Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse

The priority for the post holder will be to provide

• High level of nursing and observation
• Delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to help reduce the patients' distress.
• Assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.

As a bank RMN, the post holder will be expected to support and manage patients who are being looked after in a variety of settings.

• Emergency Department
• Medical assessment areas
• All wards and clinical areas across the Trust

For patients being nursed in the BRI with physical health problems may also present with mental health problems. On these occasions, a bank RMN will be employed to:

• Provide one-to-one nursing for behaviourally disturbed, distressed or confused patients
• Offer support and advice to patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated mental health, psychological problems and psychiatric illnesses
• Deliver a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate
• Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
• Represent mental health services within the general hospital

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Essential: - Registered Mental Health Nurse with current live NMC Registration; - Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable: - Teaching assessing qualification

Essential: - Advanced communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping; - Ability to work as part of a team; - Basic computer/IT skills and expectation to develop these in line with the needs of the service; - Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and multidisciplinary team; - Time management and basic problem-solving skills

Essential: - Evidence of broad range of mental health nursing experience; - Candidate has undertaken training relevant to the RMN role; - Candidate has experience working in an appropriate clinical setting