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Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health difficulties to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Abbey House provides a specialist psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery service for 25 men aged 18 years or older with enduring mental illness and/or personality disorder. We support the needs of both detained and voluntary patients and can manage patients with complex needs, including those with a history of offending.
We aim to provide our patients with the skills they need to lead a happy and fulfilling life back in the community. We support those requiring short periods of care prior to moving out of acute care, as well as those stepping down from secure services.
The role:
As a staff nurse you will be expected to manage a small case load supported by senior staff nurses and charge nurses. You will be an active member of the MDT, and will provide recovery focused care for the patients at Abbey House.
As a staff nurse you will be supervising Care Support Workers on your shift and encouraging group work within your shift.
You will be responsible for administering medication to patients and monitoring the patients mental health throughout the shift.
At abbey House the shifts run from 07:30 to 19:45 with 1.5 hours break. There are staff benefits including child care vouchers salary sacrifise schemes for new cars, dental and health care.
About us
From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.
The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group.
As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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