Band 5 Staff Nurse

Avon & Wiltshire Partnership; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Salisbury seeks dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurses. Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication, nursing skills, and ability to coordinate shifts. The position offers a collaborative work environment with training and a comprehensive induction package available. Successful candidates will participate in personal development, evaluations, and audits while ensuring safety and compliance with guidelines.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction package

Annual appraisals and career progression

Access to training focused on management and leadership skills

Qualifications

• Must undertake comprehensive nursing assessments and prepare care plans.
• Evaluate care effectiveness in partnership with users.
• Maintain patient records compliant with NMC guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred nursing assessment and care plans.
• Evaluate nursing care effectiveness with service users.
• Participate in education and training opportunities.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Shift coordination

Competent nursing abilities

Time management

Risk assessment

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification

Tools

Electronic rostering systems (Rosterpro)

Job description

Beechlydene Ward are looking for like-minded enthusiastic and dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurses who share our visions and values. Beechlydene is a 21-bed ward split into single-sex wings, providing an excellent opportunity to work with service users with a range of mental health needs in crisis. Working alongside a supportive and cohesive team, you will demonstrate excellent communication skills, shift coordination and competent nursing abilities within the clinical area to both registered and unregistered staff. You will ensure continuity of care and implementation of trust policies. Developmental support will be provided through the supervision structure and ward manager, with access to training focused on clinical, management and leadership skills. In addition, you will receive a comprehensive induction package upon commencing employment, annual appraisals focusing on your development and career progression within the Trust, and an excellent preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.

Responsibilities

• Undertake a comprehensive, person-centred nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with service users.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users.
• Complete risk assessments.
• Implement research-based practice.
• Maintain and develop professional knowledge, skills and expertise.
• Ensure that service provision is safe and therapeutic.
• Demonstrate effective time management.
• Utilise electronic rostering systems (Rosterpro).
• Participate in education and training opportunities.
• Maintain patient records in accordance with relevant NMC Guidelines and Trust Policy.
• Ensure safety of clients and staff within the unit and fulfil legal obligations.
• Take part in a rolling programme of audit.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. Our services reach approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Libby Stephens
Job title: Ward manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07714 174085
01722 820150