Staff Nurse - Swindon

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Swindon is seeking newly qualified or registered Mental Health Nurses for their adolescent inpatient unit. Join a dedicated team providing tailored care for young people facing mental health challenges. Benefits include career progression opportunities and a competitive pension scheme. Commitment to safeguarding is essential.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Individual and Trust-wide learning and development

Competitive pension scheme

Qualifications

• Willingness to role model healthy eating behavior.
• Ability to perform Physical Interventions and/or Breakaway techniques.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the nursing team on duty and allocate daily activities.
• Support Eating Disorder Program and supervise meals.
• Assist young people in applying DBT-informed skills for distress management.
• Proactively manage daily care and risk for young people.

Skills

Coordination of nursing team

Support for Eating Disorder Program

Application of DBT-informed skills

Risk management

Job description

We are looking to recruit newly qualified or registered Mental Health Nurses to join our well-established and highly skilled multi-disciplinary team at Marlborough House Adolescent Inpatient unit based in Swindon, Wiltshire.

We are a 12 bedded inpatient unit supporting young people with a variety of mental health needs including eating disorders, anxiety, depression, Psychosis, OCD, and emotional dysregulation. With a reputation for excellence and providing a range of evidence-based care, our service offers a model of care which is tailored to the individual's needs for stabilization and recovery.

As a staff nurse at Marlborough House, you will coordinate and oversee the delivery of care and day-to-day management of the ward. You will also key work a small number of young people on the ward and will ensure they have up-to-date risk assessments and care plans that reflect their individual needs.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the nursing team on duty, allocating routine daily activities and overseeing the delivery of a high-quality service to the young people on the ward.
• Support the delivery of our Eating Disorder Program (EDP) and key working and supervising meals with young people who are on this care pathway.
• Support the delivery of our Managing Emotions Pathway (MEP) and key working and assisting young people to learn and apply DBT-informed skills to help manage distress.
• Take a proactive role in decision-making on the daily care and risk management of young people and will care plan and update risk assessments for young people to ensure their care needs are all met.

Requirements:

• A willingness and ability to role model healthy eating behavior with patients and support as trained/required.
• A level of fitness and ability to competently perform Physical Interventions and/or Breakaway techniques (practical and theory) following training.

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing, including excellent opportunities for career progression, access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development, and a competitive pension scheme.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing high-quality preceptorships to all newly qualified nurses and to anyone new to CAMHS or returning to practice. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are an Equal Opportunities employer.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.