Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Bristol; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated registered mental health nurse to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will provide essential support to patients experiencing a range of mental health challenges while working closely with general hospital colleagues. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact on patient care, ensuring that individuals receive the necessary interventions during their treatment. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive environment, this opportunity allows you to thrive in a rewarding career while contributing to the well-being of the community. Join a forward-thinking organization that values your expertise and dedication.

Benefits

Competitive hourly pay rate

Access to local discounts

Industry-leading pension

Development opportunities

Positive work environment

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with RMN NMC registration required.
• Ability to manage and assess mental health nursing interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level nursing and psychosocial interventions.
• Support decision-making for treatment in complex situations.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Mental health nursing interventions

Therapeutic interaction

Crisis management

Education

RMN NMC registration

Job description

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

Are you a registered mental health nurse looking for a new challenge? Do you want to work in an outstanding hospital? If so, you should keep reading...

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston are an acute group of hospitals. On occasions, a patient may need specialist mental health input whilst receiving physical care. This can involve a high level of one-to-one nursing for a range of conditions and behavioural disturbance, including drug and alcohol withdrawal, delirium, risk of falls, confusion, psychosis, self-harm and suicide risk.

We are currently recruiting for bank band 6 RMN's to assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.

The ideal candidates for this role will be available to work at short notice as these shifts will more often than not be last minute.

In return for your hard work, we will give you:

• A competitive hourly pay rate of £18.64 per hour basic rate (inclusive of A/L)
• Access to a range of national and local discounts including shopping, holidays & insurance
• An industry leading pension where your employer contributes of 20.6% pro rata!
• An environment that encourages development, recognises success and is excited by change
• An opportunity to know that your work makes a difference in creating a sustainable, efficient and reliable workforce

Make the right choice, make University Hospitals Bristol & Weston your first choice and apply today!

Main duties of the job

The priority for the post holder will be to provide:

• High level of nursing and observation.
• Delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to help reduce the patients' distress.
• Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.

As a bank RMN, the post holder will be expected to support and manage patients who are being looked after in a variety of settings. These may include:

• Emergency Department
• Medical assessment areas
• All wards and clinical areas across the Trust

For patients being nursed in the BRI with physical health problems may also present with mental health problems. On these occasions, a bank RMN will be employed to:

• Provide one-to-one nursing for behaviourally disturbed, distressed or confused patients.
• Offer support and advice to patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated mental health, psychological problems and psychiatric illnesses.
• Deliver a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate.
• Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
• Represent mental health services within the general hospital.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• RMN NMC registration.

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of working therapeutically with individuals following self-harm.
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the Mental Health Act and their use in the general hospital.
• Knowledge of the clinical and demographic risk factors associated with self-harm and suicide.

Skills and Abilities

• Evidence of effective organisational and time management skills.
• Skills in assessing, planning implementing and evaluating mental health nursing interventions.
• Ability to interact therapeutically with distressed and/or disturbed individuals and/or those in crisis.
• Skills in interacting effectively with colleagues from a range of specialties and departments.

Health, safety and security

• Knowledge of Nursing and Psychiatric interventions with patients in an acute phase of mental illness/distress.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management particularly in relation to suicide.

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.