Staff Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Orpington; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health care is seeking dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurses to join their dynamic team. This permanent, full-time role offers the chance to make a real impact on patients' lives in a supportive environment. You will provide direct care, lead assessments, and work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high standards of practice. With excellent training opportunities and a competitive salary, this position is perfect for compassionate individuals eager to advance their careers in the NHS. Join us in making a tangible difference in the lives of those experiencing mental health challenges.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Professional growth opportunities

Access to training and development programs

Competitive salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with strong therapeutic communication skills.
• Experience in providing quality care and empathy for service users.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care and coordinate care among colleagues.
• Lead comprehensive assessments and implement person-centred care.

Skills

Therapeutic communication skills

Quality care provision

Empathy for service users

IT skills

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Main area: Adult Acute & Crisis Mental Health

Grade Band: 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Day and Night shifts - 07:00 to 19:30 and 19:00 to 07:30.)

Job ref: 277-7052010-AAC

Site: Green Parks House

Town: Orpington

Salary: £34,521 - £41,956 pa inc

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 18/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

Staff Nurse, Band 5

Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can make a real impact on people's lives?

We have vacancies in all our main mental health inpatient sites at Green Parks House (Princess Royal University Hospital), Oxleas House (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) and Woodlands Unit (Queen Marys Hospital).

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking passionate and dedicated Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurses to join our dynamic team on our acute adult (working age and older people) admission wards. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career in the NHS and play a vital role in supporting adults (over 18) experiencing mental health challenges.

What we offer:

• The chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of your patients.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
• Access to excellent training and development programs to help you excel in your career.
• Competitive salary and benefits package alongside the rewards of working within the NHS.

Are you the perfect candidate?

• You possess excellent clinical skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.
• You are a compassionate and empathetic individual with a dedication to patient well-being.

*Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.*

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse, you provide direct personal care to service users/patients, without direct supervision, and co-ordinate the care given by colleagues.

The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of person-centred care in a collaborative way. The post holder will co-ordinate a first-class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users’ rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
• Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
• Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
• Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives/carers.
• Liaising and working positively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations.
• Administering and monitoring the side-effects of medication; monitoring service user compliance.
• Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
• Developing the management of care needs.
• Leading and directing junior staff in providing hands-on care to service users.
• Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed.
• Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

Person specification

Qualification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Skills

• Good therapeutic communication skills
• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision.
• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
• IT skills, skilled in supervision of others.

Experience

• Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.
• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities.

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