Registered Mental Health Nurse

A six-month bank post through NHS Professionals, the NHS staff bank, places a Registered Mental Health Nurse at Southampton General Hospital. The work centres on promoting recovery, assessing and planning nursing care, giving medication and helping patients with personal care and everyday tasks. Shifts are weekday days only, Monday to Friday, with no nights or weekends, and local candidates are preferred as travel and accommodation are not covered. Applicants need recent mental health hospital or prison experience and a valid PMVA certificate.

What the job involves

• Assess patients and plan their nursing care
• Promote and support patient recovery
• Build relationships with patients, reassuring them and listening to them
• Help patients and their families manage stigma
• Administer medication
• Support patients with everyday tasks, including personal care
• Provide high quality care to patients
• Plan, implement and evaluate nursing care
• Work collaboratively with others to meet the needs of patients and families
• Maintain a safe and clean environment

What’s required

Qualifications

• Mental health nursing degree

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• At least 6 months as a mental health RN in a UK hospital or prison within the last 2 years, or a Return to Practice completed within the last 2 years
• Experience of working in a mental health hospital setting

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication skills
• Basic clinical observation skills
• Ability to keep records to a high standard
• Ability to work as an independent practitioner
• Proficiency in delivering patient care

Other

• Valid PMVA certificate
• Undertake regular mandatory training
• Available for Monday to Friday day shifts only
• Living locally to Southampton preferred, as travel and accommodation are not provided

What’s offered

• Competitive rates of pay
• Prompt payment, with work paid the following week
• First choice of shifts at the Trust and access to shifts before they are offered to agencies
• Flexible working, choosing when to work
• Holiday allowance built up for every shift worked
• Shift booking online or through a smartphone app
• 24/7 support line
• Access to learning and development opportunities

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