Mental Health Nurse - Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Service

Are you a Mental Health Nurse RMN looking for a new challenge in Forensic Mental Health?Ash Ward provides inpatient care in a low secure setting. The service provides a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for patients with a focus on risk assessment and reduction, rehabilitation and discharge planning for return to the community.You will be responsible for the provision of specialist forensic mental health nursing care and treatment for individuals who have a mental disorder and have demonstrated offending behaviour or who present a significant risk to others.You will be integral to the multi-disciplinary team, providing assessment and treatment to men of working age within a recovery focused service. There is a need to demonstrate a commitment to teamwork.Personal and professional development is a requirement of the post and will be supported through both internal and external training opportunities.You will be required to work rotational shifts and be required to work a
proportion of shifts which include evenings and weekends and may be required to work in other areas of the Trust to meet service needs.You'll be joining a supportive and friendly team that will make your transition into the ward an enjoyable experience.

Main duties of the job

The role includes leading a team during the shift alongside a fellow RMN, providing evidenced-based care to our clients and working collaboratively with our community team colleagues to ensure that the admission and discharge process is effective.

You will lead the clinical management of designated service users, ensuring comprehensive nursing care is assessed, implemented, and planned effectively. You will also be responsible for engaging junior staff and students in patient activities, and meticulously observing, reporting, and recording changes in patients' physical and mental health and behaviour.

Additionally, you will support the Clinical Lead and Ward Manager in providing clinical leadership within the team, contributing to achieving team objectives, targets, and quality standards.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!