Mental Health Nurse

Meridian Business Support are delighted to be working with one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to recruit for a Mental Health Nurse.

The location is a 96 bedded forensic hospital providing a secure environment consisting of medium, low and open rehabilitation settings for men and women with mental illness and or personality disorder.

The company 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.

To be successful as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you’ll need:

• A relevant nursing qualification and registration
• Excellent team working skills, a high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach - our units operate 24 hours 7 days a week, and our nursing staff work shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights
• A commitment to patient-centred care and to values-based and evidence-based practice
• The drive to continually push your own personal learning and development

The shifts are 12 hours on a rota basis to include nights, weekends and bank holidays. Shift times would be:

• Day Shift            = 07:30 > 19:45
• Night Shift          = 19:30 > 07:45

Staff will work a set shift pattern, such as

• Week 1 = Monday, Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday
• Week 2 = Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Benefits:

• Free on-site parking
• Free meals on duty
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Refer a friend bonuses
• Welcome bonus
• Fully funded DBS
• Relocation support (including payment for accommodation or moving costs), paid as a lump sum
• Moving less than 100 miles up to £1,500
• If more than 100 miles up to £3,000

Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles.

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. Cost of a DBS check will be covered by the employer.

For more information, please contact Kevin in the office on 02380 002315 or kevin.davis@meridianbs.co.uk 

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