Nurse Assistant jobs in United Kingdom

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 mental health nurse to join our friendly supportive community mental health team who work across BNSSG to provide mental health support in the community. You will assess and provide mental health support to patients who are in- patients on Sirona sites, providing mental health input to help facilitate their recovery.

The team work closely together and have regular training and development in relation to their roles, such as trauma training along with support for their mandatory training and other training needs as identified.

The role allows for creativity, flexibility and an opportunity to nurse in a way that you would like to be cared for, using your nursing qualification and experience. No two days will be the same providing a varied and enjoyable role.

This is a 30.4 hr post working across Monday to Friday, hours to be agreed.

You will be well supported by the line manager and the experienced team with bi- weekly peer supervision meetings, along with administration support, as well as having the opportunity for joint visits if required.

Sirona care & health have a wide range of services to support this role such as the well-being service, dementia advisors as well as working closely with the voluntary sector.

• To provide mental health input to patients who are in-patients within Sirona hospital beds and rehabilitation units across BNSSG.
• Receive triage and assess referrals in a timely manner and communicate back to the referrer.
• Provide guidance, information and complete a relevant template or arrange to visit and support patients with their mental health needs to facilitate rehabilitation back home and identifying triggers that maybe preventing rehabilitation and recovery.
• Liaise with the relevant team and refer on to other services as required.
• Supporting the staff team who work on the unit delivering training as identified
• Work within a community based mental health nurse team
• You will need to be able to demonstrate compassion, kindness, and listening skills.
• Part of the work will be to analyse the service and the data to help Sirona plan for the future development of the service

The post will work across BNSSG supporting the Sirona in patient beds, some of the postcodes detailed are Sirona bases you may work from:

BS30 8XP Warmley

BS4 2UX Knowle Clinic

BS14 0DE Hengrove Hospital

BS21 6FW Castlewood

BS37 5DW Skylark Unit

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

• Significant and varied post qualifying experience understanding mental, social and emotional health issues
• Experience of working consultatively with other medical, health and social care practitioners
• Working knowledge of clinical outcomes measures, clinical audit
• Knowledge of relevant Mental Health legislation. Including and not exhaustive of MHA, Mental Capacity, Adult and Child safeguarding,

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Completion of Mentorship course/ENB equivalent - or agree to complete
• Advanced Communication skills
• Previous community experience or hospital settings
• Post registration therapeutic skills development/professional development
• Knowledge/experience of EMIS systems

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.