Registered Mental Health Nurse required for 25 Hours Per week in Warrington - Permanent

About the Role:

As a Nurse within Alternative futures group, you’ll work with like-minded colleagues who share our 5 main organisational values, as part of a multi-disciplinary in-house team, to provide the highest standards of nursing care for our patients.  Our shared values ensure that we maintain high staffing ratios within our hospitals and that retention as an organisation is high.  Our approach to nursing focuses on maximising independence, building everyday living skills and empowering people to live fulfilled lives, which means that you’ll be delivering truly person-centred and holistic care in a community-based environment.  You’ll work in a close team and build good working relationships with the people you support so you’ll be able to see the difference you make each and every day.  

About You:

• You will provide warmth, enthusiasm and compassion when providing support for our patients
• You will always strive to provide great quality holistic care, making every day better than the last; promoting our core values, maintaining independence and supporting people to achieve their goals
• You will be a team player, demonstrating outstanding communication skills and will be able to demonstrate effective teamwork as part of a multi-disciplined team
• You’ll be up to date with current evidence-based practice and have a working knowledge of CQC Standards and Regulations and will work using your initiative to make effective decisions to improve care quality
• You will be confident in your ability to lead teams and develop support staff to achieve their individual performance outcomes
• Experience of Mentorship and a supervisor qualification would be desirable but are not essential
• You should be flexible in your working patterns to support a team which provides 24 hour support 7 days per week

 About your experience

• You will need to hold a current NMC Registered Nurse qualification (active PIN number) and ideally have experience of working with service users along a pathway to promote their independence.
• Knowledge of the MHA (1983) would be an advantage. However, updated training will be given.

About us

We value our people and truly believe in making a difference through the service we provide. As well as working within a great team and within a great culture, you can expect to earn a competitive salary ranging from £16.83 - £20.58 per hour dependent upon experience as well as an annual holiday allowance of 33 days inclusive of bank holidays.

Salary based on post-qualification experience, pro rata depending on actual working hours -

£32,909 per annum (£16.83 per hour) – As a preceptorship nurse

£35,353 per annum (£18.08 per hour) – At the end of your preceptorship or for those with up to 2 years post-preceptorship experience

£40,241 per annum (£20.58 per hour)  – For individuals with 2 years or more post-qualification experience

About Your Benefits

• Paid DBS check – we pay for all new starters to have a DBS check, so you don’t need to cover the cost
• Blue Light Card - colleagues are eligible to apply for a Blue Light Card and get discounts at 100's of retailers and restaurants
• My Rewards Scheme– colleagues have access to our lifestyle benefits scheme where you can get additional discounts on items and holidays
• Become part of our VIVA engage community to enable you to share stories, say thank you and keep up-to-date with news from across the company
• Pension plan – You will also have an opportunity to join our pension scheme whereby AFG will match any individual contributions between 3.5% and 6% of salary.
• Online UMatter services- colleagues can access online support services which include improved access to GP appointments and talking therapy services as well as a host of reward and recognition schemes

We hope that this has given you more insight into this role and we hope to see your application soon.

Lea Court Treatment & Recovery Centre is a 26 bed Independent Hospital in Dallam, Warrington that supports people with mental health problems who have been assessed as having the potential to improve their level of functioning and
independence. We are a mixed gender unit and offer a range of treatment and
therapies to enable people to move along their recovery journey. We employ a range of roles including Nurse therapists, Occupational Therapists and Support Workers with knowledge and skills to ensure service users receive individualised rehabilitation programmes to achieve their goals and positive outcomes.

Nurses at Lea Court are trained in encouraging people we support along their
catered rehabilitation pathway whilst working with dedicated therapy staff in the
delivery of interventions to bring each person back to a position where they can
establish themselves in the community. This is a truly fantastic package and with that we request that all RMNs we recruit are flexible to new ideas and are willing to work with the rest of the team including therapists and work on a of long days, nights and weekends.

We are looking for an RMN to join our experienced team. Someone who is enthusiastic and imaginative in their care delivery and who enjoys working as part of a MDT with a common goal.

You should enjoy mentoring junior staff and being a key nurse for a dedicated set of patients. You must also be flexible in your working patterns which include long days, including weekends and rotation to nights.