Senior Staff Nurse

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Job description

Job details
Posting date: 09 November 2021
Salary: £38,100 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 30 November 2021
Location: Huyton, Merseyside, L36 5SA
Company: Elysium Healthcare
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 311

Summary

Are you a Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck. Join our team in Huyton.

As an experienced Nurse from the NHS or private sector, you'll join the team at Victoria Gardens as a Registered Nurse (Grade 4) working 37.5 hours per week (12.5 hour shifts), where you will change lives for the better.

Your career at Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It's what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing

As a qualified Mental Health Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse, you will ensure females with Mental Health Conditions receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promote good teamwork.

You will act as the Ward Managers right-hand person as you assist and support staff in the management of the wards and will lead the ward in their absence.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.

You will have access to the Elysium Wellbeing team, which is on hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities. Who doesn't like a free massage at work?

There are also career development opportunities, with a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

Things that you will have:

A relevant nursing qualification and registration
Experience within a similar environment
Strong team-working skills
A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice

The shift patterns include working nights and weekends 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week.

Where you will be working

Location: Victoria Road, Huyton, Liverpool, L36 5SA

You will be working at Victoria Gardens, a specialist rehabilitation for Service Users with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge. You will support the service to equip service users with the skills required for community living and increased independence.

The service is a recovery based service and incorporate elements of the Good Lives Model, supported by individualised interventions. We have a full multidisciplinary team (MDT) with Nursing, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker support.

What you will get

Annual salary of £38,100 (37.5 hours per week)
The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off!
Free meals and parking
Wellbeing support and activities
Career development and training
Pension contribution
Life Assurance
Enhanced Maternity Package
Flexible working opportunities

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 70 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.