Mental Health Nurse *3K Welcome Bonus*

Integrated Care System; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is looking for a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their team in Kings Lynn. This role involves providing compassionate care in a supportive environment, focusing on the assessment and recovery model for mental health patients. You will benefit from ongoing training and have opportunities for career progression, all while making a real difference in care quality.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Career progression

Starting annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days

NHS discounts

Recruitment premium of £3,000

Qualifications

• Qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs required.
• Fitness to undergo PMA training and perform full duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care to service users.
• Work collaboratively with a supportive team.
• Engage with service users within an inpatient setting.

Skills

Compassion

Empathy

Good observation skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work unsupervised

Education

Nursing Degree or Equivalent RN (MH)

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our team at Samphire Ward in Kings Lynn.

Samphire Ward is a 16-bed acute admission ward housed in a purpose-built facility built in consultation with both staff and service users, this means staff focus much more on patient care rather than observing the environment.

Our primary focus is on collaborative working; placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery is reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use and the philosophy that underpins patient centred care.

Are you a qualified RMN looking to work within a fantastic team that aims to provide world class care to our service users? If so, please submit your application.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and is sensitive in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner. Fitness to undergo physical intervention training, perform the full duties of this post and flexibility of duty and hours over a 24 hour / 7 days a week period are essential for this post.

In return, we offer a supportive team environment where you will develop your own knowledge of psychosocial interventions and positive health promotion, with first-hand experience of engaging service users within an inpatient setting

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more

**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some of the payment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. and not applicable to newly qualified nurses**

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Person Specification

Professional Qualification

• Nursing Degree or Equivalent RN (MH)

Knowledge

• Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
• Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it.

Skills

• Ability to work regularly unsupervised
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good observation and reporting skills
• Ability to display calm mature response to difficult situations
• Ability to motivate others
• Ability to supervise others

Experience

• Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs

Other

• Fitness to undergo PMA training and perform full duties of post

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)