Specialist Mental Health Staff Nurse

NHS; Chester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate and dedicated team at an established NHS foundation trust, where you will play a vital role in providing exceptional care to mental health patients. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a supportive environment, focusing on the well-being and recovery of individuals. With a commitment to professional development and a range of training opportunities, you will be equipped to excel in your nursing career. The trust values inclusivity and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds, ensuring a rich and supportive workplace culture. If you are passionate about mental health and want to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Relocation package up to £8,000

Comprehensive training packages

Leadership pathways

Preceptorship program for newly qualified nurses

Regular engagement events for staff well-being

Qualifications

• Commitment to team working and innovative delivery of care.
• Enthusiasm for mental health nursing and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide high-quality care.
• Demonstrate values-based approach in nursing practices.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Mental health nursing

Ability to work unsupervised

Information technology skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

1st level mental health trained nurse

Job description

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000** please see T&C's for further information

Are you a caring and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse or are just about to qualify and are looking for a fresh or new opportunity? We may have just the role for you. We have permanent/full/part time opportunities for Staff Nurses within our Bed-based services for both adults and older people at Bowmere Hospital, Chester.

We offer wards that cater for acute admissions, assessment and treatment of dementia care, psychiatric intensive care and rehabilitation inpatient services. You would be required to work on a rotational shift basis, which includes days and nights.

You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and have an ethos of collaborative working between individual service users, carers and other stakeholders.

We are proud of being caring, competent and compassionate, with patients at the heart of what we do. We aim to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, well-being and independence of the people within our locality.

Main duties of the job

Please see attached information regarding Bowmere Hospital's acute mental health inpatient, psychiatric intensive care and rehabilitation unit.

You should possess commitment to team working and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You are able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for mental health nursing, as well as a desire for on-going professional development. You will receive excellent training and opportunities for development, clinical supervision and appraisal. We offer our staff training packages, development and leadership pathways and a comprehensive preceptorship program for those who are newly qualified.

At CWP we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff and we therefore have regular engagement events to support our teams and to share ideas across disciplines and teams.

Bowmere has the following wards:

Beech & Juniper- acute admissions ward

Cherry - organic admissions ward

Willow - PICU

Maple - Male high dependency rehabilitation ward

We also run the ECT department for all CWP inpatients and outpatients.

About us

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.We also offer up to three weeks' induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Job responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RMN/RNLD

Knowledge and Expertise

• Excellent communicator verbally and in terms of written work.
• Well developed research based knowledge and practical nursing skills.
• An understanding of basic management principles is essential as the post will involve taking charge of the service occasionally.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• A positive approach towards use of information technology.

Experience

• 1st level mental health trained nurse, with a up to date knowledge of current mental health legislation
• Experience of working with adults with a Learning Disability
• Experience of carrying out clinical supervision

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.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum / pro rata