Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for a role to develop your clinical skills & knowledge?
Beechwood Ward is an 18 bedded, Older Person's Acute Admission Ward. We treat everyone in our care with dignity and humanity, we understand a person's individual needs, show compassion and sensitivity, whilst providing care in a way that respects all people equally.
We promote least restrictive practice and have a very experienced and diverse team on Beechwood ward.
We have nurses from a variety of disciplines (adult, mental health and learning disabilities) and we have experience from older persons, adult acute, PICU, Child and learning difficulties.
We support staff to progress and encourage new initiatives on the ward. We pride ourselves on introducing change that benefits our patients and enhances patient experience.
We are passionate about empowering & equipping our nursing team with the right skills to work therapeutically & to thrive in their career. This means that we value & prioritise clinical supervision, & a wealth of training & development opportunities are available.
We know how important a work life balance is and we are open to flexible working. We work 24/7, 365 days a year & so there is lots of capacity to ensure your working hours work for you. We support applications for compressed hours & other forms of flexible working.
The post holder will be required to contribute where required to the provision of a 24 hour, seven day acute inpatient service.
You will work under the supervision of the Ward Manager and Charge Nurses, adhering to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines. You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
You will develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with patients, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met. You will carry out all relevant forms of care, taking charge of the ward from time to time as allocated. As part of your professional development programme, you will be expected to attend additional training and actively participate in monthly supervision.
You will work as an active member of the wider unit team, taking lead responsibility for a key project/ subject matter.
You will be required to prioritise attendance at all training, attend supervision and apply reflective practice continuously to enable learning needs to be identified and met.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.