Job Ref: 213672554

Date: 2021-05-04 16:07:00

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Are you an experienced Nurse looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck! Join our team in Milton Keynes.

Join the multidisciplinary team at Chadwick Lodge, where you will provide care to people with mental health conditions in a modern and purpose-built hospital with low and medium secure environments.

With previous experience from the NHS or private care as a Registered Nurse, you will lead and coordinate the quality and management of nursing care, service user care, and the clinical environment in an all-male service.

As a Deputy Charge Nurse you will work 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts) and will be responsible for the clinical environment as you provide leadership to your peers and manage the clinical services throughout the wards and units.

Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society. It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy.

What you will be doing

As a Deputy Charge Nurse, you will be working within a team that includes a range of professionals to support men with mental health conditions to build a brighter future.

No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.

You will have access to the Elysium Wellbeing team, which is on hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities. Who doesn't like a free massage at work?

There are also career development opportunities, with a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

The service operates 24/7. You will work shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights. Standard shifts are 12 hours a day, working 3 days one week, 4 days the next.

Where you'll be working

Location: Chadwick Drive (off Saxon Street), Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LS

You will be working at Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View, a medium and low secure and locked services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.

The service offer a broad spectrum of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, involving service users at every stage. The hospital's consultant-led multidisciplinary team has a wealth of clinical and research experience in forensic psychiatry. All programmes are designed to reduce the risk of re-offending and to maximise the potential and enhance the quality of life of each service user.

Chadwick Lodge secure services care for service users with complex and enduring mental illness who need to achieve stability in order to benefit from multidisciplinary interventions, helping them move on to community settings whenever possible.

Other Responsibilities:
* Monitor the performance and conduct of staff and to take corrective action when necessary
* Maintain and evidence standards of competence as defined by the NMC, to remain registered
* Reviews effectiveness of own team and helps and enables others to work as a team
* Evaluates the quality of own and others' work in own area and raises quality issues and related risks with the appropriate people

Things you will have:
* First level nurse with evidence of professional development, relevant skills and knowledge
* Recognised Mentorship certification
* NVQ Assessor Qualification
* Evidence and values-based practice
* People focused-care
* Leadership skills
* Awareness of the wider Healthcare economy and political environment.
* Relevant experience in a similar environment.

What you will get

* Annual salary of £36,443 (37.5 hours per week)
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
* Lunch vouchers
* Wellbeing support and activities
* Career development and training
* Pension contribution
* Life Assurance
* Enhanced Maternity Package
* Flexible working opportunities

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 70 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure

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