Job Title: Senior Registered Mental Health/Learning Disabilities Nurse (RMN/RNLD)
Location: Willenhall
Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Full time, nights, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £37,992 - £40,455 per annum + £3000 welcome bonus
Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join our client's night team. Here's an opportunity to be part of a unit that provides extensive multidisciplinary team (MDT) support to both patients and colleagues. You'll collaborate with professionals such as Ward Managers, Charge Nurses, Doctors, Support Workers, Therapists, Activity Coordinators, and the Senior Management Team.
As a Senior Staff Nurse, your role involves caring for patients with acute mental health needs admitted for assessment and treatment.
Their Nurses work flexible night shift patterns (19:30 pm – 08:00 am), with 7 shifts over a 14-day period. Flexible working and part-time options are also available.
About Our Client:
Our client is a 28-bed hospital located in Willenhall. The hospital comprises three small acute wards, fostering a community atmosphere.
They focus on providing a person-centred approach and therapeutic environment, promoting collaborative care planning to optimise treatment goals. Their goal is to support patients' safe discharge back into the community for continued recovery in a less restrictive environment.
Patients are typically referred to our client from local NHS trusts. They pride themselves on fostering excellent working relationships with patients, families, and external agencies to support collaborative care and ensure clear communication throughout the care pathway, facilitating individuals' recovery and discharge. Their interventions encompass a wide range of therapeutic approaches, integrating psychiatric and cognitive behavioural perspectives with occupational therapy, psychology, and leisure and recreational activities.
To excel in this position, you should have:
- Valid NMC registration as RMN or RNLD
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in mental health services
- Evidence of post-registration continuing professional development
- A positive attitude and dedication to change, improvement, and quality
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
- Familiarity with NMC standards, guidelines, and professional practices
- Understanding of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice
In return, we offer:
- Strong support within your role, with emphasis on continuing professional development
- A 6-month preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Support from Ward Managers, Charge Nurses during day shifts, and Night Managers during night shifts
- On-call manager and senior manager system
- Availability of Junior Doctor and Consultant Psychiatrists onsite or on call
- Access to funded CPD courses relevant to your role
- Opportunity to undertake Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor training with Wolverhampton University
- Comprehensive training via our online Academy and face-to-face sessions
- Free access to RCNi
- Fully funded NMC registration
- Chance to support nursing students
- Opportunities for career progression, including roles such as Charge Nurse, Night Manager, and Ward Manager
- Possibility of taking on leadership roles within the hospital
- 25 days of annual leave
- Company pension scheme
- Extra day off for your birthday
- Provided meals during duty hours
- Access to a pooled wellbeing fund for team health and wellbeing improvements
- Kitchen access with complimentary hot and cold drinks, breakfast, and fruit
- Relocation package available
Apply now through Sanctuary Personnel.
