Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Norwich seeks a Mental Health Nurse to join their team at HMP Bure. This role involves conducting assessments, managing treatment plans, and supporting patients with complex mental health conditions. Offering a competitive salary up to £40,211 per annum, this position requires a strong commitment to patient care and continuous professional development.

Benefits

Bespoke induction and training

Career development opportunities

Employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance options

Shopping and leisure discounts

Qualifications

• Candidates must have experience working with patients face-to-face.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development is required.
• Experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments and manage a caseload of patients.
• Undertake medication rounds and assess distress in patients.
• Monitor therapeutic responses to medication and collaborate with prescribers.

Skills

Experience with complex mental health conditions

Psychosocial interventions

Group work

Awareness of substance misuse

Working with learning disability patients

Education

NMC Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse to join our Mental Health team at HMP Bure, a category C Prison located in Badersfield, Norwich. In this role you'll be working with a multi-disciplinary team that will support you and help you succeed.

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

Hours

Monday to Sunday - 08:00 - 18:00. The site currently operates on a 3 week rolling rota, with 4-5 days per week and an expectation to work 1 weekend in 3.

Salary

This position is full time; you’ll receive an annual salary up to £40,211 per annum – depending on experience.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team carrying out comprehensive assessments, initiating and reviewing care plans, and developing treatment options
• Undertake medication rounds, and assess and treat patients who may have undergone traumatic experiences
• Assess patients' health needs using an evidence-based framework and be able to risk assess using sound clinical knowledge
• Work with individuals providing advice, support and information and manage a caseload of patients
• Monitor therapeutic responses to medication and potential side effects liaising with prescribers as required
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, including internal and external options for development and learning.

We also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to unlock your best work life, and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Requirements:

• NMC Registered Mental Health, or Learning Disability Nurse
• Experience of working with patients, face to face, who have complex mental health conditions
• Experience of psychosocial interventions, group work and awareness of substance misuse
• Experience of working with learning disability patients
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are challenging yet rewarding for healthcare professionals. If you’re looking for a role to develop your skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description & responsibilities

Job responsibilities

As a Mental Health Nurse you will work within a multi-disciplinary team carrying out comprehensive assessments, initiating and reviewing care plans, and developing treatment options. You will undertake medication rounds, and assess and treat patients who may have undergone traumatic experiences and may be distressed. You will assess patients’ health needs using an evidence-based framework and be able to risk assess using sound clinical knowledge, as well as open, maintain, close and take part in reviews of individuals managed under the Prison Suicide and Self Harm risk management system known as Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT).

You will contribute to our nursing strategy and vision to provide outstanding evidence-based care to our patients, seek out, listen to and act on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them. You will work with individuals providing advice, support and information and manage a caseload of patients.

Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference. Monitor therapeutic responses to medication and potential side effects liaising with prescribers as required.

Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of.

Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence-based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.

Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

Person specification

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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 details

Employer: Practice Plus Group

Address: Jaguar Drive, Badersfield, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 5GB

Employer's website: https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/