Job Description

We are currently looking for outstanding Staff Nurses (RMN Band 5) to join our adult mental health inpatient service at Berrywood Hospital, Northampton. This is an exciting opportunity to start or continue your career in an environment where we can offer progression pathways towards leadership, managerial and advanced clinical positions. We are proud of some of our recent staff have progressed into positions including: Lead Practitioner, Charge Nurse, Ward Matron, Community Mental Health Nurse. We currently have positions available on our female acute ward, male acute ward and mixed gender acute ward; these wards are for patients who require a hospital admission when they are mentally unwell.



Staff work in co-production with patients to develop a plan of care, support them to manage any risks associated with their illness and achieve their goals. Whilst patients can be admitted both informally and under the Mental Health Act, we work together with patients to progress them in their journey towards discharge in a timely manner.



We will expect you to co-produce and deliver outstanding care with a key emphasis on keeping everyone safe; you will be responsive to feedback received. As a Staff Nurse you will undertake the role of keyworker for identified patients. You will support senior staff in the day to day management of the ward.



NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.



NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.



Co-production and innovation is central to what we do; this is evidenced by our work on body Worn cameras, sensory modulation, and pathway developments. We are engaged in a range of quality improvement projects; one such project is how we support patients who harm themselves. We encourage all our staff in our innovative works. We are proud to improve our services in co-production with service users and carers.



The team at Berrywood Hospital are committed to the reduction of restrictive practices however at times you might be required to deliver restrictive interventions in order to ensure the safety of patients and staff.



You will be an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse OR soon to be newly qualified; we will also accept applications from Registered Learning Disability Nurses. You will be committed to working in co-production with patients to ensure the best possible outcomes can be achieved safely. You will be able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. We have an expectation that you will be able to work together, take responsibility, be authentic and embrace change; we will support you to develop these leadership behaviours so that you become an exceptional member of your team delivering outstanding compassionate care to our patients.