Senior Staff Nurse - Mildred Creak Unit

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Main area: Mental Health

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work - including nights and weekends)

Job ref: 271-BBM-

Site: Great Ormond Street Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 Per annum inclusive

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 09/03/:59

Job overview

The Mildred Creak Unit is a children's inpatient mental health unit situated within The Psychological and Mental Health Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the heart of London. The Unit cares for young people aged 7 - 14 years old with a range of severe and complex mental health difficulties.

Applications are invited for a Permanent position of Senior Staff Nurse at Band 6, we welcome applications from Registered Mental health Nurses/Registered Paediatric Nurses and/or Learning Disability nurse backgrounds.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to work within our dynamic multidisciplinary team. Previous experience in CAMHS is essential for this challenging and very rewarding role. You will be required to work within a team of dedicated nurses and a wide variety of other disciplines. Good communication and organisational skills are essential, as is experience with this patient group.

Main duties of the job

Supporting a structured routine for the young people offers containment to the family and young person. We recognise the benefit a structured timetable offers to staff, including nurse-led teaching, group discussion, MDT meetings, monthly team reflective meetings, and a weekly facilitated nurse support meeting.

We believe that every interaction with a young person is an opportunity to be therapeutic. Recognising the impact of the work, alongside the weekly reflective group meetings, we support monthly individual supervision. Offering greater autonomy to the nurses provides young people with greater collaboration and empowerment opportunities in their treatment journey.

The role involves supporting junior nursing staff and encouraging their development, including staff nurses from child and mental health backgrounds, experienced therapeutic care workers, and healthcare assistants.

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent, and free from bias and discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions, and LGBT+ community members.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification Our always values

• NMC Registered Nurse (appropriate to clinical speciality)
• Relevant nursing qualification
• Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality
• Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience

Experience/Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Experience of having worked with acute/chronically sick children or specialised transferable skills
• Understanding of professional and current issues in children's nursing
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Understanding of the importance of research and evidence-based practice
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Basic knowledge of computer skills
• Understanding or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation
• Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures
• Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality)
• Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting
• Previous experience in the relevant specialty of post (preferably in an NHS setting)

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients
• Committed to family centred care
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good time management and teaching skills
• Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative
• Ability to delegate tasks as appropriate
• Demonstrates compassion in practice
• Administration of IV drugs
• Central venous access management

Please be advised that:

The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two-stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT, and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.

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.