Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

'Do you want a role that offers job satisfaction and challenges where no two days are the same?

Secure and Forensic Services provide community and inpatient care to adult men and women who, as a possible consequence of their mental health needs, have come into contact with the criminal justice system.

We work hard to make sure we provide quality, evidence-based and collaborative care in all of the areas we cover. This role will include interaction and communication with a wide scope of people including service users, health and social care staff, medical and criminal justice professionals.

So, are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate and individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership within an inpatient mental health setting? If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be a part of our team.

At Northside House, we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse to join our Drayton Ward team. Drayton Ward has sixteen beds for male patients with a diagnosis of functional mental ill health who require a specialist level of assessment, care and treatment. We have a skilled, diverse and welcoming team of staff on the ward, and work with more such people across the onsite multidisciplinary teams.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team planning patient management and care pathways. They will be responsible for direct delivery of patient care both individually and by delegation to colleagues.

As a named nurse you will ensure accurate mental health clustering is carried out on admission and discharge, and for completion of reports for patient Reviews.

About us

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Drayton ward Northside House

St Andrews Business Park

Norwich

NR7 0HT

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Drayton ward Northside House

St Andrews Business Park

Norwich

NR7 0HT

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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