Bank Mental Health Nurse - NMC Registered

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in East Sussex is seeking NMC registered Bank Mental Health Nurses for flexible shifts. New staff will provide specialist mental health care alongside acute teams. Applicants must have recent NHS experience and will benefit from competitive pay. This role offers varied assignments within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Competitive rates of pay

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with a minimum of 4 months post-registration experience.
• Familiarity with the full range of mental health nursing duties.
• Experience in acute NHS settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Offer specialist advice to clinical teams for patients with significant mental illness.
• Assess patients and implement care programmes for complex needs.
• Enjoy flexibility in work locations within a Temporary Workforce team.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Patient assessment

Care planning

Education

UK NMC registration

Job description

Bank Mental Health Nurse - NMC Registered

Flexible shifts (usually 12 hours) Level 5 - £18.40 per hour + 12.073% WTDAn exciting opportunity is available to join a new team of staff who will provide specialist mental health and enhanced care alongside the acute care teams.Benefit from our competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, and varied assignments.You will need to be familiar with the full range of mental health nursing duties, committed to delivering high quality care. Therefore applicants must have a minimum of 16 weeks NHS (or similar) recent experience as a qualified registered nurse in a Mental Health setting.Please note that pay is weekly or monthly for Bank staff

We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship, please note we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses

Main duties of the job

Offering specialist advice and guidance to our clinical teams caring for patients with significant mental illness

The Nurse Specialist will assess patients, plan, develop and implement programmes of care, including complex patient care needs and provide health promotion information and advice

As a member of our Temporary Workforce team, you can enjoy the flexibility to work in locations that suit you, fulfilling a variety of short and longer term roles dependent on your preference and on service needs.

About us

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Minimum of 4 months post registration experience
• Minimum of 4 months post registration mental health experience within the acute NHS (NB. if not any offer will be subject to local supervision agreement)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.