Registered Mental Health Nurse Inpatient

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Nurses to join a progressive forward thinking, recovery focused inpatient service. Providing acute mental health services to people across Hull and the East Riding.

The inpatient teams are comprised of medical staff including Consultant Psychiatrist, Junior Doctors and Trainees. Nursing staff both registered and non-registered, Specialist Social Workers, Specialist Occupational Therapists and therapy team including activity coordinators.

The teams are consistently focused on the provision of quality care which is evidence based and contemporary and we actively support staff development. This is through the provision of formal and informal training, support and supervision to ensure that our staff are afforded the skills and knowledge required to effectively and efficiently support recovery.

We have a robust and successful Preceptorship program for all newly qualified nurses to ensure the best start in your professional nursing career.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this job are -

• To plan care for patients e.g., organising appointments, treatments, interventions, Patient Centred reviews
• Be responsible for managing and prioritising own workload, balancing the needs of patients and service requirements/competing priorities
• To assess the needs of patients and their carers based on the analysis of a range of facts or situations. Interventions will be planned on the assessment information and the interpretation of this e.g. Mental Health assessment/risk assessment
• To contribute to assessment and management plan for patients with high risk clinical needs to ensure safety of patients, carers, staff and the general public
• Develop and maintains the patients control over decision making, assess the patient's commitment to the jointly determined plan of care, and foster personal responsibility for health
• Deliver care interventions and nursing advice in a variety of settings, that promote patient flexibility and choice, and which are sensitive to cultural preferences

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good, health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale & Whitby. We deliver safe, effective and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of patients and service users.

To find out about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our website humber.nhs.uk/Services

You'll join our team of over 3600 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives daily. We're extremely proud of our Trust community, knowing you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need from your new team to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.