Senior Mental Health Nurse inThatcham inThatcham PUBLISHED WED 8 JAN 2025

This is an opportunity for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the team at Thornford Park in Thatcham and work in a supportive, rewarding environment where kindness and teamwork are integral. The role involves providing high-quality, compassionate nursing care to service users in a Mental Health service, while also supporting and mentoring colleagues. The successful candidate will have a relevant nursing qualification and registration, 18 months of experience as a Registered Nurse, and a positive, flexible approach to their work.

As a qualified Senior Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will ensure people with Mental Health conditions in this Mental Health service receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting positive teamwork. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include providing high-quality, effective and compassionate nursing care to service users, being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, providing mentorship and support to team members, and observing, recording and reporting all service user changes, and maintaining accurate records of care provided.

About us

Are you an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse wanting to work in an environment where kindness and teamwork is integral? Where you'll be invested in, with opportunities to develop and grow your career to achieve your goals? Then join the team at Thornford Park in Thatcham and come and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like. 

As an experienced Nurse from the NHS or private sector, you'll join the team at Thornford Park with the Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit as a Senior Mental Health Nurse (RMN) working 37.5 hours per week (12.5-hour shifts), where you will change lives for the better.

Your career at Elysium will be rewarding and fulfilled, where you can take pride in knowing that you've made a difference. While you're caring for service users, improving their lives and looking out for your colleagues, we'll be looking after you. With Wellbeing support and activities to support your mental health, a range of benefits that can save you money and make a difference, and development to nurture your career.  

What you will be doing

As a qualified Senior Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will ensure people with Mental Health conditions in this Mental Health service receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting positive teamwork.

The wards are busy, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, and a good amount of routine and variety. Your day-to-day will include:

• Providing high-quality, effective and compassionate nursing care to service users.
• Being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care
• Providing mentorship and support to team members
• Observing, recording and reporting all service user changes, and maintaining accurate records of care provided

Skills and knowledge you will have:

• A relevant nursing qualification and registration
• NMC registration
• 18-months experience as a Registered Nurse
• Strong team-working skills
• A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
• A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• A 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 £37,621 (Inclusive of a £2,200 for forensic allowance & £1000 location allowance)
• Welcome bonus up to £5K
• Applicants who require sponsorship for this role and required to apply from outside the UK will receive an International Relocation Package
• 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, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

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.