Job summary

Band 6 Abbey Ward - Relocation allowance and a Golden Hello payment of 2500 are available for this post (This offer is only available to external candidates and does not apply to current HIOW NHS staff)

An amazing opportunity has arisen, whereby there are vacancies for a band 6 nurses on our newly purpose built, nurse led female psychiatric intensive care -PICU (Abbey Ward), which is the first in Hampshire, and is due to open soon

This service incorporates the following:

*Saxon Ward - male acute

*Hamtun Ward - male PICU

*Trinity Ward - female acute

*There is a 136 suite, ECT department, Crisis and home treatment team, and patient pathway team, where you will also get the opportunity to spend time.

Abbey Ward is a 10 bedded female psychiatric unit, which serves the female population of Hampshire. It has adopted the just culture, whilst creating a safe therapeutic environment for learning / development. It will promote nurses to have a powerful voice within MDT, with a continuous drive for improvement by staff. There will be highly visible clinical presence, with support and leadership from a clinical nurse lead (Band 7) assigned to the ward, in addition to the band 6 occupational therapist.

Abbey Ward will facilitate a reflective culture to enable team to work in synergy and enhance decision making. A specialist development plan has been devised providing all staff with bespoke training, ensuring staff have the required skills and knowledge, to provide the highest standards of safe care.

Main duties of the job

On the ward there will be regular complex case discussions which incorporates full MDT input and reflective practice, which will aide you in your professional development and support in decision making and formulating care-plans for complex needs.

This is an excellent and exciting opportunity for the right candidate to become involved in the continuous development of a proactive and forward-thinking team. This post holder will be an expert practitioner, and a source of expert advice.

Are you an experienced band 5, with sound clinical knowledge, and conducts themselves as a positive role model, who leads by example? Are you already practicing as a charge nurse who demonstrates personal integrity, with high clinical standards, and is looking to further develop professionally, or take on a new challenge. There has never been a more exciting time to join our team as we are currently in the process or transforming and developing this service, which is something you could be part of. We are looking for people who are creative in how they engage and support people with complex needs. We have a real commitment to ensuring the highest standard of quality care delivery. As part of our team, you will be supporting quality improvements and initiatives that will enhance the patient experience.

If you share our ambition to deliver high quality / standards of care and hold our trust values by placing patients at the heart of all we do, then we would love to talk to you!

Happy to Talk Flexible Working.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.