NursingNetUK

Job overview

Newly Qualified Mental Health Nurses for Prospect Park Hospital – Apply Here!

If you’re a final year mental health nursing student looking for your first role as a qualified nurse, why not apply to Prospect Park Hospital at Berkshire Healthcare, our CQC rated ‘outstanding’ Trust, to secure your first role? If you are you ready to embark on your mental health nursing career with us read on to find out more:

Preceptorship:

The preceptorship period is the beginning of your journey from novice to expert and is intended to support you to grow in confidence and competence throughout your first 12-month period as a qualified healthcare professional. We offer a tailored induction, monthly supervision and training sessions, and a robust structure of ongoing support. 

Our Wards:

• Bluebell, Daisy, Rose and Snowdrop acute wards for adults with mental health difficulties
• Sorrell ward for adults with mental health difficulties who need psychiatric intensive care.
• Rowan ward for adults with dementia.
• Orchid ward for older adults with mental health difficulties who need to be assessed.

We’re located in the heart of Reading, and you'll be close to the town's amenities and a serene leafy park. Flexible working opportunities are available according to service need. Typical shift patterns consist of short days (7.5 hours), long days (12hrs), and nights (10.75hrs) and you will be required to work some weekends on a rota basis.

Main duties of the job

Comprehensive Patient Care: Ensuring the holistic well-being of our patients is paramount. You will be responsible for assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating individualised care programmes that cater to the clinical, environmental, and social needs of each patient. Collaboration with senior nursing staff members for guidance and direction is encouraged whenever necessary.

Clinical Leadership: You will play a pivotal role in the clinical leadership of our Mental Health ward. This involves coordinating and delivering top-tier nursing care, while actively engaging with other healthcare professionals and support service providers.

Professional Development: As part of your professional growth, you will occasionally take charge of the ward, working under the supervision of senior, qualified nursing staff members or colleagues. This hands-on experience will be instrumental in your journey toward becoming a well-rounded nursing professional.

Continuous Improvement: We are committed to your professional growth. To be the best version of yourself, you will have access to a wide array of professional clinical and leadership development resources. These resources will keep you up-to-date, bolster your confidence, and help you evolve as a skilled nurse and leader. Furthermore, you'll also gain experience in managing and supervising a team of junior staff, enhancing your leadership capabilities.

Working for our organisation

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

NO AGENCIES TO CONTACT BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE DIRECTLY PLEASE