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Registered Nurse - Acute Mental Health
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your career in acute mental health? We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our supportive team on Sandpiper Ward at Hellesdon Hospital.
About the Ward
Sandpiper is a 16-bed acute adult inpatient ward for men experiencing functional mental illness. We provide compassionate, recovery-focused care within a supportive multidisciplinary team. Our focus is on delivering safe, high-quality care while promoting dignity, independence and positive patient outcomes.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills, confidence and leadership potential. You will be supported through induction, supervision, training and professional development.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide safe, effective and person-centred care to patients throughout their inpatient journey.
- Develop therapeutic relationships, contribute to assessments and care planning, support recovery goals and promote patients’ independence and wellbeing.
- Work collaboratively with patients, families, carers and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure care is coordinated and responsive to individual needs.
- Your role will include physical health monitoring, risk assessment and management, medicines management, safeguarding and supporting the safe management of restrictive practices.
- Use your clinical judgement, respond to changing needs, support therapeutic interventions and contribute to positive recovery outcomes.
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Benefits
We are committed to your development and offer:
- A comprehensive induction, clinical supervision, preceptorship where appropriate, specialist training and continuing professional development.
- Career progression.
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays).
- Staff physio service.
- NHS pension.
- NHS discounts and many more.
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Why Work for Us?
We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Contact Information
We welcome informal discussions and would love you to get in touch to talk about the opportunities available and come and visit to see what we are all about.
Name: John Kasensa
Job Title: Sandpiper Ward Manager
Email Address: John.Kasensa@nsft.nhs.uk
Telephone Number: 01603421018
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