BANK Nurse RMN/LD

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Site Staff Bank Service (L1004) Town various Salary £18.52 Minimum hourly rate of £16.53 plus 12.07% uplift for holiday pay Salary period Hourly Closing 13/01/2025 23:59

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.

Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.

Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse Mental Health / Learning Disabilities? Are you looking for a flexible way of working where you can choose when and where to work? Would you like to work full time or perhaps just one or two shifts per week? Are you only able to work weekends?

If your answer to any of the above questions is yes then we would like to invite you to apply for the following position within the Mental Health Inpatient Services at various locations across Lancashire & South Cumbria

Main duties of the job Bank Registered Nurse Mental Health / Learning Disabilities

Band 5 - £18.52 per hour + enhancements for unsociable hours

As a Bank Band 5 Registered Nurse (Mental Health or Learning Disabilities), you will have at least six months previous experience working in an inpatient mental health setting as part of the multidisciplinary team. You will have experience of carrying out a diverse range of duties including the assessment, formulation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nursing care that is evidence-based, person centred and recovery focused.

Working for our organisation As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (especially people who have experience of accessing mental health services, or caring for someone who has accessed mental health services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or on any other unjustifiable grounds.

What you will get:

Hourly rate of £16.53 plus 12.07% uplift for holiday pay (£18.52)

Free parking at the majority of sites

Paid face-to-face induction and mandatory training

Further online mandatory training

Flexible working

Pension

Transfer to permanent in the future (optional)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please note: you will need to be able to attend and pass training in Positive and Safe physical restraint, enhanced life support and moving & handling. This may affect the type or location of shifts you can be offered.

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance.

If you are interested in applying for a post and would like more information please contact the Temporary Staffing Service on 01772 773822

Person specification Qualifications

Registered Nurse - Mental Health / Learning Disability

Completion of Band 5 preceptorship programme (evidence may be required from RNs who have been registered for less than 2 years or with gaps)

On-going registration with the NMC

Knowledge

Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments, recovery principles and person centred care

Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Care Programme Approach

Demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health

Experience

Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team structure

Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs

Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.

Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description. Personalisation is essential when submitting an application form to convey your skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.

Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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