Mental Health Nurse inHertfordshire inHertfordshire PUBLISHED TUE 14 JAN 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the team at Rhodes Wood Hospital, a specialist Inpatient Eating Disorder service for children and young people aged 12 up to 18 years. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that works well together to change lives for the better, developing specialist skills and making a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

As a qualified Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will ensure children and young people in this specialist Inpatient Eating Disorder service receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting positive teamwork. 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, and observing, recording and reporting all service user changes, and maintaining accurate records of care provided.

About us

Are you an experienced 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 Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hatfield and come and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like. 

*Please be aware that you must have completed your Preceptorship in order to be considered for this post.   

As an experienced Mental Health Nurse from the NHS or private sector in the UK, you can join a multidisciplinary team that works well together to change lives for the better as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.  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 Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will ensure children and young people in this specialist Inpatient Eating Disorder 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
• NMC registration
• 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: Shepherds Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield AL9 6NN

Rhodes Wood Hospital is a specialist Inpatient Eating Disorder service for children and young people aged 12 up to 18 years. Each treatment programme is tailored to the needs of the young person.

What you will get

• Annual salary of up to £38,000 plus £5,000 Welcome Bonus*
• *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 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.