Job summary

Post Title: Staff Nurse

Department: Older adults

Location: Dudley

Directorate: Operations and Nursing

Band: Band 5

Hours: 37.5 hours

Contract Type: Permanent

Responsible to: Ward Manager

This post is only for RMN's

Main duties of the job

Newly Qualified and Experienced Staff Nurses

Do you have a keen interest in Older Adult Mental Health? If you are and you want to join our motivated and enthusiastic team on Malvern ward at Bushey Fields Hospital please see below.

An opportunity has become available for experienced and enthusiastic RMN's to join our team. Malvern ward is a functional mental health ward for Older adults based at Bushey Fields Hospital, looking after patients with a range of acute mental health needs. The team comprises of OT's, medics, psychologists and pharmacists who work well and cohesively together on a day to day basis. All staff are given opportunities for development and training and we have development programmes for band 5 and band 6 staff in addition to the on-going training required for your role. There is also a trust revalidation training programme to support our valued staff nurses.

If you want to make a difference to patients and work in a caring and positive environment with people with are passionate about the care we provide then please call Marianne on details below to have a chat or informal visit.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide nursing care to patients with mental health problems within an inpatient setting, in line with the 6 Areas of Action identified in the Vision and Strategy for Nurses, Midwives and Care Staff (also known as the 6Cs): Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.

As a qualified nurse the post holder will provide co-ordination, assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for people with mental health problems in the inpatient setting.

The post holder will act as a named nurse. They will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the continuing development of the service.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name

Marianne Cole

Job title

Ward Manager

Email address

marianne.cole@nhs.net

Telephone number

01384 325089

Person Specification

Registered RMN

Essential

• MUST HOLD CURRENT REGESTRATION

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• MUST HAVE 12 MONTHS EXPRIENCE AS AN RMN

Desirable

• oLDER aDULT EXPERIENCE

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