Registered Mental Health Nurse 37.5 hours per week

As a leading Learning Disability and Mental Health Charity, we provide healthcare and support for people with serious mental illness along a recovery pathway influenced by a psychosocial intervention framework., To take charge of the service in the absence of the Clinical Lead and Senior Nurse Practitioner to ensure its smooth running and that standards of care are maintained To assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes with service users, and to ensure that support is provided in accordance with individual plans for the people we support To establish and maintain good relationships between the people we support, relatives and staff To ensure the delivery of an individualised treatment plan for the people we support To deliver on medication management as per the company Policies and Procedures for Medicine Management, NMC and The Care Quality Commission An interest in mental health rehabilitation and promoting independence would help, however, skills can be transferred across from other professional training. You may be involved in clinical reviews with our Responsible Clinician and liaise with GPs, MDTS and families. A full Supervision/Appraisal approach will be available. Daily support and guidance is available from peers and supervisors.

Meadow Park Independent Hospital in Ellesmere Port is a mixed gender 20 bedded Mental Health communityIndependent Hospitalspecialising in the rehabilitation of people with severe and enduring mental health issues. Through co production utilising person centred working Meadow Park offers a Multi-disciplinary approach based on a psycho social model to enable people to work through their recovery and leave the inpatient environment with the ability to be as independent as possible

• .Meadow Park is the community provision of the local rehabilitation pathway with admissions from local acute, high dependency rehabilitation and low secure environments. The pathway then offers step down to community support and outreach with effective transition planning as part of a persons journey.
Nurses at Meadow Park must be prepared to demonstrate their ability to continually develop both personally & professionally and be motivated to work towards further improving the standards of clinical care within the service. Candidates should be passionate about delivering person centred care, want to work collaboratively with the people they support and use every opportunity to inspire hope within their relationships. AFG also offer career progression within the organisation which is strongly encourage to all nurses at Meadow Park. If you are looking at a Preceptorship, please let us know first so that we can advise you further.

We ensure the people we support can move along a pathway towards independence at their own pace and build their coping and lifestyle skills gradually within a therapeutic environment. We value our people and truly believe in making a difference through the service we provide. As well as working within a great team and a great culture, you can expect to earn a competitive salary ranging from £17.05 - £19.41 per hour dependent upon experience as well as an annual holiday allowance of 33 days inclusive of bank holidays. Salary based on post qualification experience, pro rata depending on actual working hours We are committed to providing ongoing training and development opportunities for our staff and support newly qualified nurses through preceptorship. We also provide support with revalidation with the NMC, and ongoing professional development and career progression.