Newly Qualified Preceptee Nurse inThatcham inThatcham PUBLISHED 11 SEP 2024

This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified nurse to join Elysium Healthcare, a leading provider of mental health services in the UK. The role offers a 12-month preceptorship program with expert support, training, and supervision to help the candidate apply their academic knowledge in real-life situations. The successful candidate will work at Thornford Park, a combination of medium secure and low secure units, providing personalized assessment and treatment programs for individuals with mental illness, complex care needs, and personality disorders.

As a preceptee nurse, the candidate will work 37.5 hours per week (12-hour shifts) at Thornford Park, where they will help people with mental health conditions through their recovery pathway to lead as fulfilling and independent a life as possible. The role involves working alongside a multidisciplinary team to provide personalized assessment and treatment programs for individuals with mental illness, complex care needs, and personality disorders. The candidate will be developed to grow into a confident, autonomous professional with refined skills, values, and behaviors, with a focus on continuously developing themselves throughout their career with Elysium.

About us

You’ve just qualified as a nurse and are looking to choose your first job. One that will give your career the best start and the support you need. We’ve come to the right place.

When you join Elysium as a newly qualified Registered Nurse, you are automatically enrolled onto our Preceptorship Academy. That’s 12 months of expert support, training and supervision to help you apply your academic knowledge in real life situations.

You will be developed to grow into a confident, autonomous professional with refined skills, values and behaviours. That’s on top of your new role helping to change the lives of others and making a difference.

As a preceptee nurse, you’ll work 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts) at Thornford Park where you will help people with people with mental health conditions through their recovery pathway to lead as fulfilling and independent life as possible.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, a good amount of routine and colleagues there to help and encourage you.

Your personal development matters, after all, a better you means better care. So expect plenty of development opportunities to continually develop yourself throughout your career with Elysium, with openings or promotion open to all – over 2,000 of our staff were promoted last year. You could be one of them this year.

 

Things that you will have

• Relevant nursing qualification
• NMC registration
• Strong team-working skills
• High level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
• Positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• Commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice

 

Where you will be working

Location: 
Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET

 

You will work at Thornford Park which is a combination of medium secure and low secure units and rehabilitation flats. The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary to provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/ complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements. 

What you will get

• Annual salary of £31,695 (Inclusive of a £2,200 for forensic allowance & £1,000 for location)
• £5,000 welcome bonus
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers.

 

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.