Job summary
Being a Mental Health Nurse at Priory will provide you with excellent clinical and educational opportunities as you'll likely work on different wards and teams, allowing you to gain exposure and acquire expertise in many mental health specialities.
Main duties of the job
At Priory Group, you dont have to have superhuman powers to be a hero in our eyes. We want the care our nurses provide to our service users to be super. As a mental health nurse at Priory youll be part of a company that is supportive and has your welfare and interests at heart. Mental health nursing is a tough but rewarding career and we want to make sure that our relationship with you is a long-term thing, not a flash in the pan.
It takes a genuine desire to help other people, along with a lot of dedication and compassion to be a Mental Health Nurse. In return, we want to make sure you get the reward you deserve which is why we offer market leading salaries as well as bonuses and benefits, youll get job satisfaction and well support you to develop your skills and grow with the company via our Career Pathways programme. Youll get to build therapeutic relationships with the people you care for so you can help them through their difficult time and find ways to take control over their own health. Its a chance to make a real and lasting difference to someone.
About us
At Priory, we aspire to deliver the highest quality of care and support. As a Bank Mental Health Nurse, youll have the opportunity to support our teams across a range of mental health services, on your own schedule. We welcome anyone looking for a more flexible work pattern, additional shifts, or a chance to support people with a variety of needs.
The Priory Group is the largest private behavioural health provider in the UK, with around 350 facilities in our Healthcare and Adult Care divisions. We strive for excellence, and although the vast majority of our sites are already rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, we always aspire to do better. Putting our people first is central to our values. This includes the people we support and their families as well as our dedicated staff who make a difference every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deliver prescribed care to a defined group of patients/Service users that reflect their individual needs
- Assess, plan and deliver, with the patient and their carer/family, nursing care which takes account of
patient choice and wishes and acting as the patients named nurse. This includes the evaluation and
review of these plans, with the patient/Service User, on a frequent basis, that is reflective of their
needs
- Contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the MultiDisciplinary team and liaises effectively with external professionals
- Maintains accurate and contemporaneous records of patient/service user care delivered.
- Accurately communicate with, observe and engage with patients/residents/service users in order
to assess need and evaluate progress.
- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients/service Users and
their families
- Respects and applies the requirements of equality and diversity, promoting and role modelling
these across the team
- Prioritise nursing duties and delegate appropriately and effectively within the shift co-ordination
Framework, working as nurse in charge under the supervision of a fellow registrant as required,
ensuring as far as reasonable practicable a safe environment.
- Maintains a continued level of personal professional development including full attendance and
participation at The Priory New Registrant Programme to demonstrate contemporary practice and
meet the requirements of revalidation, as a minimum.
- Completes all mandatory training and competencies assessments as required for the role.
- Develops and maintains a good professional relationship with patients, colleagues and visitors
responding promptly and courteously to requests, enquiries, concerns, complaints and suggestions.
- Actively Participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice at least monthly.
- Ensure awareness and knowledge of the local child and adult safeguarding policies and procedures in
the service, in addition as to whom to contact with the Local Authority Safeguarding team; Attend
Safeguarding training in accordance with the mandatory training for the role of a Staff Nurse.
- Ensure the requirements of the Mental Health, Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Standards
are met.
- Adhere to Company Medicines Management policies at all times.
- Recognising and responding appropriately to behaviours of concern in line with company and
divisional policies and training; supporting junior staff in managing difficult situations and deescalation, and developing resilience and strategies to manage.
- Adhere to Priory Group policies and protocols and the NMC Code
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deliver prescribed care to a defined group of patients/Service users that reflect their individual needs
- Assess, plan and deliver, with the patient and their carer/family, nursing care which takes account of
patient choice and wishes and acting as the patients named nurse. This includes the evaluation and
review of these plans, with the patient/Service User, on a frequent basis, that is reflective of their
needs
- Contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the MultiDisciplinary team and liaises effectively with external professionals
- Maintains accurate and contemporaneous records of patient/service user care delivered.
- Accurately communicate with, observe and engage with patients/residents/service users in order
to assess need and evaluate progress.
- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients/service Users and
their families
- Respects and applies the requirements of equality and diversity, promoting and role modelling
these across the team
- Prioritise nursing duties and delegate appropriately and effectively within the shift co-ordination
Framework, working as nurse in charge under the supervision of a fellow registrant as required,
ensuring as far as reasonable practicable a safe environment.
- Maintains a continued level of personal professional development including full attendance and
participation at The Priory New Registrant Programme to demonstrate contemporary practice and
meet the requirements of revalidation, as a minimum.
- Completes all mandatory training and competencies assessments as required for the role.
- Develops and maintains a good professional relationship with patients, colleagues and visitors
responding promptly and courteously to requests, enquiries, concerns, complaints and suggestions.
- Actively Participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice at least monthly.
- Ensure awareness and knowledge of the local child and adult safeguarding policies and procedures in
the service, in addition as to whom to contact with the Local Authority Safeguarding team; Attend
Safeguarding training in accordance with the mandatory training for the role of a Staff Nurse.
- Ensure the requirements of the Mental Health, Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Standards
are met.
- Adhere to Company Medicines Management policies at all times.
- Recognising and responding appropriately to behaviours of concern in line with company and
divisional policies and training; supporting junior staff in managing difficult situations and deescalation, and developing resilience and strategies to manage.
- Adhere to Priory Group policies and protocols and the NMC Code
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse with active NMC Registration.
- Knowledge of NMC Standards, guidelines, requests and professional practices.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality.
- Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise.
- Excellent verbal , interpersonal and written communication skills
- IT literate
Desirable
- Successfully completed their HEI programme to become a Registered Nurse
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse with active NMC Registration.
- Knowledge of NMC Standards, guidelines, requests and professional practices.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality.
- Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise.
- Excellent verbal , interpersonal and written communication skills
- IT literate
Desirable
- Successfully completed their HEI programme to become a Registered Nurse
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
