Band 5 Staff Nurse - Weston-super-Mare

We have all been touched by dementia at some point in our lives. Here on Dune Ward, we go above and beyond to support those living with dementia. We work with service users and carers during a period of time when they need compassion, understanding and support.

We are constantly exploring new and innovative ideas to improve our service, alongside the evidence-based care we deliver on a daily basis. All relevant training is provided, in addition to CPD opportunities.

In addition to supporting our service users, Dune Ward is passionate about the health and wellbeing of their staff and promoting a good work/life balance. Local clinical supervision is offered, and flexible working will be considered on request. We have a health and wellbeing lead who runs a session every team day, in addition to putting on events and activities throughout the year., You will be a registered nurse who is innovative, dynamic and enthusiastic with a passion for working with service users, relatives and other professionals to deliver the highest quality of care and continually working to improve the standards of care offered.

You will coordinate shifts and delegate jobs to staff appropriately. You will carry out medications rounds in line with trust policy. You will work with service users on a team and a 1-1 level to make them feel safe and comfortable during their admission.

You will have good IT skills, and use these to record daily notes, write and review care plans and risk assessments, and also ward round or CPA notes.

In return, you will be offered a unique opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge within an acute admission ward for people with dementia.

You will be supported to gain expertise in Dementia Care through training and development. Dune Ward also offers a unique learning opportunity through its rolling training programme, involving bespoke and targeted learning every week all year round for the whole team. This covers topics in relation to physical health care, mental health care, older adult, dementia care and inpatient nursing skills.

You will be offered monthly supervision, with a specific focus on your health and wellbeing, in addition to any developmental requests.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.