Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 5 Staff Nurse - Bristol
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Cherry Ward
Cherry Ward functions as an 18 bedded mixed sex acute ward for adults of working age (18-65yrs). The ward successfully opened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and since opening, our well developed, diverse and high achieving nursing team have received high praise. Cherry Ward takes pride on being a therapies driven acute inpatient ward where we focus on utilising least restrictive therapeutic approaches to caring for our service users.
The ward works closely with the other inpatient wards to facilitate treatment on both the AWP Callington Road Hospital site and other units across the locality. Working on Cherry Ward would provide you with a wealth of learning opportunities to develop new skills in working with service users from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures, who are experiencing an acute episode of mental health problems.
About the Role
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our experienced and cohesive team. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality, evidence-based individualised and person centred care with the emphasis being on providing a therapeutic environment, allowing our service users a space for assessment, treatment and recovery.
All nursing staff are expected to work a mixture of shifts, consisting of earlies, lates, nights and weekends. All staff are expected to have undertaken or undertake RRI training and PERT.
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Your role as a Band 5 Staff Nurse will include:
- Coordinating shifts
- Attending ward rounds
- Completing medication rounds
- Supervising students and HCA's
- Working closely with service users in the key working role
- Supporting both service users and their carers during their admission and discharge back in to the community
Cherry Ward staff have a well-established working relationship with our neighbouring acute wards on the Callington Road site - we try to support each other wherever possible. All staff are expected to support other units on site, particularly in emergencies.
Development Opportunities
We are keen to develop our Staff Nurses; you will receive relevant training and supervision, develop close links with multiagency services in Bristol, and you may be able to rotate into other areas of Bristol inpatient services.
Cherry Ward offers opportunities around career development, taking on lead roles to support the development of the team and service delivery. We also welcome our staff to seek additional training opportunities to meet their interests, eg. working with learning disabilities, dual diagnosis and furthering continued professional and academic development. You will be supported as a practice assessor/practice supervisor for students & be actively encouraged to be a vital part of student nurses learning and development.
About Us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
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We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Megan Habgood
- Job Title: Ward Manager
- Email Address: Megan.habgood@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0117 9195831
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