Mental Health Nurse

Medacs Healthcare - Middle East; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Mental Health Nurse to join their team in Bristol. The role involves supporting patients with various mental health conditions, providing emotional support, and working collaboratively with healthcare professionals. Flexible shifts are available, and the position offers competitive pay rates along with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Access to Care4Carers support service

Competitive pay rates

Next-day payroll

Excellent support from dedicated consultant

Revalidation support

24/7/365 service availability

Qualifications

• Fully qualified Mental Health Nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• At least 2 years post-graduate experience required.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored support plans for patients based on their specific diagnosis.
• Administer medications and monitor patients' vital statistics.
• Build trusting relationships with patients and provide emotional support.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Judgment

Listening

Organization

Resilience

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

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15.66-31.96

Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night and at weekends.

• Access to Care4Carers - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
• Competitive pay rates
• First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts
• Next-day payroll
• Block bookings in your favourite locations
• Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 service - we're available when you need us
  
  

Client Name: Bristol

Role: Mental Health Nurse

Rates: 15.66-31.96

Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night and at weekends.

Benefits

• Access to Care4Carers - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
• Competitive pay rates
• First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts
• Next-day payroll
• Block bookings in your favourite locations
• Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 service - we're available when you need us
  
  

Medacs Healthcare is looking for nursing professionals who specialise in mental health to work flexible shifts at Bristol. Responsible for forming trusting relationships with your patients, your goal will be to help those individuals to lead happier, healthier lives. You should be a fully qualified Mental Health Nurse, who is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

You will primarily be working with people experiencing a range of mental health illnesses including, but not limited to; depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, eating disorders, paranoia, psychosis, schizophrenia and generalised behavioural or emotional problems. It is a varied position where you will not only use traditional medical and nursing techniques to monitor patients' physical and mental health but will provide a great deal of emotional support too. You will assist people in taking medications correctly, advise on social activities and available therapies to help their wellbeing. Often you will be a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen.

Development and opportunities

There are opportunities for you to specialise in many areas within mental health, such as working with children and young people, those with drug and alcohol addiction, or offenders who are in prison. You could be based in the community, in hospitals, people's homes, rehabilitation centres or care homes. It's an adaptable position which can see you working in a wide range of settings - many mental health care providers move across different environments throughout their career.

A business with a future

There are a variety of routes to progression and lots of mental health professionals choose to move into management or teaching roles after having gained a good amount of mental healthcare experience.

General Key Skills

In addition to your qualifications, as a Mental Health Nurse, you will have:

• A good understanding of mental health conditions, symptoms, and treatments
• First-class communication skills
• The ability to establish trusting relationships quickly
• Strong judgement
• The ability to make important, life-changing (and lifesaving) decisions
• Persuasiveness
• Empathy and understanding
• Excellent listening skills
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Stamina and good under pressure
• Resilience, the ability to instil some emotional distance and switch off outside of work
• The ability to work as part of a wider team
• A genuine passion for improving people's lives and wellbeing
  
  

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As an RMN with Bristol you will:

• Playing a key role in the care and rehabilitation of mental health patients
• Meeting patients daily, providing tailored, support plans in line with their specific diagnosis/prognosis
• Arranging any ongoing, long-term support for after a patient leaves your care
• Building trusting relationships with patients, putting them at ease
• Listening and talking to patients, offering advice and reassurance
• Working closely with other mental healthcare professionals to agree the most appropriate treatment plans for those in your care
• Working with and advising relatives and carers on patient conditions, outlooks, treatment, and progress
• Keeping medical records up to date
• Regularly carrying out any standard physical health checks that may be required, such as monitoring patients' vital statistics, blood tests, etc.
• Administering medication as appropriate
• Talking through available therapies, support networks, social activities that may help to improve mental health and wellbeing
• Managing workloads and shift patterns for yourself (and sometimes others)
• Maintaining a positive attitude, even in difficult situations
• Promoting mental health initiatives, reducing stigma associated with mental health
• Staying up to date with mental health best practice and theory
  
  

Essential

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

• Be a registered nurse.
• At least 2 years post-graduate experience.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
• You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
  
  

Development and opportunities

If you are looking for a Mental Health nursing role within a Trust that is continuously striving to achieve excellence and embody its core values, apply today and be a part of something amazing.

A business with a future

Apply today and enjoy flexible hours, next day payroll and excellent support from your own dedicated consultant.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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