Mental Health Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Leicester seeks passionate Mental Health Nurses to provide essential care on an acute ward. You will work within a supportive team, engaging with service users and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver effective care. The role includes responsibilities like patient assessment, medication administration, and maintaining high communication standards. Ideal candidates will be newly-qualified or experienced nurses dedicated to improving elderly care. The organization offers flexible working patterns and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Regular supervision and training opportunities

Preceptorship Programme for newly-qualified nurses

Health and wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Mental Health Nurse.
• Passionate about care for older people.
• Effective communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based care for service users.
• Review and assess patient care.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team.
• Take charge of the shift.
• Maintain professional registration and mandatory training.

Skills

Compassion

Communication skills

Teamwork

Patient care

Education

Qualified Nurse

Job description

Do you want to work in a fast-paced yet highly rewarding environment? Do you want the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally within a caring, supportive team? Then this may be the role for you!

We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic Mental Health Nurses to join our dynamic team, demonstrating our LPT Trust values of Compassion, Integrity, Respect and Trust.

Gwendolen Ward is a 19-bedded organic acute ward for males aged 65 and above, also catering to younger patients who may have cognitive impairment. On the ward, we work to support gentleman presenting with complex mental health conditions and physical co-morbidities, offering opportunity for our nurses to provide invaluable care to vulnerable people; in turn offering a sense of real fulfilment.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop new skills under a nurturing team where you will be able to make a real difference to people's lives. The ideal candidate will be a positive, pro-active individual, passionate about the delivery and improvement of care for older people.

You will be supported with regular supervision, training opportunities and various health and wellbeing resources. If you are a newly-qualified nurse, LPT offer a detailed Preceptorship Programme to provide you with additional learning and support needs for up to 12-months.

Main duties of the job

• Providing evidence-based, effective care for all service users on the ward.
• Reviewing and assessing patient care including the implementation of various care plans, working collaboratively with patient's families and carers.
• Working co-operatively and in partnership with the MDT including doctors, nurses, healthcare support workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dieticians.
• Maintaining responsibility for the care provision of your service users including administering medications as per policy and procedure, completion of care records in line with confidentiality and data protection, participating toward the improvement of patient care, reporting and escalating of incidents, cooperating with concerns and complaints.
• Establishing an effective rapport with service users maintaining open and effective communication skills.
• Taking charge of the shift, delegating responsibilities, coordinating and prioritizing tasks.
• Actively engage within the maintenance of your professional registration, mandatory training requirements and attendance of clinical supervision.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community and we actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6‑month probationary period. All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. The cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual, which will be deducted from salary once started.

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.

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Evington Centre, Leicester General Hospital