Registered Nurse

Job Title and Grade: Mental Health Nurse Band 5

Pay Rates: Days: £15.66 Saturdays/Nights: £20.35 Sunday/Bank Hols: £25.05

Location/Trust: Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Wards/Units Covered:

• Hadley PICU - Worcester
• Holt Ward – Worcester
• Cromwell House - Worcester
• Hill Crest – Redditch
• Keith Winter House - Bromsgrove
• Meadow Ward (Older Adult) – Bromsgrove
• Woodland Ward (Older Adult) – Bromsgrove

The Role:

Would you like to work within a trust where they are dedicated with ensuring that all employees have the right values to provide the best service to patients? Would you like to be part of a team at a Trust rated ‘good’ in a recent CQC report? Would you like your work to be flexible to fit your lifestyle and circumstances?

If you answered ‘yes’ to the above, we would love to hear from you!

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is a leading provider of community nursing, therapy, and mental health services to people of all ages throughout our county.

We believe our staff are our biggest asset. We want to develop a positive, inclusive, and caring culture that engages and inspires all our staff, with a clear focus on improvement and advancing equality of opportunity.

We are recruiting Staff Nurses in Mental Health across the county and provide anopportunity to work in a busy and varied environment, alongside clinical and other non-clinical colleagues to make a positive contribution to our patients and staff experience.

Excellent transport links mean their location is commutable from Birmingham, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire.

Skills/Responsibilities:

• Assessing the care needs of individual patients and then developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care for them.
• Leading a team of nurses in the provision of care to a named group of patients.
• Taking charge of the ward when required in the absence of the Ward Manager.
• Ensure that each patient in his/her care receives an individual nursing assessment and is the subject of a regularly updated care plan which, wherever practicable, is formulated in conjunction with the patient.
• Ensure that information regarding patients’ needs and progress is always communicated promptly and accurately to their relatives and other professionals involved in their care having due regard for confidentiality.
• Facilitate open and harmonious communications amongst all staff within the ward as well as with other departments with the aim of promoting multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to care.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of all Trust policies and procedures and apply them, as necessary. Particular attention is drawn to the post holder’s personal responsibility for the maintenance of patient confidentiality and adherence to local Health and Safety policies.
• Will observe and implement the requirement of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Will adhere to the NMC code of Professional Conduct.

In order to apply for a post, youmusthave a minimum of 6 months experience in a similar role held within the last 2 years and be Registered Mental Health Nurse with a Valid NMC Pin.

Benefits of working Bank

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits:

• Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
• First choice of shifts at your Trust – Access to shifts before they are available to agency
• Flexible working to suit your lifestyle – Take control of when you want to work
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
• Book and manage your shifts on the go – Access shifts anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime on 03332 407 552
• Stakeholder pension scheme

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts do not have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Apply

Please note this Job role is not open to agencies so I kindly request I am not contacted by any third parties in relation to this role.

For more information on the roles or details on how to join NHS Professionals, simply get in touch with Helenna Butler, Trust Recruitment Coordinator on 01905 681781 or email Helenna.Butler@NHSProfessionals.nhs.uk

We look forward to hearing from you soon.