Staff Nurse

• The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives, and carers. They will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care and support plansfor the mental and physical health needs of service users, under indirect supervision from senior staff.
• The post holder is expected to be able to identify and contribute to the training needs of junior staff, demonstrating procedures and supervising non-registered staff, and to work without direct supervision once the key learning outcomes of the preceptorship programme are complete.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Essential: - Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH) or other specialism relating to post such as Registered Nurse Learning Disability (RNLD); - NMC registration

Desirable: - Post graduate qualification relating to ward specialism

Essential: - Experience of in-patient services and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team; - Basic level of dealing with service users with complex mental health needs; - Managing challenging behaviour

Desirable: - Experience of providing mentorship; - Experience relating to ward specialism; - Lived experience of mental health; - Experience of providing individual, culturally sensitive care

Essential: - Effective communication skills both verbal and written, including IT literacy (MS Office); - Ability to work as part of a team; - Ability to act as a role model, empowering and motivating other team members; - Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care; - Ability to assess and communicate risk; - Ability to work sensitively and compassionately with Patients; - Knowledge of mental health presentations and appropriate interventions; - Ability to work with minimum supervision; - Ability to maintain and model professional and personal boundaries; - Ability to use own initiative, to enable contribution to a multi-disciplinary team approach

Desirable: - Assertiveness skills; - Decision making, delegation and problem solving skills

Essential: - Knowledge of physical healthcare needs; - Commitment to and understanding of evidence based practice; - Basic understanding of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act; - Knowledge of NICE guidance; - Understanding of care planning using Positive Behavioural Support (PBS)

Desirable: - Basic understanding of legislation relating to care including: ?Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Act ?Children's Act , Equality Act 2010, Health and Safety Act, Data Protection Act; - Awareness of supervision and reflective practice

Essential: - Ability to carry out patient care including manual handling and physical interventions; - Ability to participate in full rotational shifts

Essential: - Motivated to provide the highest standard of care in a changing service; - Flexible working patterns in line with service need; - Awareness of equal opportunities in the workplace; - Continuing professional development and participation in supervision and annual appraisal