Band 5 Staff Nurse - Devizes (Bluebell Unit)

Bluebell Unit offers a place of safety to adults and children brought in by police on S135 or S136 of the Mental Health Act. Bluebell is a 24 hour, fast- paced and dynamic service catering to the specific needs of a wide variety of presentations and personalities whilst in crisis. Bluebell offers a unique preceptorship opportunity to dual work within Bluebell Place of Safety and Poppy Unit, a 20 bedded Acute inpatient unit to ensure a full and diverse start to your nursing career. Communication plays a vital part within this role and you will develop close links with multiagency services throughout BSW such as AMHP teams, safeguarding, street triage, on-call consultants and police. Here at Bluebell we are keen for you to develop within your role, and we offer new learning experiences and encourage training opportunities Additional training offered:

• Drug and alcohol, linking in with Turning Point.
• Motivational interviewing.
• Charge nurse training.
• Understanding Autism.
• Trauma informed care., To provide, and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to service users, in accordance with up-to-date evidence-based professional practice and AWP policies.
The unit is a nurse led fast-paced environment. We are seeking individuals who are confident and enthusiastic in supporting the development of the unit. The service has been focusing on improving service user experiences and is keen to promote least restrictive practices.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy. Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.