Bank Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Middlesbrough is seeking Registered Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses to join their innovative team. This role offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on holistic patient care. Candidates must have NMC registration and a passion for mental health. Flexible working patterns are available, along with support for professional development.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration required.
• Experience in mental health/learning disabilities.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Involvement in multidisciplinary team for patient care.
• Formulation to discharge planning for patients.
• Encouraged to engage in training and development.

Skills

Compassion

Responsibility

Respect

Education

Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council RNMH or RNLD

Recognition as a practice assessor/mentor

Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Job description

Job Summary

Calling Registered Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses. Are you passionate about mental health and learning disability care and ready for a new challenge? We are working differently and innovatively to optimise holistic and patient-centred care. If you have a particular interest in mental health and want to develop your mental health skills, then this role provides an exciting opportunity for you. TEWV is developing a forward-thinking nursing vision and robust defined career pathways. As an RMN, you may be responsible for the day-to-day running of the ward.

This post is only open to those candidates who already have their NMC registration in place and have successfully completed the preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

As a Staff Nurse on our inpatient units, you will be encouraged to become involved in the large multidisciplinary team approach striving towards excellent patient care. You will be involved in formulation to discharge planning for patients on the ward as part of our dynamic team.

Each inpatient ward is fully equipped with activity and therapeutic spaces to enable patients to recover in a timely way so that they can be safely discharged back into their community with identified support packages.

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

As a bank Nurse, you will be able to pick up shifts as and when and be made to feel a welcome member of our team.

Additional Details

Date posted: 17 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £16.88 an hour BR per hour

Contract: Bank

Working pattern: Flexible working

Reference number: 346-BANK-RN-2025

Job locations: Roseberry Park, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 4AF

Job Responsibilities

We will support you by offering regular supervision, training opportunities, and encouraging your development within the unit. Please see the attached job description and person spec for further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council RNMH or RNLD (RNSC - CAMHS only), RGN (if appropriate). The advert must indicate if RGN nurses are eligible to apply.
• Recognition as a practice assessor/mentor or working towards this within an agreed timescale.
• Trained Clinical Supervisor (within 6 months of probation).
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Experience

• Working with people with mental ill health/learning disabilities.
• Working in a person-centred therapeutic organisation.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Partnering with other agencies.

Knowledge

• Evidence-based knowledge of best practices in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g., Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act).
• Understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management.
• Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administration of injections.

Additional Information

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Applications from those requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. For details, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more info, see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Employer: Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Roseberry Park, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 4AF

Website: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/