Mental Health Nurse

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Norwich

Mental Health Nurse

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NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Norwich

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 days ago, 24 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 94b2e4474b5b4ad4ac8806165a7b5ad7

Full Job Description

Are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate & individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership within an inpatient mental health setting providing functional mental ill health acute?
If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be a part of our team.
At NSFT, we have an exciting opportunities for Band 5 Nurses to join our Yare Ward team.
Yare Ward is an 15 bed male only ward at Hellesdon Hospital . It provides a service that promotes rehabilitation, recovery and quality of life using recovery based principles and processes for patients who are detained under a variety of sections under the mental health act 1983 (2007).
We have a skilled team of professionals that includes: nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, activity co-coordinators, physiotherapists and psychologists, supported by administration staff., We want to recruit Nurses who have experience in or an interest to develop new skills to support patients with a functional diagnosis and complex mental health and physical health needs in an older persons service. We are seeking a variety of skills and knowledge to join our teams, to enrich our workforce and provide the best care experience for our patients.
This is a very rewarding care environment and staff report to regularly feeling that they have made a positive difference to our patients, their families and carers.
If you would like to understand the complexities of functional related illness within older persons and the physical health needs of patients, we will ensure that you receive the training and time to update yourself with this necessary knowledge base that is unique to this field of nursing.

Benefits included with this role are:-
+ NHS pension
+ A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
+ Career progression
+ Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
+ Staff physio service
+ NHS discounts and many more
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.