Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse wanting to work in an environment where kindness and teamwork is integral? Where you'll be invested in, with opportunities to develop and grow your career to achieve your goals? Then join the team at Springwood Lodge in Guiseley and come and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As an experienced Mental Health Nurse from the NHS or private sector in the UK, you can join a multidisciplinary team that works well together to change lives for the better as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society. Your career at Elysium will be rewarding and fulfilled, where you can take pride in knowing that you've made a difference. While you're caring for service users, improving their lives and looking out for your colleagues, we'll be looking after you. With Wellbeing support and activities to support your mental health, a range of benefits that can save you money and make a difference, and development to nurture your career.

What you will be doing

As a qualified Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will ensure women over the age of 18 who have complex emotional and mental health problems associated with significant risk behaviours receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promoting positive teamwork.

The wards are busy, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, and a good amount of routine and variety. Your day-to-day will include:

Providing high-quality, effective and compassionate nursing care to service users
Being responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
Providing mentorship and support to team members
Observing, recording and reporting all service user changes, and maintaining accurate records of care provided

Skills and knowledge you will have

A relevant nursing qualification
NMC registration
Strong team-working skills
A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice

Where you will be working

Location: Springwood Lodge, Guiseley, LS20 9PQ

Situated in the small town of Guiseley on the outskirts of Leeds the service is surrounded by beautiful countryside with easy access to all local amenities.

Spring Wood Lodge supports women over the age of 18 who have complex emotional and mental health problems associated with significant risk behaviours. Typically they have a diagnosis of personality disorder or a severe mental illness. They may not have had their needs met in a general psychiatric service including acute inpatient units, community mental health teams or community personality disorder service. The service focuses on active rehabilitation with a view to achieving a sustainable discharge.

Spring Wood Lodge provides:

9 bedded Inpatient rehabilitation (Bronte Ward)
12 bedded high dependency inpatient rehabilitation (Byron Ward)

What you will get

Annual salary of up to £38,000 DoE
The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
Free meals and parking
Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
Pension contribution to secure your future.
Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

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.