Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a compassionate Mental Health Nurse to provide high-quality inpatient nursing care. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver tailored care for patients with complex needs. The role requires a registered Mental Health Nurse with experience in evidence-based practices. Join a well-led organization committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the community.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification.
• Experience in delivering inpatient nursing care.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions.
• Act as a primary nurse in assessment and planning of care.
• Deliver a high standard of inpatient nursing care.

Skills

Compassion

Evidence-based practice

Clinical intervention

Job description

Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for a role to use your compassion and experience to deliver quality care and support?
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. We are comprised of acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon, and Southend, determined to provide the best health services for our local population.

You'll be expected to:

• Provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions and knowledge of evidence-based models of practice relevant to the care group.
• Deliver a high standard of evidence-based inpatient nursing care in the designated clinical setting in partnership with the team, the service users, and where appropriate their family.
• Act as a primary nurse in the assessment of needs and planning of the patients' care.

You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team, providing care and support to patients with complex and sometimes challenging behaviours. You'll help improve patients' quality of life by ensuring their needs are met and that each person is always treated with dignity and respect.

We are seeking psychologically minded, compassionate nurses who share the trust's aim to work alongside the people we support. Key responsibilities include:

• To deliver a high standard of evidence-based inpatient nursing care in the designated clinical setting in partnership with the team, the service users, and where appropriate their family.
• To act as a primary nurse in the assessment of needs and planning of the patients' care.
• To work as part of the nursing team in ensuring that the patient/s are supported utilizing your skills and experience as a mental health nurse enhancing the patient's safety and experience in an adult/children's acute hospital environment.
• To provide and develop in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and other relevant agencies a high-quality service for patients and carers that takes into account individuals' physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon, and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population.

We are a well-led, high-performing, and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve. With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate, and build careers.