Mental Health Nurse - (Multiple vacancies - Meadows)

Job summary

We are looking to recruit Registered and Newly Qualified Mental Health Nurses at The MeadowsIn-patient Unit, primarily for the care of people who have dementia or organic mental ill health.

We have various wards and our rehabilitation service is looking forMental Health Nurses with experience ornewly qualified staff.

As a Mental Health Nurse, you will be given the opportunity to learn and grow into your role, if you are an experienced Band 5 nurse looking to progress, we have many opportunities to expand your knowledge and prepare you for your career progression. You will be a source of mental health knowledge, have vision and resilience to support the ward and your colleagues in keeping the ward environment safe and productive.

This is a 24/7 hospital service with 24 beds available for the care of people aged over 65 years who have dementia or organic mental ill-health (ie. decreased function due to medical or physical disease rather than a psychiatric illness).

There are three single sex wards, each with eight beds:

• One ward is for people with mental ill-health (functional, eg. bipolar or depression)
• Two wards are for people with dementia

We are a multi disciplinary team including Occupational Therapists and psychology support.

Although we are a Mental Health Trust, we are open to applications from adult, paediatric and learning disability branches.

Main duties of the job

You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload. You will also supervise, mentor and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students. Please see job description for full responsibility.

As well as traditional posts in our In-Patient Units, the Trust also offer a rotational programme which offers you the opportunity to undertake three 6 month placements starting in our in-patient services (Working Age or Older Adult services), then moving to community home treatment services (Working Age or Older Adult). A driving licence suitable for the UK is required for these placements and the final placement would be working with one of our specialist services such as CAMHS Community, Eating Disorders, Criminal Justice and Liaison amongst others.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Meadows

West Park Road

Epsom

KT19 8GT

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Meadows

West Park Road

Epsom

KT19 8GT

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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