Lead Nurse Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Pathway

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Lead Nurse for Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Pathway. The post is to provide oversight of the 4 PICU wards and pathway, ensuring PICU flow in and out, to support and guide clinical development of PICU staff. The postholder will provide specialist clinical input Trust-wide to acute wards in relation to complex patients including support with the appropriate use of seclusion and less restrictive alternatives. Provide outreach and offer support to deteriorating patients in ED or PoS where seclusion or restraints might be considered. The Postholder will be expected to work across the directorates to set standards and implement best practice in line with both national and international evidence. Provide expert advice on environmental changes/upgrades to ensure facilities for PICUs, seclusion, extra care and de-escalation are standardised Trust wide and in line with best practice. A strong commitment to collaborative working across the multi-professional team, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to use these to influence with a range of stakeholders within and external to the organisation are essential requirements for the role. We welcome your application if you are a highly motivated, hard-working and reflective nurse, who places nursing at the forefront of high quality, safe and effective practice., The main duties of the job are to support the Associate Director of Urgent Care in the duties below:

• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Service Development
• Patient Experience
• Training and Workforce Development.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Research.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Organisational Learning.
Working for our organisation The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer; we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect, and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice.
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment.
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity.
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe', To support the Associate Director Urgent Care and Heads of Nursing to drive the programme for quality and professional standards across the Trust Directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high-quality care consistent with CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles, Trust values and Trust and Operational Directorate Strategic Ambitions. The post holder will support the advancement of clinical practice to further develop PICU services and shared care approaches across the Trust including working collaboratively with our partners to ensure a smooth integrated pathway. The post holder will be responsible for working closely across the partnership to improve continuity in patient pathways. The post holder will identify and lead on areas for quality improvement across PICU admissions using the appropriate methodology and measurement to make processes more efficient, improve patient safety, clinical outcomes, ensure budgets are maintained and improve staff satisfaction at work. The post holder will contribute to the shaping of the strategic direction for the service and ensure its implementation within defined timescales. The post holder will be highly visible spending considerable time in the clinical service area, having a presence at multi-disciplinary meetings and other relevant key meetings. The post holder will assist the Heads of Nursing and Quality in seclusion reviews and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and constraints. The main duties of the job are:
• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Service Development
• Patient Experience
• Training and Workforce Development.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Research.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Organisational Learning.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by: + Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice + Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment + We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity Please note: + That all applications for this post will need to be made online + That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria + That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible + That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs + That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful + That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees + That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process + That we are a smoke-free Trust SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

NHS AfC: Band 8b South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond. We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'. We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers. The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. Our Values We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special. As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.