Band 5 RMN Inpatient Older Adult Staff Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Older Adult Mental Health directorate-, based in Dudley on Holyrood an OA Organic ward. The ward is supported by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team.

Applications are invited from both newly qualified Staff Nurses and those with relevant experience, to support our core values: Caring , Enabling , Working Together and Integrity.

You should be motivated and forward thinking in your approach and possess excellent communication and inter-personal skills. A degree of flexibility in approach is required along with a willingness to learn whilst working in a potentially challenging environment.

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care afforded to service users under appropriate supervision.

We have a strong commitment to the personal and professional development of our staff, through support, individual appraisal, comprehensive preceptorship programme, mentorship and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

• You will need to provide leadership and support for support staff
• Act as a role model for good clinical and care governance practice
• To take charge on a regular basis, and, in the absence of the management team, accepting responsibility for the smooth and effective running of the unit
• Good organisational skills
• Good supervisory skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to contribute to, monitor and implement changes that improvement service delivery and outcomes
• Enjoy working with service users with various mental health needs
• Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
• Be caring and compassionate
• Enjoy team work

About us

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health team. One that will give talented professionals like yourself the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.

Our ambitious service delivery model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families.

All new members to our Trust can look forward to an exciting and thorough induction programme, an outstanding rewards package, including access to a range of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) opportunities, opportunities for professional development and career progression supported by a Talent Management programme, clinical and professional support from a diverse and growing multi-disciplinary team, a creative, learning and forward thinking environment, an extensive Health and Wellbeing offer from internal and external services, generous annual leave, an NHS pension, long service awards, our net deduction car lease scheme and our 'purchase white goods through salary' scheme.