If you are newly qualified or already a Band 5 Nurse, who wants the opportunity to be developed and make a difference, we are looking for nurses to join our dedicated team on the Dragonfly Unit, based at Carlton Court, Suffolk.
The Dragonfly Unit is a general adolescent unit for young people between the ages of 12-17, working with both males and females. We have 12 beds on our unit and work with young people who have a wide range of mental health problems and eating disorders.
We are looking for a Band 5 Nurse who has skills in working with children, young people and their families and carers. CAMHS experience would be especially welcome as would knowledge of attachment, child development and working systemically. While experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas. We would like individuals to be well motivated, have good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and an enthusiasm for working with children and their families who are going through difficult and stressful periods in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being.
Main duties of the job
You will be working within an inpatient service with a focus on a recovery approach. You will have the opportunity to lead and direct the structure and focus of the ward routine for service users and staff and contribute to service developments bridging inpatient and community services.
As a Band 5 Nurse at Dragonfly, you will have the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills in an exciting and dynamic environment.
Come and join us as we strive for excellence!
As part of our ongoing strive for excellence, we are developing a 'care team' approach to patient-centred care. We're looking for a hands-on, flexible nurse who is skilled at developing therapeutic relationships. You would be involved in the planning and delivering of interventions to support goal-based recovery plans.
It can be a challenging environment at times, so we need clinicians with a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and a hands-on approach. It is vital that the clinician is reflective around issues of power and difference, sees the importance of working across systems, and can do that effectively.
If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high-quality clinical skills, and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference in people's lives, then we would love to hear from you.
About us
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
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.
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities. 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:
* 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)
* NHS discounts and many more
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
* Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training
Experience
* Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
Skills
* Ability to work regularly unsupervised
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* Good verbal and written skills
* Good observation and reporting skills
* Ability to use own initiative
* Ability to display common sense
* Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations
* Be self-aware and have the ability to learn
* Ability to motivate others
* Satisfactory verbal and written English language skills
* Ability to supervise others
Knowledge
* Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
* Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it.
* Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act 1983
Other
* Flexibility and adaptability
* Fitness to undergo PMA training and perform full duties of post
* Enthusiastic and well motivated
* Able to work as part of a close team
* Awareness and understanding of equity and diversity issues
* Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period
* Generally interested and motivated to work in a care environment
* Ability to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year gross per annum
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