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This is a full-time permanent post and is a mobile/agile post.
Violence Reduction Charge Nurse (band 6) post within the violence reduction service (Specialist Mental Health Services) to provide mandatory training, direct clinical support, post incident reviews and advice to staff in safe management of incidents promoting the organizational strategy in the reduction of patient restraints and supporting least restrictive care.
The VR team facilitates clinical support across GG&C MH in the safe management of patients in relation to the management of violence and aggression. The post holder will provide advice and direct clinical support within all MH areas and contributes to the direct support of the clinical care of patients reducing restraints by identifying pre-incident behaviour and the implementation of violence reduction strategies.
The post holder will receive referrals from clinical areas to support and educate staff on the care of violent and aggressive patients and to provide primary, secondary and tertiary clinical interventions. The team support staff with care planning, positive behaviour/strength based approach plans, early recognition de-escalation plans and risk assessment/risk management.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde violence reduction service has the responsibility for both mandatory violence reduction training and a clinical role in the reduction of violence and aggression utilising primary prevention strategies to minimise risks and promote a collaborative clinical approach to Violence Reduction. It is desirable you have a degree or have equivalent experience and is essential that you be a registered mental health nurse (RMN) with active NMC registration. It is essential you have experience of working within the violence reduction service GG&C mental health and have attained an ‘A’ grade GSA tutor status with 2 years tutor experience.
It is essential and you should have the ability to work independently as well as within the team. As an autonomous practitioner you will undertake all aspects of the role as a violence reduction charge nurse and provide supervision and support to other members of the team and you will provide specialist patient assessment to clinical areas whilst working as a fully integrated member of the team working independently using own initiative and without direct supervision. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and team working skills as the post involves direct clinical support and service development. This post requires membership of Disclosure Scotland's PVG Scheme.
Informal Contact: Iain Spicer, Contact Number 07901 111 113, Email Iain.spicer@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
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