Mental Health Staff Nurse

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and Mental Health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
In order to apply for this position you must have a Live PIN with the NMC.UK
Please note that for this post, no newly qualified practitioner for 2024 will be considered for this role.
This is a permanent post. Hours 37.5 (part time hours will be considered). Please note the salary is Pro Rata.
It is essential you are a NMC registered Mental Health Nurse and must be able to demonstrate that you are able to fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The shift pattern is worked 4 days over 7, including weekends, night shift rotation and public holiday.
We are recruiting to the following posts:
Band 5 Staff Nurses.
Ailsa ward is an established 20 bedded, mixed sex, adult Mental Health rehabilitation and continuing care ward within Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow. The ward provides care and treatment to adults with a range of treatment resistant Mental Health conditions which have impacted on people’s social and personal functioning. Our aim as a Nursing team is to work very closely and collaboratively with our patient group, our Consultant Psychiatrist, Occupational Therapists, Psychology and Therapeutic Activity Nurses to provide excellent, holistic, evidence-based patient centred care with a focus on supporting patients and their families on a journey to recovery and to a productive life out with a hospital setting. As an MDT, we encourage a psychological approach to recovery, centred on an ethos of empowering patients through Cognitive Remediation Therapy to improve outcomes, functioning and interpersonal skills, we also carry out regular psychological formulation sessions for our MDT to attend, to assist us in understanding how best to develop care plans to achieve the best for our patients. Full training on CRT will be provided to successful candidates as we work towards having 100% of our Nurses trained in CRT principles, additionally to support you in delivering CRT, supervision is carried out monthly with the Nursing team and our Consultant Psychologist.
Come & Join Our Team
When you join us in Ailsa ward you will also become part of the wider NHSGGC Mental Health Inpatient Service and join a large caring, compassionate, professional team. We work collegiately, focusing on staff development as well as placing importance on caring for staff health and wellbeing. You will be supported through a robust induction, ongoing competency based training, and continuous professional development (CPD).
Ailsa ward currently supports pre-registration Nursing students as a Quality Practice Learning Environment. Training will be provided to become a Practice Assessor for student Nurses if not already achieved. We are extremely proud of our excellent student feedback here in Ailsa ward also.
The post-holder, as a statutory registered employee directly contributes to safe, efficient service delivery and occasionally may be required to work across the Mental Health in-patient service (i.e. Stobhill site) providing nursing care to meet the needs of the service.
Highly skilled, motivated, caring staff required
We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic, caring staff who are committed to providing excellent patient care with a focus on recovery and empowerment and carer involvement.
Where We Are Located
Ailsa ward is based within Stobhill hospital in Springburn, Glasgow. There are easy links to M8 and is served by excellent public transport links.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit to Ailsa ward please contact Senior Charge Nurse, Nicola Quinn on 0141 232 6680 or email Nicola.Quinn@ggc.scot.nhs.uk I look forward to hearing from you and welcoming successful candidates to our team.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
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