# Bank Mental Health Nurse

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Springfield, Essex
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Chelmsford is looking to recruit a Bank Mental Health Nurse to join the team.

Situated within three acres of landscape grounds, Priory Hospital Chelmsford is an independent hospital that specialises in the treatment and management of adults and adolescents with a range of mental health problems. The hospital offers calming and recovery-focused residential treatment for up to 60 service users, as well as day care and outpatient services, including separate facilities for young people.

The hospital incorporates a Grade II listed building that has been extensively restored and is situated within three acres of landscaped grounds. Our highly experienced multidisciplinary team delivers personalised treatment programmes alongside the use of a range of therapies.

As a Bank Mental Health Nurse, you will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients' wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. You will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity, and treatment of patients.

Key responsibilities:

- Deliver prescribed care to a defined group within an agreed framework.

- Assess, plan, and deliver, with the patient and their carer/family, nursing care which takes account of patient choice and wishes and acting as the patient's named nurse.

- Accurately observe and engage with patients in order to assess their needs and evaluate their progress.

- Monitor and review Nursing Care plans.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active NMC registration, 6 to 12 months of post-registration experience, and completion of a preceptorship programme. They will have knowledge of NMC guidelines, requirements, and professional practices, along with evidence of ongoing post-registration continuing professional development. The candidate will demonstrate a positive attitude, a commitment to change, improvement, and quality, and the ability to develop and apply flexible, innovative approaches to practice. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, supported by at least six months of post-registration experience within a mental health or learning disabilities care environment and evidence of continued professional development in the relevant field.

Benefits:

- Pension enrolment

- Access to development opportunities

- Refer a friend bonus

- DBS paid for

## Skills

### Required
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
- NMC registration
- post-registration experience
- continuing professional development

### Nice to have
- mental health care
- learning disabilities care
- communication skills

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