Job Description

Are you a Senior 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, join the team at Thornford Park as a Practice Development Nurse and change lives for the better.



As a senior member of the nursing team, you will have experience working within a similar setting. You will have a responsibility to improve clinical practice through education, training, coaching and mentoring clinical staff and facilitating audits and quality improvements to guide our teams to provide exceptional care.



Your career within 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 RMN/RNLDyou will provide a high profile, visible clinical leadership and be a key player in developing our nursing practices. You will promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all service users, employees and visitors. You will ensure that standards of patient care are maintained at all times within the parameters of operational policies and governing legislation. Your role will be fundamental for:


Clinical leadership and mentorship Quality improvement and governance Education and training Service and workforce development Wellbeing and Culture
No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.



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.

Responsibilities include:

Providing education, training, coaching and mentoring of registered and non-registered clinical staff to enhance their skills and knowledge. Work with the SMT to monitor clinical effectiveness and opportunities for development from this. Champion clinical excellence using quality assurance and quality improvement, ensuring measurable advancements in nursing care. Strengthen coproduction models, ensuring patients are actively involved in shaping service improvements. Translate learning into sustainable change.

Things that you will have:

RMN or RNLD Project management Experience in developing other people

Where you will be working

Location:

Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET.



You will be working at Thornford Park, a 141 bedded independent hospital which supports service users that require medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services there is also a PICU Mental Health Service.



The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering people in their recovery and rehabilitation.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service.

What you will get

Annual salary of 46,000 The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - (inc Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off! Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance. Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals. Pension contribution to secure your future. Life Assurance for added peace of mind. Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.



Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.


Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.