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.

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 teams are 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.

Here are 10 reasons to apply for a role within MPFT in Shropshire:

• We are truly passionate about developing our staff and will support you on your career journey every step of the way
• We support our nursing staff to take on leadership roles
• We will work with you to design bespoke rotational posts in line with your interests, if that is what you want - whether you choose inpatient services, CAMHS, dementia or complex personality disorders to name but a few…
• We offer an excellent Preceptorship Programme
• Average house prices in Shropshire are well under national average at £217k
• Shropshire schools consistently outperform and there is an array of excellent state schools and colleges
• Look after your own health and wellbeing - Shropshire Hills are a designated area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Spend your days off visiting Shropshire’s 57 castles and forts and its 2 World Heritage Sites!
• Shropshire is perfect for growing families - the traditional market towns with their high quality shops and restaurants contrast with hi tech Telford new town and its plentiful job opportunities
• Fantastic transport links to Shrewsbury and Telford, should you need to commute!

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

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