Registered Nurse RMN/RNLD

Priory; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity pay

Birthday holiday

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits (gym, devices, etc.)

IPD sponsorship

Leadership development

Long service award

Refer a friend bonuses

Job summary

Priory Hospital Middleton St George in Darlington, County Durham, is seeking a Registered Nurse RMN/RNLD to join our compassionate team. You will assess, plan, and deliver personalised mental health care, act as named nurse, and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safety and wellbeing.

You will be supported by a wide network of professionals, with pathways for development and access to enhanced maternity pay, pension options, and flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active NMC registration.
• Minimum of 6 months' post-registration experience in a mental health or learning disabilities care environment.
• Completed preceptorship programme.
• Knowledge of NMC guidelines, professional standards and safe nursing practice.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to assess patient needs and maintaining accurate care records.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred care
• Experience assessing patients' mental health needs and reviewing individualised care plans.
• Experience monitoring changes in patients' presentation and responding appropriately to changing needs.
• Experience supporting patients' families and carers, including responding to concerns or complaints.
• Experience coordinating ward shifts, delegating duties or acting as nurse in charge when required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver and review individualised mental health nursing care, involving patients and their families or carers in care planning and decisions.
• Act as the named nurse for allocated patients, monitoring their presentation, engagement and progress, recognising changes in their mental health and responding appropriately.
• Maintain accurate nursing care plans and ensure care is delivered safely, effectively and in line with patients' needs and agreed treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to support patient wellbeing, address concerns and complaints, and contribute to clinical reviews and meetings.
• Support the safe running of the ward, prioritising and delegating nursing duties, taking charge of the shift when required, and ensuring compliance with safeguarding, medicines management and relevant legislation.

Skills

RMN

NMC registered

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Care planning

Nursing documentation

Nurse in charge

Education

Preceptorship

Job description

Registered Nurse Rmnrnl Priory Hospital Middleton St George has an opportunity for a Registered Nurse RMN-RNLD to join our team.

Set in spacious and relaxing grounds, Priory Hospital Middleton St George, located in Darlington, County Durham, is a specialist inpatient service for adults with mental health issues, complex needs and behaviours that challenge.

We are dedicated to supporting people to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs, enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community, and maximising life opportunities. We accept referrals from a wide variety of public sector organisations throughout the UK, including special hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, courts, low secure units (LSUs), medium secure units (MSUs), forensic lead commissioners, social services, NHS Mental Health Trusts, GPs, the police and others.

What You'll Be Doing

You will be part of a compassionate team that is committed to supporting people's wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.

• Assess, plan, deliver and review individualised mental health nursing care, involving patients and their families or carers in care planning and decisions.
• Act as the named nurse for allocated patients, monitoring their presentation, engagement and progress, recognising changes in their mental health and responding appropriately.
• Maintain accurate nursing care plans and ensure care is delivered safely, effectively and in line with patients' needs and agreed treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to support patient wellbeing, address concerns and complaints, and contribute to clinical reviews and meetings.
• Support the safe running of the ward, prioritising and delegating nursing duties, taking charge of the shift when required, and ensuring compliance with safeguarding, medicines management and relevant legislation.

What You'll Bring To The Role

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active NMC registration.

• Minimum of 6 months' post-registration experience in a mental health or learning disabilities care environment.
• Completed preceptorship programme.
• Knowledge of NMC guidelines, professional standards and safe nursing practice.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to assess patient needs and maintaining accurate care records.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred care
• Experience assessing patients' mental health needs and reviewing individualised care plans.
• Experience monitoring changes in patients' presentation and responding appropriately to changing needs.
• Experience supporting patients' families and carers, including responding to concerns or complaints.
• Experience coordinating ward shifts, delegating duties or acting as nurse in charge when required.

What We Will Give You In Return

• Enhanced maternity pay
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Long service award
• Refer a friend bonuses

About Priory

Priory is the UK's leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 12,000 colleagues and a network of 270 services, we support over 24,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions - including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and children's mental health - and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, Prader-Willi Syndrome, brain injuries and older people.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process.