You will be joining our Adult Mental Health Ward at The Redwoods Centre, Shrewsbury. Birch Ward is a 16 bedded mixed gender adult acute ward caring for patients of working age.

the post is a full time permanent position and you will be required to work both day and night shifts on a roster basis.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

MPFT will offer a welcome bonus of 10% of first year salary-at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment.

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

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What is it like to be an Inpatient Mental Health Nurse at MPFT? - YouTube

Main duties of the job

What you will be doing

• Working on an identified adult mental health ward, with the flexibility of working across wards, dependent on skill and service need.
• Delivering high quality clinical service-to-service users and their families.
• Be responsible for the management and care delivery of patients referred to the Ward, by liaising with statutory and non-statutory agencies where appropriate and developing a network of support to patients and their carers to ensure a high standard of therapeutic care is delivered.
• To be responsible for managerial and clinical supervision of other team members where identified.
• Delivering therapeutic interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
• To be responsible for the management of the clinical area in the absence of the ward manager and quality lead.
• To implement agreed monitoring of effectiveness of care implementing the essence of care guidance.

Things that you will have:

• Registered professional (NMC)
• Post registration course/s at degree or diploma level
• Registered student practice supervisor and assessor
• Leadership qualification (Desirable)
• A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach

About us

As well as all the usual excellent benefits the NHS offer, including generous pension and holiday entitlement we can also offer:

• MPFT will offer a welcome bonus of 10% of first year salary- at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment
• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to �2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccination every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to �250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Before applying for this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to view the full job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered mental health professional (NMC)

Desirable

• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of extensive post registration experience

Qualifications

Essential

• student practice assessor

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birch Ward

The Redwoods Centre

Shrewsbury

SY3 8DS

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