Registered Mental Health Nurse

Options for Care; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Options for Care is seeking a Qualified Mental Health Nurse to join our Birmingham services, delivering person-centred care to adults with severe mental health needs across several inpatient units in Handsworth Wood, Edgbaston and Highgate.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, participate in planning, implementing and evaluating care, and promote recovery, safeguarding and dignity while aiming for discharge.

Qualifications

• Registered with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Experience in adult mental health settings.
• Ability to work across shifts including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred care to individuals seeking support on their journey towards community integration.
• Empower service users and promote recovery and discharge planning.
• Deliver quality, evidence-based nursing advice and care in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Establish therapeutic relationships and implement evidence-based interventions.
• Provide ward leadership and promote effective team working.
• Formulate and review care plans, risk assessments and relevant assessments.
• Represent the nursing team in multidisciplinary meetings.
• Promote an inclusive culture aligned with company values and policies.
• Participate in audits, care reviews and identify quality improvements.
• Uphold safeguarding duties at all times.

Skills

Adult mental health experience

Education

NMC registered mental health nurse

Job description

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Optionsfor Care is looking to recruit an exceptional Mental Health Nurse passionateabout working with individuals with severe and enduring mental health diagnoses. You will need tobe flexible to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. You will be collaborativelyworking alongside a full multi disciplinary team including externalstakeholders.

Theindividual will assist in the assessment, planning implementation and evaluationof the care of our service, working in a multi disciplinary setting. You will beassisting in supporting service users to engage in social/therapeuticactivities, promotion of effective relationships which respect and addressspirituality, diversity and equality in accordance with our organisationsmission, values, vision and legislation.

Dartmouth House is a 16-bed male long-termcomplex care mental health inpatient unit based in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham.

Montague Court is an 18-bed male long-termcomplex care mental health inpatient unit based in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Stanford Court will be a 23-bed male mentalhealth inpatient unit based in Highgate, Birmingham. This will consist of19-bed enhanced care service and four self-contained recovery flats to enableassessment of daily living skills in preparation for discharge.

Orchard House is an 8-bed residential step-downservice based in Erdington, Birmingham, which allows extension of the long-termcomplex care pathway.

Main duties of the job

• Provide person-centred care to individuals seeking support on their journey towards community integration
• To empower service users and help them realise their full potential through progressive improvements in their quality of life and a steady progression towards recovery, culminating in successful discharge.
• Your role will involve providing quality, evidence-based nursing advice, support, and care to individuals with complex, severe, and enduring mental health needs, in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Establishing, therapeutic relationships with service users and implement evidence-based interventions.
• Providing leadership to the ward by taking turns to be the nurse in charge and promoting effective team working
• Formulating and reviewing of care plans, risk assessments and relevant assessments
• Representing the nursing team in multi disciplinary meetings
• Promoting an inclusive and positive culture aligned with the company values and policies
• Participate in audits, care reviews and identify areas for quality improvements
• Ensuring duties of safeguarding are upheld at all times.

About us

Options for Care provides mentalhealth recovery services in Birmingham. Our primary objective is to empowerservice users and help them realise their full potential through progressiveimprovements in their quality of life and a steady progression towardsrecovery, culminating in successful discharge. We are proud to share ourunwavering commitment to our mission, vision, and values.

Mission

Vision

We offer best-practiceinterventions to enable personal recovery and well-being.

Values

The individual is at the heart ofeverything we do.

Weinspire, stimulate and empower people to achieve and grow throughcompassionate, supportive and protective relationships.

We deliver and continuouslyevaluate high-quality service whilst respecting differences, promoting dignityand supporting the privacy of others.

At Options for Care, we understand the importance ofdelivering tailored and holistic support to our service users. Our dedicatedteam is committed to providing relationship-centred interventions that aregrounded in evidence-based practices. We strongly believe that our approachhelps individuals lead fulfilling lives and attain their personal objectives.To ensure that we consistently meet our service users' needs, we use recognisedassessment tools to track outcomes and make adjustments as needed. Our goal isto empower our service users to live in the least restrictive setting feasiblewhile maintaining their dignity and independence.

Job responsibilities

In the capacity of a Mental HealthNurse, your primary responsibility will be to provide person-centred care toindividuals seeking support on their journey towards community integration. Ourcare pathway is consistently evolving, and as such, we utilise the mosteffective outcome measures and assessment tools available. Your role willinvolve providing quality, evidence-based nursing advice, support, and care toindividuals with complex, severe, and enduring mental health needs, as well astheir caregivers, in a multidisciplinary setting.

To be successful in this role, youwill need to establish therapeutic relationships with service users andimplement evidence-based therapeutic interventions within appropriateboundaries, as outlined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code. You will beresponsible for overseeing the assessment, planning, implementation, andevaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters and have a comprehensiveunderstanding of local and national policies and legislation that governservice provision.

you must be a Registered Nurse, registered with the UKNursing and Midwifery Council or in the process of achieving your registration. You should possess a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and thechanges brought about by the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Capacity Act2005. Additionally, you should have a clear understanding of yourresponsibilities under the Care Programme Approach, Clinical Governance, andChild Protection Legislation. It is also essential that you demonstrate acommitment to ongoing professional development and strive to remain up-to-datewith the latest developments and best practices in the field of mental healthnursing.

In return, at Options for Care, werecognise the immense value of our team members. Our staff is the foundation ofour success, and we appreciate their exceptional dedication to our clients. Weprioritise employee development and are committed to supporting our staff inevery stage of their career journey. Our workplace is warm and welcoming, withnecessary assistance and supervision to ensure a positive work environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Mental Health Nurse
• Adult mental health experience

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.

Depending on experienceFrom £16.68 per hour