health condition.
• Supporting the trust to achieve its aim of reducing attendances to the Emergency Department by people with a mental health condition.
• Providing education and training to nursing colleagues across the department in the safe and effective management of patients with mental health conditions.
• Ensuring nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with St George’s Healthcare policy taking appropriate actions in emergency situations.
• Setting, monitoring and maintaining high standards of nursing care in conjunction with other members of the multi disciplinary team
• Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers being sensitive to their need for courtesy, dignity and privacy ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
• Maintaining accurate and up to date hourly nursing documentation and ensuring confidentiality is respected.
• Storing, checking and administering medication in accordance with the NMC guidelines and the trust’s Medicine Management Policy.
• To promote equal opportunities for staff and patient’s in accordance with St George's Healthcare NHS Trust policies, to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• *Registered Mental Health nurse (RMN)
• 12 months recent post RMN registration experience in an acute hospital setting

• Completion of preceptorship programme

Experience

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care according to individual needs
• Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload and workload of others

• Has worked in an acute environment

Skills

• Good verbal & written communication skills

• Venepuncture and IV drug administration

Knowledge

• Application of evidence based practice and knowledge of professional issues

• Knowledge *Application of evidence based practice and knowledge of professional issues
• Commitment to self development and development of others
• Knowledge of current issues I