Staff Nurse

Job summary

We currently have vacancies on our male acute ward, a fast-paced environment that offers an excellent opportunity to grow, learn, and develop your clinical skills.

At Hallam Hospital, we pride ourselves on being an encouraging, proactive, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to delivering high-quality care and ensuring that both our patients and colleagues feel supported, respected, and valued. We are now welcoming Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our team on our male acute ward.

Abbey Ward- 18 bed male acute admission ward based at Hallam Street Hospital in West Bromwich. We support individuals experiencing an acute deterioration in their mental health, providing short-term, focused interventions aimed at helping them return home as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

• Assess patients' wellbeing and related needs, identifying and escalating physical or psychological health concerns to the appropriate team members.

• Plan, deliver, and evaluate individualised programmes of care, working collaboratively with patients whenever possible.

• Monitor patients' mental and physical wellbeing and contribute to safeguarding individuals whose health or safety may be at risk, in line with local policies such as the Observation Policy and Risk Management Policy.

• Establish and maintain effective communication with the multidisciplinary team, service users, and carers regarding care plans, daily activities, and ongoing interventions.

• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act and professional codes of conduct.

• Involve service users, carers, and relatives throughout episodes of care wherever feasible, ensuring choices are offered and respected.

• Ensure support workers complete delegated ward tasks and undertake patient observations in line with policy and expected standards.

• Contribute to service development and support positive change initiatives that enhance the quality of care provided on the ward.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, following the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (covering Wolverhampton and Sandwell) and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. We are a new trust who are dedicated to innovating the care of those within our services ensuring that we continue to learn and grow.

We are currently successfully combining resources, strategies and a talented workforce to enable us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving. We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

We look forward to meeting you and hopefully welcoming you into this new exciting and dynamic trust.

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