RMN or RNLD - Peak Ward (Forensic Unit)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust ,
London, Greater London
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About the Role and Service You will develop wide-ranging clinical skills and experiences in a unique environment through this flexible short-term post. You will join a small, welcoming team providing round the clock care and support, and develop and deploy clinical skills including: * Bespoke care planning * Clinical assessment * Ongoing diagnosis and planning interventions and treatments * Managing challenging behaviours * Patient and family engagement * Psychological interventions, medication, restraint * Nurse-led clinical solutions as part of an MDT with the ward psychiatrist and others Experience in Forensic, PICU, complex care, MSUs and supporting patients with multiple conditions including challenging behaviours is desirable. You will be resilient with excellent communications and teamworking skills. You will be committed to making a difference to vulnerable and challenging young adults. It's an intense, challenging ward where you will make a difference from day one. We're offering flexible, tailored secondments and contracts to suit your career, personal and workplace needs. We will invest in your development, training and support. You will join an experienced, expert multi-disciplinary team, delivering this highly specialist service, led by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We work in partnership with Oxleas Foundation Trust and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust through the successful South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) Forensic New Care Models Programme. You can access a wide range of career development opportunities through the SLP Trusts, or take your unique experience back to benefit your current employer and role. The skills, knowledge and experiences from this role will help you in any future path you take in your mental health nursing career. About the Location Lambeth Hospital is situated between Clapham and Brixton, it is a vibrant area with excellent transport links. Benefits : 'Golden Hello Bonus' for Registered Mental Health Nurses (Band 5 and Band 6) Staff Only A bonus payment of 1,000 will be made to you with your first salary. In addition, if you remain in the service for a further 12 and 18 months, you will receive additional payments of 500 at these points. This means, providing you remain in the Croydon Directorate service for 18 months, you will receive a bonus of 2,000 in total (if you leave the service anytime during the first 24 month period a staged repayment scheme will be implemented). This payment is taxable and non-pensionable and subject to you having an acceptable conduct, performance and absence record. We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer Some of our benefits are highlighted here: * Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. * Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing. * Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes * Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars * Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites * NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include: * Counselling services * Wellbeing events * Long service awards * Cycle to work scheme * Season ticket loan * Childcare vouchers * Staff restaurants We look forward to receiving your application. For further details / informal visits contact: Fiona Brennan General Manager Fiona.brennan@slam.nhs.uk or 07817 951417. Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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