Mental Health Nurse

Are you a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Adult Acute Mental Health Norbury Ward (PICU) at St Georges Hospital Stafford. We are an award-winning team and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential.Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

As an experienced Mental Health Nurse (RMN) from the NHS or private sector, you'll join a team that works in close partnership with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services, and you’ll join a Trust that puts people at the heart of what we do.

We provide inpatient facilities for working-age adults with acute mental health problems and we are looking for caring, compassionate individuals to work within our acute service who are committed to providing high-quality care and treatment to our patients.Working in an acute environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude, and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most difficult times.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy, and together we can make life better for our communities.

**What you will get**:

- An annual salary of up to £32,934 (37.5 hours per week) depending on experience
- 35 - 41 days annual leave - including bank holidays (depending on the length of service)
- Attractive relocation package *
- Ongoing career development and training
- NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes in the UK
- Wellbeing support, such as access to the MPFT Staff Psychology Service, and additional wellbeing days, along with activities throughout the year
- Annual recognition event recognising our employees who live and breathe our values
- Flexible working opportunities
- There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, a cycle-to-work scheme, an annual leave purchase scheme, and much more

**Things that you will have**:

- A relevant nursing qualification and registration - RMN
- facing experience in the last 3 years
- 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 values and evidence-based practice
- Excellent teamwork skills, and professionalism

**What you will be doing**:

- Delivering high-quality clinical service to patients and their families.
- Acting as named nurse to a group of patients under the direction/supervision of the person identified with continuing responsibility.
- Participating in therapeutic group work programs.
- Taking charge of the ward in the absence of the ward manager and deputy ward manager.

You will be responsible for assessing care needs and contributing to; the formulation of the person’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence-based interventions. In conjunction with themulti-disciplinary team, you will provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the serviceuser and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.