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Location: Gloucestershire
Role: Mental Health Nurse
Rates: £15.66 - £31.96
Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night and at weekends.
Benefits
Access to Care4Carers - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
Competitive pay rates
First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts
Next-day payroll
Block bookings in your favourite locations
Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
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Medacs Healthcare is looking for nursing professionals who specialise in mental health to work flexible shifts at [Insert Hospital name(s)]. Responsible for forming trusting relationships with your patients, your goal will be to help those individuals to lead happier, healthier lives. You should be a fully qualified Mental Health Nurse, who is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
You will primarily be working with people experiencing a range of mental health illnesses including, but not limited to; depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, eating disorders, paranoia, psychosis, schizophrenia and generalised behavioural or emotional problems. It is a varied position where you will not only use traditional medical and nursing techniques to monitor patients' physical and mental health but will provide a great deal of emotional support too. You will assist people in taking medications correctly, advise on social activities and available therapies to help their wellbeing. Often you will be a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen.
Communication and interpersonal skills will be key to your role when working with patients and their families/carers too. Often, those requiring mental health support will be vulnerable, frightened, or distressed and you will need to be confident and well-practised in providing both reassurance and encouragement. You should be empathetic, caring and have a good understanding of the full range of mental health disorders so that you can treat patients with differing needs accordingly.
General Key Skills
In addition to your qualifications, as a Mental Health Nurse, you will have:
A good understanding of mental health conditions, symptoms, and treatments
First-class communication skills
The ability to establish trusting relationships quickly
Strong judgement
The ability to make important, life-changing (and lifesaving) decisions
Persuasiveness
Empathy and understanding
Excellent listening skills
Excellent organisation and time management skills
Stamina and good under pressure
Resilience, the ability to instil some emotional distance and switch off outside of work
The ability to work as part of a wider team
A genuine passion for improving people's lives and wellbeing
Main Duties/Responsibilities
As an RMN, you will:
Playing a key role in the care and rehabilitation of mental health patients
Meeting patients daily, providing tailored, support plans in line with their specific diagnosis/prognosis
Arranging any ongoing, long-term support for after a patient leaves your care
Building trusting relationships with patients, putting them at ease
Listening and talking to patients, offering advice and reassurance
Working closely with other mental healthcare professionals to agree the most appropriate treatment plans for those in your care
Working with and advising relatives and carers on patient conditions, outlooks, treatment, and progress
Keeping medical records up to date
Regularly carrying out any standard physical health checks that may be required, such as monitoring patients' vital statistics, blood tests, etc.
Administering medication as appropriate
Talking through available therapies, support networks, social activities that may help to improve mental health and wellbeing
Managing workloads and shift patterns for yourself (and sometimes others)
Maintaining a positive attitude, even in difficult situations
If you think you have what it takes to be an exceptional Mental Health Nurse, we can't wait to hear from you. Apply today.
Seniority level Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Employment type Temporary
Job function Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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