Make a Difference Every Day
Are you a compassionate, motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking to develop your career within a supportive and dynamic acute inpatient environment?
Dova Unit is a busy acute mixed-sex mental health ward providing assessment, treatment and recovery-focused care for adults experiencing acute mental health difficulties. We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 Nurses who are committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care and helping people through some of the most challenging periods of their lives.
As part of our multidisciplinary team, you will work alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, support workers, social workers and peer support staff to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care.
Delivering high-quality nursing care to patients experiencing acute mental health crises.
Undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments and contributing to care planning.
Managing a named nurse caseload and coordinating patient care throughout admission.
Administering and monitoring medication in line with Trust policies.
Supporting patients in their recovery journey and promoting independence.
Developing therapeutic relationships with patients, carers and families.
Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Contributing to risk assessment, risk management and safeguarding processes.
Supporting junior staff, students and new team members.
Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation using electronic patient records.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please review the attached job description and person specification.
