NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Perth & Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership
Prison Healthcare
HMP Perth/HMP Castle Huntly/Dundee Community Custody Unit
Band 6 Charge Nurse
Salary Scale: £39,912 – £48,635 per annum
PERMANENT/FULL TIME
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Do you?
Put patients first
Show compassion, care and kindness
Treat everyone with dignity and respect
Take time to have good, open communications and be accountable for your actions and behaviours
Do the best that you can by working as a team to provide excellent treatment and care
If so then we’d like to hear from you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse to work in the Prisoner Healthcare Mental Health Team. We are seeking a forward-thinking nurse who will embrace the challenge of this dynamic service.
The team strives towards delivering safe, effective, patient-centred care in line with NHS Tayside Vision, Values and Aims, to the prison community within HMP Perth, HMP Castle Huntly, and Dundee Community Custody Unit.
The Mental Health Team is a nurse-led service and carries out individualised assessments and interventions for a wide range of patients experiencing mental health conditions. The team provides specialist mental health interventions including crisis management and support of patients who have community Mental Health Team input. The team endeavours to work with a trauma-informed approach to care, and as the successful candidate, you will also be supported to develop and deliver phase psychological interventions with training and supervision provided. You will have a key role in developing, monitoring, and evaluating treatment plans, working in partnership with patients and collaborating with the wider multidisciplinary Prisoner Healthcare team, including Psychological Therapies, Occupational Therapy, Substance Use, Primary Care, and General Practitioners to meet holistic patient needs.
We are seeking a Charge Nurse in Mental Health with relevant and substantial experience at Band 5 inpatient and/or community-based services, demonstrating excellent clinical knowledge and the ability to work with patients with complex needs. You will be a dynamic individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, committed to delivering trauma-informed, high-quality, safe, and effective patient-centred care within this unique setting.
You must be registered on Sub-part 1: RN3 or RNMH level 1 of the NMC Register.
Informal enquiries to: Eleanor Morelli, Senior Charge Nurse / Team Leader – 01738 448135
Hours of work: 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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