Neuromodulation Nurse - Part time 7.5 hours per week
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
Are you looking for an Interesting and varied Role ?
We are looking for part time Neuromodulation Nurse to work with our friendly and supportive team, based at our purpose built facility in Radlett
You will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process, including joint working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to meet the needs of the patients and carers to ensure that they are working to HPFT Clinical Policies and Procedures/Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Practice and Standards.
For an informal chat, please contact Rita Mothalall on 01923 633766
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- receive training to acquire the skills and experience to be able to work flexibly across all areas within the Neuromodulation Service.
- support the processing of all referrals into the Neuromodulation Service, ensuring that they are discussed as an MDT and the patient is taken onto the most appropriate treatment pathway.
- participate in the management of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) to ensure the service is meeting accepted quality and safety standards in accordance with national and local guidelines, obtaining and maintaining ECTAS Accreditation standards, and providing a consistent approach across the Trust.
- deliver effective and safe services which support the key elements of clinical/practice governance.
- focus on supporting the team to introduce ways of continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence will flourish.
In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To have the clinical skills relative to the delivery of Neuromodulation services.
- To ensure all treatment suites are properly prepared, organised and maintained for practice in accordance with treatment protocols and accreditation standards.
- To ensure regular maintenance of equipment and the facilities in the treatment suites, in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.
- To contribute towards effective management and utilisation of resources with the treatment suites.
- To participate in assessment, care planning and review of all services users referred for treatment as appropriate, with the relevant disciplines
- To recognise and promote all aspects of equality and diversity whilst assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating care
- To carry out clinical nursing procedures/techniques for treatment, including pre-treatment clinical assessment and interventions, as well as during and post treatment
For a more detailed Job and Person Specification please read attached before applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RNMH/RNLD/RGN with minimum experience following qualification.
- TMS Training.
- Current NMC Membership.
- Microsoft Office Package Training
- Intermediate Life Support Training.
- Specialist knowledge of ECT, related to theory, efficacy, practices, and procedures.
- Professional Degree.
- ECT Foundation Course.
- Experienced ECT Nurse Course.
Experience
Essential criteria- Leadership and motivational skills.
- Organisational skills and the ability to work. effectively within a management structure.
- Experience of assessing and managing clinical risk.
- Experience of working as part of an MDT and communicate efficiently.
- Evidence based interventions.
- Medication Management.
- Legal issues relating to consent and the MHA, MCA.
- Issues involved in the treatment of mental illness and key features of relapse prevention.
- Clinical Supervision experience.
- Teaching/Training experience.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”.This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.
Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles