Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

Located at Tatchbury Mount, Southampton; Austen House is a specialist hospital for adolescents with complex mental health needs. Austen House is made up of two wards, a Low Secure Unit (LSU) and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), jointly caring for up to 14 young people at anyone time.

As a staff nurse you will be a vital part of our multi-disciplined team helping us to deliver high standards of care to the young people we care for across both wards. Your day will be very varied and include supporting our young people through completion of nursing assessments, evaluation of care, contributing to ward reviews, training and development of junior staff and ensuring a high standard of nursing care is maintained through supervision. This post is also available to newly qualified staff and you will be offered a comprehensive preceptorship when you come to join us.Please note Austen House is a 24 7 service, working shifts consisting mostly of long days 7am-8.30pm, long day twilights 10am-11.30pm and nights 7.30pm-7.45am. It is essential that staff members are able to work a combination of the aforementioned shifts and can work across a 7 day week. Flexi working requests will be considered - We understand how important work life balance is and we know happy staff makes for outstanding care.

Main duties of the job

To contribute where required to the provision of a 24 hour, seven day a week in-patient based service, across an acute care pathway.Under the supervision of the Ward Managers and Charge Nurses, you are required to work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines.You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with patients, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met. To carry out all relevant forms of care and will be designated to take charge of a ward in the absence of a charge nurse.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Austen House

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2TA

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Austen House

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2TA

Employer's website

https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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