Position: Registered Mental Health Nurse - RMN

Care home: Laurel Place 
Location: Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG
Contract type: Full time & part time hours available (24 to 48 hours per week - must be flexible days and nights) 
Rate: £20.36 per hour 

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking and growing provider in a brand new home!  Join us as our new Registered Nurse at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland. 

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse with us, you’ll be empowered to really make a difference. 

Our high staffing levels give you the time to provide truly person-centred nursing care, with a supportive team around you. 

And our excellent training and career development pathways support you to be the best Nurse you can be. 

This is an incredibly exciting time to join us and be a part of the development of a brand new service. You will be part of the journey from the very beginning, giving you a real opportunity to make your mark. 

About Exemplar Health Care 

Laurel Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. 

When open, Laurel Place will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

The home will feature 32 en-suite bedrooms, across three units, and six apartments.

Laurel Place will offer a caring environment where people receive the support they need, close to their loved ones.

Our fully paid, 3 week bespoke induction, starts January 2025!

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

This is a highly skilled nursing role where you’ll be accountable and responsible for supporting people’s holistic needs. It requires a range of clinical and nursing skills. 

You’ll provide the highest standards of nursing care for adults living with complex care and health needs. Our care focuses on maximising independence and building everyday living skills.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• assessing, planning and providing person-centred nursing care for the people we support

• the safe administration of medication

• promoting health and wellbeing

• being the Nurse in Charge of a small unit whilst on shift 

• managing situations when people display behaviours of concern

• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect.  

Download our job description to read more: 

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030013882/

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’ll also be:

• a great role model – able to coach, teach and support your colleagues 

• someone with a calm nature who can deal with, and defuse, challenging situations

• an advocate of best practice in nursing

• able to demonstrate a range of clinical skills

• knowledgeable about assessment, admission and discharge processes

• knowledgeable of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and committed to working within its Codes of Practice. 

A career with us will give you the opportunity to learn new skills and see the rewarding progress the people we support make. 

To apply for this role, you must have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN. We’re looking for Registered Nurses, from all backgrounds (Adult, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses).

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including: 

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects 

• retail and lifestyle reward discounts

• free DBS check

• electric car salary sacrifice scheme

• paid NMC membership

• paid access to the RCNi Learning platform

• 24/7 counselling and support

• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, you can call our Nurse Talent Specialists Craig on 07506991913 or email cruck@exemplarhc.com. 

Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post.