Thames Ward is an 18-bedded mixed acute admissions ward serving the population of North London. We are seeking an experienced, high quality nurse to support the Ward Manager in ensuring the environment is managed safely and effectively over a 24-hour period. The successful candidate will ensure the delivery of a high standard of care to service users, providing support, supervision and education for colleagues, other professionals and students.
1. To take a key role in ensuring Service Users’ care plans are developed to meet the assessed needs of the individual. To monitor the care plans developed for Service Users, where necessary to supervise and train others to carry out and deliver planned care.
2. To ensure a seamless approach by liaising with other professionals as required.
3. To liaise appropriately with family members, carers and significant others with regards to the assessment of Service Users. To refer to the service manager as necessary. To support the Ward Manager in addressing and resolving concerns by Service Users and Carers sensitively and promptly.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
1) To assist the Ward Manager monitor and work with the ward team to ensure that Service User risk is assessed and managed appropriately, and that risk management plans are of a high standard.
2) To direct and supervise ward staff, to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to Service Users.
3) To assist the Ward Manager in identified clinical audit projects and setting standards for care based on sound research findings. Ensure that the ward team maintains standards. Assist the ward manager/ service manager in the implementation of change arising from new findings.
4) To co-ordinate the systematic monitoring and evaluation of Service Users and ward environment.
