Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

We now have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Nurse to join our small friendly team based in Hollybank. As one of the team, you will ensure that you offer responsive, evidence based and recovery focused care to the patients, while building strong therapeutic relationships to support patients to move forward in their recovery.

This is a role where you can really make a difference working to reduce the amount of time our patients need to spend in hospital and helping them to work towards their recovery and back into the community. As part of the role, the candidate will meet the competencies set by taking part in training and a comprehensive induction programme. Your role and responsibilities will be to act as shift leader, primary nurse and supervisor for both patients, Health Care Support Workers and students.

The successful post holder will need excellent communication skills and be able to communicate effectively with staff, service users and all stake holders. The ability to prioritise changing work demands is essential.

We are looking to appoint highly motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, resourceful, and resilient individuals who are committed to providing support and assistance to patients in their recovery of an acute episode of distress.

For further information on this role, please contact Gareth Williams on 023 82 313800 or email on gareth.williams@southernhealth.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

*To work collaboratively with patients in assessing, planning and implementing and evaluate the nursing and recovery needs of patients under your care.

*To work proactively in accordance with the principles of social inclusion, promoting independence and recovery.

*To supervise mentor and teach unqualified staff including students

*To work as shift leader and co-ordinate the patient environment on a shift by shift basis

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollybank

10 Lavant Drive

Havant

Hampshire

PO9 2AW

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Hollybank

10 Lavant Drive

Havant

Hampshire

PO9 2AW

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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