Mental Health Nurse / RMN or Learning Disability Nurse / RNLD - COVID-19 in Bristol

We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

You will be working 38.5 hours per week at Cygnet Kewstoke, located in Weston Super Mare.

Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke provides an emergency admissions service for men and a pathway for women from low secure to rehabilitation including a specialist service for personality disorder.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others – every day.

Your Day-to-Day…

• Produce outstanding written reports based on your nursing assessments and observations
• Work closely with the management team to develop the service, audit, and improve quality
• Attend all training and engage in CPD to further knowledge and promote nursing
• Under NMC guidelines, ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained collectively with residents, relatives and other healthcare professionals
• Administer prescribed medicines with Healthcare procedure and Healthcare Commission guidelines

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

An annual salary of up to £34,356 plus enhancements. Please see below breakdown of how enhancements are calculated:

• 10% of basic Salary for Night shifts 
• 20% of basic salary for weekend shifts
• 30% of basic rate for nights on the weekend
• 66% of basic rate for bank holidays

Benefits:     

• NHS and employee discount scheme
• 50% NMC registration renewal paid by Cygnet
• Free meals on duty
• RCNi membership
• Bespoke career pathways
• Relocation package
• Company paid Life Assurance scheme
• Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks
• Plus many more

You will have…

Essential:

• Experience as a Registered Nurse (RMN / RNLD / RGN) with a current Pin Number
• The ability to maintain documentation, undertake audits and demonstrate integrity in your role
• A good understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and latest nursing practices
• A commitment to patient recovery in order to effectively monitor, manage and reduce risk
• Compassion, resilience and a dedication to empower and support service user independence

Desirable:

• The ability to deputise in a clinical lead role
• An interest in leadership, research and assessment

Cygnet Health Care has been providing a national network of high quality specialist mental health services for 30 years.

Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke provides an emergency admissions service for men and a pathway for women from low secure to rehabilitation including a specialist service for personality disorder.

The hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment which can offer service users a broad range of therapies including CAT, CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR & DBT.

The hospital provides 72 inpatient beds within a low secure setting:

• Nash Ward – Male Psychiatric Intensive Care, accepting emergency crisis admissions.
• Sandford Ward – Female Acute Inpatient Service, accepting emergency admissions.
• Milton Ward – Female Low Secure Service, supported by DBT, CAT and CBT interventions with an additional drug and alcohol service.
• Knightstone Ward – Female Specialist Personality Disorder Service, supported by DBT and other therapy models to empower service users to make positive changes.
• Cygnet Lodge Kewstoke – Female High Dependency Inpatient Rehabilitation.

Kewstoke is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

What next?

If you care about making a difference – we want to talk to you!