Staff Nurse (Nights)

TN United Kingdom; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated Mental Health Nurses to join their team at a renowned facility. This role focuses on providing compassionate care to patients with serious mental health conditions, ensuring their needs are met through tailored nursing interventions. You'll work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, driving quality patient care and fostering independence. With opportunities for professional development and a commitment to patient-centered approaches, this position is ideal for those passionate about making a positive impact in mental health services. Join us in transforming lives and supporting recovery in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Extra day off for your Birthday

CPD opportunities and support

Subsidised meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• NMC Registration and a degree in Mental Health Nursing are essential.
• Experience with severe Mental Health conditions and care plans is required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and deliver nursing care with a focus on patient choice and needs.
• Monitor patient progress and contribute to a multidisciplinary team approach.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organisational Skills

Resilience

Care and Compassion

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in Mental Health Nursing

Tools

NMC Registration

Full Driver’s License

Job description

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Priory Group Division

Hours: 37.5

Vacancy Type: Permanent - Full Time

About us:

Priory Hospital Solihull is a mental health hospital in beautiful grounds in the picturesque village of Meriden. Situated on the outskirts of Solihull and Coventry, we provide Rehabilitation & Recovery services to 31 inpatients over three wards:

• Arley Ward - 10 bedded male R&R service (HDU)
• Elkin Ward - 10 bedded male R&R service (HDU)
• Millison Ward - 11 bedded male R&R service (Community Facing)

Patients have a primary diagnosis of a Serious Mental Illness, with additional complexities such as physical health conditions, substance misuse, and secondary mental health issues.

Priory Hospital Solihull benefits from a stable and established MDT which includes the Medical team, OT, Psychology, Nurses, HCAs and Ward Managers. We are also supported by diverse admin, support services and senior management teams.

The hospital offers a range of assessments, treatments and interventions with a strong focus on patient collaboration in decision making and working with people in the least restrictive way.

Priory Group’s focus on quality improvement, combined with Priory Hospital Solihull’s focus on delivering patient-centred care allow us to continuously evaluate and enhance our performance.

Our approach:

The treatment programme at Priory Hospital Solihull aims to optimise patient’s independence. All interventions aim to help the patient to maximise independence, understand the effect their experiences have on themselves and others, to help them to manage the impact of internal and external triggers on their behaviour, and ultimately to provide hope for a fulfilling future.

These interventions include individual and group Psychological therapies, such as Substance Misuse, Relapse Prevention and Wellbeing, and Occupational Therapy, such as Cooking Skills, Budgeting and Life Skills.

Our approach to care acknowledges patient’s as individuals, each with their own unique skills and needs. Supporting patients to identifying meaningful and achievable goals is essential for successful engagement and treatment.

Main duties of the job:

• Assess, plan and deliver, with the patient and their carer/family, nursing care which takes account of patient choice and wishes and acting as the patients named nurse.
• Accurately observe and engage with patients in order to assess their need and evaluate their progress.
• Monitor and review Nursing Care plans.
• Driving the hospital car to escort patients to attend appointments, visits, etc.
• Deal proactively and effectively with suggestions and complaints from patients and their families / carers.
• Contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the Multi-Disciplinary team.
• Participate in regular clinical and non-clinical meetings and attend other meetings as requested.
• Maintain a continued level of personal professional development in accordance to preceptorship and revalidation.
• Develops and maintains a good professional relationship with patients, colleagues and visitors responding promptly and courteously to requests, enquiries and suggestions.
• Helps to promote and to maintain an environment conducive to meeting the needs of the patient / relatives and carers.
• Adhere to Medicines Management policies at all times.
• Adhere to Priory Group policies and protocols and adhere to NMC Code.
• Resilience– This is a role working with vulnerable patients who can have varying degrees of mental health difficulties, so there will be days where your resilience is challenged, this is why it’s so important to have a team ethos in our Hospitals.
• Excellent Communication Skills– Communicating with patients and staff is vital to understand the needs of the patients and relay any information to the nurses and medical professionals.
• Organisational Skills– You’ll need to be comfortable documenting information and be organised in your approach.
• Care and Compassion– Our patients require the best care and compassion we can offer, if you are a naturally caring person, this is a role for you.
• Attentive– No patient is the same and so being attentive to understand them and identify areas we can support is key.

This role will predominantly be working night shifts following a successful probation. You will be required to work day shifts to attend training, supervisions, and other business needs.

The shifts are 12 hours on a rota basis to include nights, weekends and bank holidays. Shift times would be:

Day Shift = 07:30 - 19:45

Night Shift = 19:30 - 07:45

Our units operate 24 hours 7 days a week, and our nursing staff work shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights.

Qualifications and Experience:

• NMC Registration
• Degree in Mental Health Nursing
• Full driver’s licence as you will be required to drive the hospital car when escorting patients.
• Clinical experience working with people with severe Mental Health conditions, including experience of risk assessment, assessing patients and creating/implementing high quality treatment and care plans.
• Passionate about providing high quality care and continuous improvement.
• Forward thinking, proactive and creative.
• A commitment to patient-centred care and to values-based and evidence-based practice.
• The drive to continually push your own personal learning and development.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Experience working within in-patient mental health setting.

Brief outline of Perks:

We’d like to offer you:

• Opportunities for professional development.
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata) - increasing increments with continued service.
• Your Birthday as an extra day’s leave.
• CPD opportunities and support.
• Subsidised meals on duty (only £1 per meal).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Priory Online Benefits and Cashback rewards.
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistant Programme.
• Refer a friend scheme.

Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.

About us:

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.

Disclosure:

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.