Mental Health Nursing Associate

Cnwlnhshealthcharity; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable health organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly motivated Mental Health Nursing Associate to join their Health & Justice team at HMP Downview. This role involves providing top-quality care within a secure environment, promoting health and well-being among patients, and being part of a supportive team. Opportunities for professional development and a diverse working environment are available.

Benefits

Monthly supervision

Annual personal development plans

Access to a full range of training opportunities

Free use of onsite leisure facilities

Free parking for staff

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a health or caring setting.
• Experience of working within a secure environment.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for practice to a registered nurse.
• Participate in regular supervision.
• Supervise and help train other team members.
• Recognize issues related to safeguarding.
• Provide skilled, evidence-based care.

Skills

Ability to work effectively as a team player under supervision

Communication skills

Time management

Understanding of health promotion

Flexibility in workload

Education

GCSEs Grade A-C in Maths and English

Qualified Nursing Associate with UK NMC

Care certificate or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Job overview

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Mental Health Nursing Associate to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Downview.

By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.

Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.

Working for our organisation

Along with the fully established benefits such as Monthly supervision; Annual personal development plans/appraisals; Support and guidance with Revalidation; Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies. We are also able to offer access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities across our services.

Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique and diverse learning, development, and leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children and young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.

We have a clinical leadership career pathway in place to ensure you feel supported and valued via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning and development enabling you to progress within your career within Health & Justice.

We will support you to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:

Induction programme

Career coaching

Clinical supervision

Reflective Practice

Ongoing support from professional nurse advocates

NHS Leadership Academy leadership course

Bespoke health and justice clinical competencies

External training courses in enhanced and advanced practice

All our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of a Nursing Associate in Central and North West London NHS Trust show how you can help the Trust deliver safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

You will work as part of a multi-professional team and will be expected to:

• Be accountable for your practice to a registered nurse
• Participate in regular supervision with that registered nurse
• Supervise, help training and delegate to other members of the team e.g. Health Care Assistants
• Participate in team meetings and help develop the team
• Contributing to creating and maintaining a high performing team by:
  • communicating well with all members of the team
  • understanding how your role helps the team achieve its objective
  • understanding the roles of different team members and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives
  • using supervision and team meetings to reflect on your own practice regularly
• Develop skills in relation to coaching/teaching individuals/carers/other staff
• Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given

Work to improve safety and the quality of care:

As a Nursing Associate you will contribute to the provision of safe and high quality services by:

• Working to the standards set out in the NMC Code for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates
• Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals (including raising a safeguarding alert)
• Escalating safety concerns (including completing Datix) and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Maintaining your competences and proficiencies in all the required areas for your role
• Maintaining compliance with your mandatory training requirements
• Working to the limit of your role but being clear not to work beyond your remit or scope of competency
• Understanding how you are accountable to registered nurses
• Identifying areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made and working closely with others to improve services
• Being open and transparent
• Maintaining accurate, legible, timely and comprehensive records
• Assist in the assessment of and contribute to the management of risk across several areas within the environment where care is being administered

Provide and monitor care:

Nursing Associates have a set of skills which enables you to provide and monitor care across most health and social care settings. You will be expected to :

• Develop understanding of all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the registered nurse in the on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care.
• Assist in the delivery of complex care as prescribed by the registered nurse
• Contribute to the assessment of care
• Working with patients and registered nurses to develop and implement care plans within the scope of your competence
• Providing skilled, evidence based care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
• Take responsibility for monitoring and evaluation of care
• Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times
• Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the Registered Nurse or other registered care professionals as appropriate
• Report back and share information with the registered nurses on the condition, behaviour, activity and responses of individuals
• Recognise deterioration in patients and escalate concerns appropriately
• Demonstrate good understanding of principles of consent and ensure valid consent is obtained prior to undertaking nursing and care procedures
• Act as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team.
• Referring to other teams or services as appropriate.
• Develop a working knowledge of other providers’ resources and referral systems to ensure individual’s needs are met, within parameters of practice

Promote health and prevent ill health:

• Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
• Acting as a role model for health care assistants and registered staff in working closely with people using our services
• Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
• Signposting patients and carers to supportive services
• Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
• Escalating complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust polic

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• GCSEs Grade A-C in Maths and English or key skills level 2 in Maths and English
• Demonstrable ability to study at Level 5 Diploma of Higher Education Level and commit to completing the Foundation Degree programme
• Qualified Nursing Associate with UK NMC
• Care certificate or equivalent

Previous Experience

• Experience of working in a health or caring setting
• Experience of working within a secure environment

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Understand the role of the Nursing Associate
• Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise
• Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
• Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and well being (Making Every Contact Count)
• Willingness to learn and develop; recognises the need for flexibility
• Able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team

Other

• Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
• Ability to promote and work in line with the working model of a 7 day a week service

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
• Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
• If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Daniel Anderson Job title Mental Health Service Lead Email address [e-mail] Additional information

We are a friendly team and encourage any prospective candidate to contact us with any questions and/or to book an informal visit.

You can also find more information on our services and the work we do within the Health & Justice Directorate please do take a look at our new website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice

Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.