Staff Nurse: Willows ward - Older Persons Inpatient

Job overview

Staff Nurse: Willows  ward,  Older Persons' Inpatient

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse to join our team. Willows ward is a specialist mixed sex admission ward for the assessment and treatment of functional and organic mental health, with 19 beds.

We work hard to make sure we provide quality, evidence-based and collaborative care in all of the areas we cover.  This role will include interaction and communication with a wide scope of people including service users, health and social care staff, medical and carers.

So, are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate and individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership within an inpatient mental health setting?  If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be a part of our team.

Main duties of the job

Staff Nurse: Willow Ward – Mixed sex Organic and functional inpatient later life ward.

We are looking for energetic people who want to make a difference and be part of specialist team who like to think outside of the box.

We value life skills, lived experience and a commitment to work with us to meet the needs of the service user and their carers and relatives. We are keen to integrate individuals existing skills into the services we are able to provide, as well as supporting personal and professional development through training and professional development.

On Willow Ward 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.

Main duties of the job

Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge. Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs. Use available resources effectively. Participate in recruitment, selection and induction of junior staff. Report and record incidents, complaints and accidents involving patients, staff or visitors in accordance with Trust and Service Standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• 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 discounts and many more.

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