Job overview

Francis Willis Unit has a new, exciting opportunity for a keen and enthusiastic Staff Nurse. It is the only low secure unit within Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. It is a 15-bedded male-only low secure unit supporting patients who have a forensic history. The ward is for adults between the ages of 18-65 who are experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties.

Applications are invited from highly motivated and dynamic candidates who have a ‘can do’ attitude. This is an exciting, challenging and opportunistic role which will afford the successful candidate the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care.

We offer a 24-hour service within our inpatient facilities; therefore, successful candidates will be required to work unsociable hours inclusive of nights, weekends, public holidays and shift patterns. The role requires RRP training and offers self-rostering opportunities for staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 staff nurse who holds pride in providing outstanding and compassionate care towards patients. At Francis Willis Unit, we work within a multidisciplinary team who aim to provide care for patients who have severe and enduring mental illness alongside a forensic history. We work collaboratively to uphold the trust’s purpose, vision and values to enable the best quality care for our patients.

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.