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Learning Disability Nurse

Employer
Priory Group
Location
Willenhall, West Midlands
Salary
£34900 - £37227 per annum + £3000 welcome/retention bonus
Closing date
18 Jun 2022

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Job Details

At Lakeside View, we pride ourselves on our family values and treating each other with respect, valuing contributions and a real team effort for improving patient experience.

Lakeside View is a 28 bedded hospital in Willenhall and our 3 small acute wards add to the community feel of the hospital:

Finch Ward - 12 bedded male acute ward
Robin Ward - 8 bedded male acute ward
Swan Ward - 8 bedded female acute ward

The aim at Lakeside View is to provide a person centred approach and therapeutic environment, which promotes collaborative care planning to optimise treatment goals. Right from the point of admission, our aim is to support patients to be discharged safely back into the community where they can continue to progress towards recovery in a less restrictive environment.

Patients are usually referred to Lakeside View from local NHS trusts and we pride ourselves on excellent working relationships with patient, families and external agencies to support collaborative working and ensure clear communication throughout the care pathway in order to promote individuals' recovery and facilitate discharge. In order to maximise recovery, interventions offered include a wide range of therapeutic approaches, combining psychiatric and cognitive behavioural perspectives with occupational therapy, psychology, leisure and recreational activity.

A unique opportunity to work in a unit where extensive MDT support is offered to the patients and colleagues alike. You will work alongside a team of professionals including Ward Managers, Charge Nurses, Doctors, Support workers, Therapist, Activity Coordinators and the Senior Management Team. As a Nurse at Lakeside View, you will care for patients with acute mental health needs who are admitted to us for assessment and treatment.

To be successful in this role you will have;

  • Valid NMC registration RNLD
  • Evidence of post registration continuing professional development
  • A positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality
  • Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
  • Knowledge of NMC standards guidelines and professional practices
  • Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice

In return for your hard work and commitment:

  • You will be well supported within your role, with a strong focus on continuing professional development
  • Day shifts are supported by Ward Managers and Charge Nurses and night shifts are supported by Night Managers
  • There is a managers on call system (on call Manager and Senior Manager) our of hours
  • We have a Junior Doctor based on site 24/7 as well as Speciality Doctors and Consultant Psychiatrists within working hours, and an on call Consultant Psychiatrist (out of hours)
  • Access to funded CPD courses relevant to the role
  • Ability to undertake your Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor training in partnership with Wolverhampton University
  • Extensive training through our online Priory Academy as well as face-to-face training
  • Free access to RCNI
  • Your NMC registration will be fully funded
  • Opportunity to support Nursing students
  • Opportunity to progress through our career pathway - opportunities include developing to Charge Nurse, Night Manager, Ward Manager
  • Opportunity to take a lead role within the hospital - eg. Safeguarding lead, equality & diversity lead
  • Generous annual leave entitlement and study leave to attend CPD opportunities, conferences etc
  • Company pension scheme
  • An extra days holiday to have your birthday off
  • Free meals on duty
  • Access to a pooled wellbeing fund which is used to improve health and wellbeing of the team at Lakeside View
  • Access to kitchen with free hot and cold drinks, breakfast and fruit
  • Relocation package can also be offered

Our Nurses work flexible shift patterns of long days (7:30am - 8.00pm) and nights (7:30pm - 8.00am), working 7 shifts over a 14 day period

Flexible working and part time options available

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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