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Priory Hospital Arnold provides acute adult mental health services, delivered in partnership with Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust at our purpose built facility in Arnold. We work closely with referring Trusts to achieve minimum lengths of stay, and are able to provide an extension to NHS care pathways during times of fluctuating demand.

The service offers a multidisciplinary team approach, working collaboratively to support patients through periods of crisis.

The hospital comprises of 4 wards, 2 Acute wards and 2 PICU wards with a total of 52 inpatient beds.

The Night Co-ordinator will have line management responsibility for the whole Hospital. Their role is to support and advise staff in their clinical practice and to monitor the standard of care given, ensuring that it reflects the hospitals standards and policies. Managerial support for this role will be given by the Senior Nurse on call. Regular managerial supervision will be provided by the Director of Clinical Services.

Duties:

The post holder will monitor staff in direct patient care programmes and activities.

The post holder will embrace those managerial duties that require them to respond to night emergency situations, and the deployment of staff. To be the administrator of incidents/accidents that need to be referred to a higher body.

The post holder will be either ward based during part of the night, or peripatetic providing input into a group of wards across the site.

The post holder will liaise closely with the appropriate Ward Managers responsible for the 24 hour continuing responsibility of a ward.

The post holder will, in consultation, develop recognised and acceptable standards of care affecting the night service and will be expected to work an agreed number of day shifts per year to attend appropriate meetings, thus ensuring that policies and philosophies are being developed to reflect the full 24 hour service and to complete their mandatory and statutory training.

The post holder will ensure that both themselves and those staff working nights are fully conversant with existing hospital policies and procedures.

To develop the clinical role of the night nurse practitioner, using reflective practice skills.

To be successful as a Night services co-ordinator, you'll need

Minimum Qualifications

RNM/RNMH

At least 3 years post-registration experience

Management Training/previous responsibility desirable