Senior Mental Health Nurse
Posted 11 hours 13 minutes ago by NHS
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Nurse to join the Mental Health team at HMP Leeds, a Category B men's prison housing males aged 21+.
Hours
37.5 hours a week, covering 7 days, all day shifts (9.5hrs), no nights. Shifts include 8am-6pm and late stop at 9pm which is rotted monthly. Weekends are spread out over 4-6 weeks, bank holidays included.
Salary
This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £49,175 per annum FTE - depending on experience.
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team
- Responsible for assessment and ongoing management of patients' mental health needs.
- Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team as an autonomous practitioner managing a caseload of patients, assessing their physical, social and psychological needs to develop a holistic health care plan.
- Contribute to our nursing strategy and vision to provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
- Deliver non judgemental care, building therapeutic relationships and promoting professional boundaries.
- Play an active part in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients' care following our policies and procedures and always considering safeguarding.
- NMC Registered.
- Experience of working within mental health settings, developing knowledge and understanding of this patient group.
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
- Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies and stakeholders in a multi disciplinary environment.
- Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment (ideal but not essential).
Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and, due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.