Staff Nurse

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Lowestoft; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing training and development

Supportive team

Career development opportunities

Job summary

The Dragonfly Unit at Carlton Court, Suffolk, part of Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust, is seeking a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse to develop clinical and leadership skills within an inpatient adolescent service (ages 12–17). The post emphasises recovery-focused care, family involvement, and bridging inpatient with community services.

Newly qualified or experienced Band 5 nurses are encouraged to apply. This role offers opportunities for professional development in a challenging, supportive

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or RN(MH) qualification.
• Experience in mental health care is desirable.
• Knowledge of confidentiality and safeguarding principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct ward routines for service users and staff.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Plan and deliver interventions to support goal-based recovery.

Skills

Nursing degree

Education

Nursing degree or RN(MH)

Job description

If you are a newly qualified or already a Band 5 Nurse who wants the opportunity to be developed, we are looking for nurses that want to make a difference to join our dedicated team onthe Dragonfly Unit, based at Carlton Court, Suffolk asa Band 5 Mental Health Nurse.

The Dragonfly unit is a general adolescent unit for young people between the ages of 12- 17 working with both males and females. We have 12 beds on our unit and work with young people who have a wide range of mental health problems and eating disorders.

We are looking for a band 5 nurse who has skills in working with children, young people and their families and carers. CAMHS experience would be especially welcome as would knowledge of attachment, child development and working systemically. Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas. We would like individuals to be well motivated, have good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and an enthusiasm for working with children and their families whilst they are going through a difficult and stressful period in their lives, in terms of their mental health

Main duties of the job

You will be working within an inpatient service with a focus on a recovery approach. You will have the opportunity to lead and direct the structure and focus of the ward routine for service users and staff and contribute to service developments bridging inpatient and community services.

As a Band 5 Nurse at Dragonfly, you will have the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills in an exciting and dynamic environment.

Come and join us as we strive for excellence!

As part of our ongoing strive for excellence we are developing a 'care team' approach to patient centred care.We’re looking for a hands on, flexible nurse who is skilled at developing therapeutic relationships. You would be involved in the planning and delivering of interventions to support goal-based recovery plans.

It can be a challenging environment at times, so we need clinicians with a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and a hands-on approach. It is vital that the clinician is reflective around issues of power and difference, see the importance of working across systems, and can do that effectively.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people's lives then we would love to hear from you.

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 professional 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,

Interview dates are to be confirmed and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice.

You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)

Experience

• Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs

Knowledge

• Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality

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.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yeargross per annum