Staff Nurse

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust ,
York, North Yorkshire
Salary: From £24,214 to £30,112 per annum

Overview

We are looking for compassionate and enthusiastic nurses to work within our in-patient Forensic Service in York. Our Forensic services provide low secure services. We are currently seeking experienced Band 5 nurses for positions, working with both Male and Female patients. Clifton House has a strong sense of team, and we are keen to support and develop new members of staff. We require the post holder to be an effective team player and to be committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices. Clifton House will offer you a stimulating, challenging and rewarding working environment where you will contribute to the continual development of the service. You will have excellent communication skills, be self-assured, emotionally resilient and adaptable to service user needs. Maintaining clear boundaries and consistencies within the team, Nurses will be working closely with and under the guidance of the wider MDT and will require an understanding of the Mental Health Act and the criminal justice system. You will offer support and supervise the practice of junior staff in order to ensure safe and effective Nursing practice. You will be closely involved in developing recovery care pathways for Service Users and will empower service users at all stages of care and treatment. Please note any correspondence following application will be sent via trac.jobs & the Trust's Resourcing Team For further details / informal visits contact: Sally Rawcliffe-Foo, Operational Manager for Clifton House, or Dan Hunt, Ward Manager, on 01904 294100. All applications submitted will be held by TRAC.systems and the Trust Resourcing team. If you are unsuccessful at interview your details will be held for a further 6 months and then deleted. Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees will be required to pay for their DBS Check, and to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. If a DBS Check is required for your role the Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost of the DBS check (Enhanced Check £48 or Standard Check £30) by way of deductions from your salary over the first 3 consecutive months of employment with the Trust. As a condition of your employment you will also be required to register with and to participate in the DBS Update Service, and will be responsible for maintaining payment, and subscription to the DBS Update Service (£13 annual payment).DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge. NHS staff from the Yorkshire and Humber region designated ‘at risk of redundancy’ will, wherever possible be offered an interview, provided that they demonstrate that they meet all the essential shortlisting criteria of the post. If you are ‘at risk of redundancy’ or ‘affected by change’ please make it clear on your application. The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date. In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates. In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post. The Trust currently pays a non-consolidated supplement in order that all our staff receive the equivalent of the Living Wage Foundation Rate. Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89956694