Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust seeks passionate Registered Mental Health Nurses for acute inpatient wards. Join a team committed to delivering outstanding mental health care while developing your skills in a supportive, multifaceted environment. Benefit from extensive training opportunities and work alongside leaders in mental health.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with skills in risk management and care assessment.
• Experience in mental health settings preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care in acute mental health settings.
• Formulate, deliver, and evaluate care plans collaboratively with service users.
• Supervise junior staff while maintaining accurate patient records.

Skills

Risk assessment

Collaborative care planning

Patient assessment

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Nursing qualification with NMC registration

Job description

Do you have passion for inpatient mental health care and enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you want to work in an organisation who are 100% committed to delivering outstanding mental health care? If so, here at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust we may have the opportunities you are looking for!

We are delighted to be recruiting for Registered Mental Health Nurses to work in our inpatient acute mental health wards and psychiatric intensive care unit, with multiple posts available and based in a beautiful setting with over 200 acres of green space at Bethlem Royal Hospital. You will be able to develop your clinical skills and experience working with varied and complex mental health presentations within multi-disciplinary teams.

We offer additional training that is specialised to our services giving you risk assessment and risk management skills which are invaluable in the mental health profession.

The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring

consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

You will provide care for presenting service users from initial contact and assessment, formulating and delivering care plans, and evaluation of care. You will assess the risks and needs of service users to plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users and their carers. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives

The post holder will co-ordinate a first-class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Beatrice Ogunjimi Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032287718

Beatrice Ogunjimi - Tyson West 1 ward (Male Acute) - 0203 228 7718

Joyce Donkor - Gresham 1 (Female Acute) - 0203 228 4065

Evelyn Mowa - Croydon PICU (Intensive Care) - 020 3228 4447

Emma Hill - Gresham 2 (Male Acute) - 020 3228 4065