Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Reference
PRI97460
Location
Priory Hospital Preston, Rosemary Lane, Bartle, Preston, PR4 0HB
Priory Group Division
Healthcare
Salary
£36,176 - £38,596 + £5,000 Welcome Bonus (dependant on hours)
Hours
Full Time, Part-Time, Days & Nights available
Vacancy Type
Permanent - Full Time
Job Advert Role Description
We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our extensive clinical and nursing team at Priory Hospital Preston to provide the highest standards of care in line with the excellent reputation we are known for!
Who are Priory Hospital Preston
Set within lush and green hospital grounds, within easy reach of the M6 and M55 and with free parking on site, Priory Hospital Preston is a 38-bedded independent mental health hospital. The hospital sits within close proximity to the M6 and M55, making for excellent transport links for staff.
The hospital specialises in the management and treatment of patients experiencing an acute mental health crisis with two dedicated acute wards as well as a specialised unit to support patients with a diagnosis of an eating disorder. Services work in partnership with the NHS to provide the best quality outcomes for all patients. It has an excellent reputation for providing the highest standards of care together with an extensive range of services delivered across the three units.
An extensive clinical and nursing team work alongside therapy disciplines of Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics and Activity Coordinators throughout the hospital. Patients can access ward specific therapeutic programmes aimed at enhancing skills, self-care, coping strategies etc to support their admission and discharge into the community.
Forward thinking and committed to providing the best care to patients, and the best support to its employees, at Preston you’ll have the chance to develop your skills through Priory’s innovative Career Pathways scheme.
As well as all this, there are free meals on duty, flexible shift patterns, birthday holiday, and relocation support (including payment for accommodation or moving costs) up to £3000.
Job Profile
1. Deliver high quality, service users focussed care
2. Participate in the development of new services and care pathways
3. Support the local implementation of the Group Nursing Strategy
4. Engage in continuous quality improvement within your service
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Abilities
5. Registered nurse (RMN) with active NMC PIN with 12 months post qualifying experience
6. Relevant clinical experience
7. Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality
8. Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise.
9. Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
Priory Healthcare Benefits
10. Excellent salary
11. Free on-site parking
12. Supplemented meals
13. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
14. Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
15. Enhanced maternity pay
16. Contributory pension scheme
17. Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
18. Access to development opportunities
19. Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
20. Leadership & management development
21. Long service award
22. Refer a friend bonuses
23. Relocation support (including payment for accommodation or moving costs) up to £3000 (Terms apply)
Additional benefits for nurses at Preston:
24. Welcome bonus dependant on hours
25. Fully funded DBS
26. Fully funded NMC registration
27. Return to Practice support
28. Mentorship experience
29. CPD top up
30. Management and Leadership development opportunities
Our shift patterns are:
- Days Shifts 7am to 7:30pm
- Night Shifts 7pm to 7:30am
Night contracts available.
Are Registered Mental Health Nurses Superheroes?
At Priory Group, you don’t have to have superhuman powers to be a hero in our eyes. We want the care our nurses provide to our service users to be super. As a mental health nurse at Priory you’ll be part of a company that is supportive and has your welfare and interests at heart. Mental health nursing is a tough but rewarding career and we want to make sure that our relationship with you is a long-term thing, not a flash in the pan.
It takes a genuine desire to help other people, along with a lot of dedication and compassion to be a Mental Health Nurse. In return, we want to make sure you get the reward you deserve which is why we offer market leading salaries as well as bonuses and benefits, you’ll get job satisfaction and we’ll support you to develop your skills and grow with the company via our Career Pathways programme. You’ll get to build therapeutic relationships with the people you care for so you can help them through their difficult time and find ways to take control over their own health. It’s a chance to make a real and lasting difference to someone.
At Priory, you’ll be joining the UK’s largest provider of high quality mental health care with around 350 services across the country. Since joining forces with rehabilitation specialists, MEDIAN, we aim to be the leading European provider of mental health and rehabilitative services. By joining us, you’d be key to helping us bring the best of MEDIAN and Priory to our patients and residents.
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About us
As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.