Job overview

 Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse?  Do you want to make a difference every day supporting the mental health rehabilitation needs of our patients? Or maybe you are new to care but are kind, compassionate and resilient, looking to take your first step into the mental health care profession? Or wanting to explore the rehabilitation settings for a change.

The Fens provides assessment and intervention for men with severe and enduring mental ill-health in a locked environment to support their ongoing recovery and social integration. The whole service is focused on working towards independence and recovery to enable service users to regain health and mental wellness in order to live well in the community.

The Fens are seeking to recruit a dynamic Staff Nurse to join their developing team in their 15-bed male high dependency rehabilitation unit in Discovery House. Applications are invited from highly motivated and dynamic candidates with a ‘can do’ attitude to deliver the Trust Vision and Values and help to improve our patient experience within rehabilitation services.  This position will offer the successful candidate an exciting and challenging opportunity to work as part of a supportive team, focusing on delivering high standards of care through evidence-based practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day management of the ward, monitoring and auditing, and ensuring the nursing team delivers high-quality care to patients who access our service. Taking up named nurse responsibilities for patients during their time on the Fens, working collaboratively with members of the MDT and outside agencies like MOJ and Probation. In addition to this, the candidate will be able to develop and create a culture that aspires to delivering best practice for individuals using our services and demonstrates effective communication and promotes a culture of transparency and equity within a diverse team. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for named nurse duties, working closely with their named patient and supporting them through to discharge.

Supervisions of Senior Health Care Support Workers

Completing various MDT reports

Attending MDT meetings such as CPA, Hospital managers and Tribunal

Working closely with many MDT professionals, identifying areas of further support and completing referrals

High-quality documentation

Attending your own management supervision and clinical supervision

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.