Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse - Aspen Wood (R&R incentives)
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We're recruiting for Aspen Wood, our latest new learning disability low secure facility.If you're a qualified band 5 nurse, your annual pay will be £32,407 to 38,581 (inclusive of £4,000 recruitment and retention premia) depending on experience, in addition you will receive a £1500 welcome bonus payment on completing three months at Aspen Wood, with two further payments of £1500 at 12 months and 24 months. inclusive of recruitment and retention premia and a welcome bonus.
We're looking for qualified learning disability and mental health nurses, and allied health professionals, to work in our state of the art specialist learning disability facility in Maghull Health Park, Merseyside.
You'll be joining one of the most innovative and progressive NHS trusts in the country that offers specialist inpatient and community services to support physical and mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury.
Recruitment and retention premia of £4k per annum is paid to qualified nurses in 12 monthly instalments, in addition to £1500 on completing three months at Aspen Wood, with two further payments of £1500 at 12 months and 24 months. All the while you'll be given opportunities to develop your career.
Main duties of the job
Due to open in 2023, Aspen Wood is a state of the art, 40 bed hospital, providing specialist learning disability and mental health care & treatment.
The division is responsible for specialised secure mental health services, in low, medium and high secure settings for service users with a primary classification of mental illness, and personality disorders. Working across the division as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of high standards of care and treatment to a complex group of service users. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to gain invaluable experience in a specialist forensic environment.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Date posted
11 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
350-SELD4886959-A-L
Job locations
Secure & SpLD Division - Aspen Wood
Maghull Health Park
Maghull
L31 1HW
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Secure & SpLD Division - Aspen Wood
Maghull Health Park
Maghull
L31 1HW
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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