Staff Nurse

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are recruiting for a Mental Health Nurse who wishes to join our team. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care.

Seagrove Ward is a six bed mixed sex Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU); which forms part of the wider mental health acute care pathway within the integrated Isle of Wight NHS Trust. The team aim to provide collaborative and individualised patient care in a safe and therapeutic environment and is passionate about reducing the use of restrictive interventions.

The right candidate will be confident imaginative and enthusiastic You should be able to demonstrate both the drive and motivation to help us to maintain high standards of care and join us on our quality improvement journey.

We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, in collaboration with the Team, will be responsible for the delivery of the highest professional standard of care, assessment, treatment and support of people within the Service.

This post is designed to be flexible within Mental Health Access and Acute Services. The post holder would be expected to work across all of Mental Health Services should the need arise anddemonstrate a high level of clinical expertise and leadership in respect of all colleagues.

To act as role model to the Support Workers and other staff and to plan, implement and provide meaningful activity for patients within in-patient services. Provide patients with assessments, care plans and treatment plans as appropriate, and ensure that these are put into practice and evaluated.

To contribute to new service developments and actively take these forward as required and be flexible and work with colleagues to promote the best outcomes for patients.

If you wish to discuss this opportunity, please contact Fiona Cleary on: 01983 533363.

About us

Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.

This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.

We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the new organisation will be called Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

As part of the move towards working as one organisation, people employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 30 April 2024, will transfer to Southern Health Foundation Trust under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 May 2024.

On 1st July 2024 Southern Health will become the new organisation (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Foundation Trust).

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust will continue to deliver both acute and ambulance services for the island population.

Date posted

08 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

470-23-8104-KP-2

Job locations

Sevenacres - Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Newport

PO30 5TG

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description & person specification document attached. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1st level registered nurse, RN (MH), RN (LD) with current NMC Registration
Successful completion of preceptorship

Skills

Essential

Communication Skills

Knowledge

Essential

Good range knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care including experience of delivering CBT based interventions
Knowledge of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1st level registered nurse, RN (MH), RN (LD) with current NMC Registration
Successful completion of preceptorship

Skills

Essential

Communication Skills

Knowledge

Essential

Good range knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care including experience of delivering CBT based interventions
Knowledge of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).