RMN (Registered Mental Health Nurse)

Job summary

Whether you're newly qualified or have years of experience behind you, a career at the Redwoods Centre could be waiting for you.If you are a newly qualified nurse we will support you while in clinical practice and offer a trust preceptorship program.

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high quality clinical service to service users and their families and carers. You will participate in therapeutic group work programmes as well as taking the lead where appropriate. You will be required to administer medication and assess each individuals' care needs in order to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care. You will also be required to support student nurses on placement.

You will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines.

Main duties of the job

Redwoods Centre is situated in the rural town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The hospital offers mental health care and treatment across a variety of different age ranges and presentation. The current wards we are recruiting to are:

• Laurel, Birch and Pine are mixed gender adult acute Wards and are each made up of 16 beds
• Oak Ward is a mixed gender, Dementia Service ward, made up of 16 beds
• Holly Ward is a mixed gender, Older Adults ward, made up of 16 beds

Each of the ward teamsare multi-disciplinary, including Psychologist's, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Support Workers, Consultant Psychiatrists, to name just a few.

You may already live in Shropshire or are considering relocation to an idyllic semi-rural location.

If you would like to arrange an informal visit to one of our friendly teams / sites or would like further information, we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Cassandra.brazierjones@mpft.nhs.uk, Lead Site Manager for more information

About us

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.

We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

As part of our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we welcome applications from candidates who meet the specific criteria, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical and/or mental disability or offending background.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.