Mental Health Staff Nurse - Bluebell Ward in Reading

Whether you are newly qualified or an established Mental Health Staff Nurse, we can offer you some fantastic opportunities to build upon and consolidate your learning or help you strive towards your next career goal.

Our flexible working patterns consisting of short days (early shift: 06:45-14:15 and late shift: 12:00-20:00) or long days (06:45-20:00) and nights (19:30-07:15) give colleagues options that support an improved work-life balance.

Our Preceptorship programme is designed to support your development into the mental health in-patients staff nurse role with a bespoke induction week, monthly supervision and training sessions, and a comprehensive structure of ongoing support.

As an established mental health staff nurse, we are able to offer great learning opportunities to support your continued professional development. You are an enthusiastic registered mental health nurse with a passion for caring for vulnerable patients. With excellent communication and people skills, a warm personality, and the resilience to help us transform our patients' lives, you will have a good understanding of acute mental health treatment and legislation. A calming influence, you will be able to deal with difficult and distressing situations professionally. Your energy and drive will be rewarded with the support of an enthusiastic team that strives to create a warm, friendly, and compassionate environment.

• You will be clinically responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of effective nursing care on a Mental Health ward.
• You will liaise with other Professional Teams and with those providing support services.
• Occasionally, as part of your professional development plan, take charge of the ward under the supervision of a more senior qualified nursing staff member/colleague.
• You will ensure that the clinical, environmental, and social needs of the patient are met by assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care, seeking guidance and direction from senior nursing staff working in the unit where necessary.
• To be the best you can be, you'll access our professional clinical and leadership development to ensure you are up to date, feel confident, and develop as a nurse and leader, and manage and supervise a team of junior staff.

About us: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment, and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The must-haves for you to be considered for this role:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Previous experience working in a mental health care setting.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Understanding of Mental Health legislation, which includes MHA, MCA, and DOLs.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

• Education/Qualifications/Training: Registered Mental Health Nurse, IT Literate, Continuous Professional Development, Desire to undertake further training and self-improvement to support patient experience.
• Previous Experience: Demonstrable understanding of an Acute Mental Health environment, Previous experience working in a mental health care setting, Clinical Governance understanding.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Good oral and written communication skills, Understanding Mental Health legislation, which includes the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and DOLs, Supervision of junior staff, Teamworking and an ability to play an effective part in wider MDT, Able to work effectively with colleagues, Able to work under pressure in a challenging environment.
• Additional Requirements: Ability to travel to multiple sites, Honest, trustworthy, reliable, Understand the limits of your abilities.

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.