Registered Mental Health Nurse Band 5 (Secondment)

We are currently looking for a positive, proactive, experienced RMN to join our Team at the Health Based Place of Safety (HBPoS) - Mausdley Hospital on a six months secondment.
The HBPoS service is the single point of admission in the trust for all persons requiring care in a hospital-based place of safety. It operates from a specially designed unit situated at the Maudsley Hospital on a 24/7 basis and staffed by a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
The multi-disciplinary team is dynamic and diverse, including RMNs, CSWs, an OT, doctors and experienced consultants who work closely to ensure better patients outcomes.
Working as part of the clinical team the post holder will make appropriate use of the latest evidence-based practice to deliver person centered care within the team and across all inpatient wards. The post holder with be part of the Quality Improvement ethos to work with the team to continually improve the service to enable the best possible patient outcomes., The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring
consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
You will provide care for presenting service users from initial contact and assessment, formulating and delivering care plans, and evaluation of care. You will assess the risks and needs of service users to plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users and their carers. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives
The post holder will co-ordinate a first-class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users' rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records., Developing the management of care needs through:
Effectively screening referrals and initial data collection.
Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
Feedback and discussion within the team and collaborating with other teams and individuals to promote learning and personal development.
Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Clinical Charge Nurse
Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including:
Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental
Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user's respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant.
Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and Implementing the principles of 'recovery': encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological
Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users in line with the Pan London section 136 pathway, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are:
Advocating for service users' needs and rights within Trust Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
Regularly liaising with other professionals such as Police, Acute Referral Centre, Psychiatric Liaison services and other mental health organisations to ensure effective patients' assessments are carried out with the aim of achieving a safe and positive outcome.
Supporting the Trust's commitment of minimising the use of forceful and restrictive practices across the services in order to improve the quality of life for those service users who may be at risk of restrictive practice.
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'

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., South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.
There is a high level of opportunity to develop as a band 5 nurse. We offer additional training that is specialised to our service giving you risk assessment and risk management skills which are invaluable in the mental health profession.