Bank Posts for Student MH & LD Nurses on placement within TEWV

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is recruiting current Mental Health or Learning Disabilities student nurses for support roles. This opportunity allows students to join the Temporary Staffing Service, promoting recovery for service users while gaining valuable experience. Applicants must be on placement with the Trust or have recently completed one, and possess essential communication skills and basic computer skills.

Qualifications

• Current Mental Health or Learning Disability student nurses on placement.
• Must have key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1).
• Desirable: Previous experience with mental/social health needs.

Responsibilities

• Support nursing teams in inpatient services.
• Help promote recovery for service users.
• Work flexibly as needed within the MDT.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Empathy

Compassion

Basic computer skills

Education

Current student nurse status

NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a current Mental Health or Learning Disabilities student nurse? We are currently recruiting to the Temporary Staffing Service and our existing students can now join the bank as a HCA internally. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has an established Temporary Staffing Service which helps to ensure that we meet the needs of our service users.

This vacancy is only open to current Mental Health or Learning Disability Student Nurses who are currently on/have recently been on placement within our services. Student nurses must be on placement within the Trust or have recently completed a placement within the Trust as we will need to obtain a satisfactory reference from your TEWV practice placement mentor(s). Please ensure that the placement is listed on your application form and your TEWV placement mentor is on the application as one of your referees.

Please also make sure that you list the month and year of your student nurse cohort, expected year of completion of your nursing qualification and when your training was last updated. Failure to do this may result in your application being rejected.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under any visa, as it is a Bank/zero hours contract and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

Supporting our Nursing teams within our inpatient services, to help promote recovery for our service users, you will have excellent communication skills and will work directly with patients, as part of a wider MDT and will need to demonstrate empathy, compassion, understanding and patience, whilst demonstrating that you can work flexibly as and when the need arises.

About Us

The Trust is a strongly value based, person-centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the introduction of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.

The most important way we will get there is by living our values all of the time. These are:

• Respect - listening, inclusive, working in partnership
• Compassion - kind, supporting, recognising and celebrating
• Responsibility - honest, learning, ambitious

Job responsibilities

This is a unique opportunity to fast track onto the bank available only to existing students within TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a mandatory training programme within the first 8 weeks of commencement which will provide all recruits with the necessary skills to work effectively and safely within our unique services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1)

Desirable:

• NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

Experience

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential:

• Basic computer skills

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.