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Preceptor Nurse (Adult Mental Health) RMN or RNLD

Employer
Priory Group
Location
Bromley, Greater London, England
Salary
£25k per year + Enhancements
Closing date
18 Dec 2017

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Sector
Mental Health Nursing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Providing quality, inspiring innovation and  delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health difficulties to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Situated in tranquil grounds on the outskirts of Hayes Village, near Bromley in Kent, the Priory Hospital Hayes Grove is a 47 bedded acute mental health hospital offering a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, day patient and therapy services.

The hospital is a place of serenity where our service users can take time out to rest and heal in a fully supported therapeutic environment, which promotes individual care and positive outcomes. Treatment plans are tailored to each service users specific needs by our consultant-led, highly qualified multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Are you?
  • A driven and dynamic Nurse interested in working in different, high-quality services all on one site?
  • Wanting to make a difference to someone’s life?
  • Ready for a challenge?
  • Wanting to work with some of the best and most highly-experienced nurses in the UK?

If you’ve answered yes to the above then we WANT to talk to you!

The Priory wants you to become part of something special

We are at the forefront of our field and are dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to our patients and the only way to do that is by investing in our extraordinary colleagues who work for us. We are looking for people to join our team who are rewarded by seeing their patients turn a corner after a demanding journey to recovery.

About our Priory Hospital           

The Priory Hospital Hayes Grove is an independent 46-bed psychiatric hospital for Working Age Adults (mixed), located in SE London in the quiet village of Hayes, Kent.  We provide care and treatment for patients with a wide range of Mental Health issues both as Inpatients, Day care and Outpatients.

At Hayes Grove, our private ‘Lower Court’ specialises in treating general psychiatric conditions, and supports patients on our 28-day Inpatient Addiction Treatment Programme (drug, alcohol and other addictions).  We also have a specialist, 20-bed NHS England-funded Eating Disorder Unit. as well as the 9-bedded Keston Unit, a specialist NHS-funded Asperger’s ward. As a Preceptor Nurse with us, you can expect to rotate through the various services, building on the experience you have gained during your training, and learning new skills from our highly-experienced Multi-Disciplinary Teams.

The Hospital is situated in a leafy setting, with excellent public transport links to central London, Croydon and the surrounding Borough of Bromley areas. Free car parking is available in the immediate vicinity of the hospital.

We welcome informal enquiries by phone or in person if you would like to come and visit before applying for a role.

 

What we’d like to offer you:
  • Excellent salary
  • Enhancements for Night (20%) and Bank Holiday (50%) shifts.
  • Payment of your NMC fees in full
  • 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
  • Your Birthday as an additional Holiday
  • Enhanced maternity pay
Access to development opportunities including:
  • A comprehensive package of support and development during your Preceptorship.
  • Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
  • Improved CPD application & panel process
  • £250 Contribution towards CPD
  • Leadership & management development
Benefits:
  • Many benefits in line with the NHS
  • Working with a dedicated multidisciplinary team
  • Free on-site parking
  • Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
  • Support with your Revalidation
  • Long service awards
  • Eligibility for ‘Refer-a-Friend’ recruitment bonuses

Find out more about a career with Priory and hear from some of our nurses at our website.

About us

From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.

The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group.

As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.

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.

Company

Nursing at Priory Healthcare

At Priory Healthcare, we’re passionately committed to making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support. But that’s just the start. As a recognised leader in the healthcare sector, we’re equally passionate about harnessing the potential of everyone on our team – including our rapidly growing community of RMN’s.

So join us and we can promise you one of the most dynamic and supportive career environments in the sector.

We are already the largest mental health provider in Europe and treat upwards of 80 conditions in over 275 facilities around the country. But look beyond our size and you will also discover an unrivalled reputation for providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivery value for our service users.

What does this mean for you? More than you might imagine.

For a start, there’s greater clinical diversity here than anywhere outside of the NHS. This offers you the chance to develop your career at the forefront of nursing practice in one or  more of our six specialist areas – Acute Mental Healthcare, Secure, Rehabilitation and Complex Care, Eating Disorders and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

You will enjoy excellent learning and development resources, too. In addition to benefiting from our award-winning e-learning programme, your structured career progression could include supported study for specialist diplomas, preceptorships if you are newly qualified, a range of other externally accredited courses, the option of becoming a trainer on your own site, and much more besides.

Our working environment and culture are also exceptional. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychiatrists, therapists and other health care specialists. We don’t just work together. We listen to each other, share ideas, explore new ways of doing things and actively pursue innovation and excellence is all that we do. So while the work can be incredibly demanding, you will never lack the support, collaboration and encouragement you need to perform to your best and achieve your true potential.

As for recognition and rewards, they are everything you would expect from an organisation that values your expertise and commitment. And your career prospects? Well, the sheer scope and scale of our behavioural care services – and the pace of our development as a business – means that you can grow as far and fast as we do.

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