Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Priory Healthcare

Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Salary Not Specified

Priory Healthcare, Ticehurst, East Sussex

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

Vaccinations - Currently, in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act you are required to be double vaccinated against Covid-19 and to provide evidence of this before you are able to commence employment with us, or provide a valid medical exemption. Albeit this still remains the case, the Government has recently announced their intention to reconsider this under the Health and Social Care Act. Therefore, you are invited to submit your application, with the understanding that should the current position be repealed your application would be progressed in line with Priory's recruitment policy. Any changes to legislation will be reflected in our recruitment policy.

  • A driven and dynamic Nurse?

  • An experienced RMN or wanting to return to the profession after a career break?

  • Just finished university and want to join an amazing team who will support you throughout your preceptorship?

  • Wanting to make a difference to someone's life?

  • Ready for a new challenge?

  • Are you enthusiastic in learning and engaging in quality improvement projects?

  • Wanting to work with the best nurses in the UK?, Registered nurse with active NMC PIN with 12 months post qualifying experience

  • Relevant clinical experience

  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality

  • Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise.

  • Excellent verbal , interpersonal and written communication skills, RMN Qualified

  • NMC (Nursing & Midwifery Council Registered)

  • Knowledge of the Mental Health Act

  • Patient driven & commitment to delivering high quality care

  • Fine tuned decision making skills

  • Excellent organisational capability

  • Effective communication skills

  • Flexibility and a strong "can do" attitude

    Ticehurst is set in a stunning, rural location in East Sussex, with The Pantiles, Boutique Hotels, Restaurants and Shopping Mall of Historic Royal Tunbridge Wells only 20 minutes away, Ticehurst offers male/female acute and private facilities on well-maintained wards.


  • As well as a beautiful and exceptionally friendly working environment with access to 50 acres of grounds. The grounds are also used to host summer events such as cream teas and barbeques.

    Ticehurst's location means you can have the best of both worlds with the coast only 20 minutes to the south and Central London around an hour away by direct train.

    Ticehurst is just 10 minutes away from Wadhurst, named the best place to live in the UK in March 2023, according to The Sunday Times., At Priory, you'll be joining the UK's largest provider of high quality mental health care with around 350 services across the country. Since joining forces with rehabilitation specialists, MEDIAN, we aim to be the leading European provider of mental health and rehabilitative services. By joining us, you'd be key to helping us bring the best of MEDIAN and Priory to our patients and residents., Set in 48 acres of grounds, Priory Hospital Ticehurst provides a calming and therapeutic environment, specialising in the management and treatment of mental health problems. The hospital has residential facilities for 69 service users, as well as offering outpatient services.

    Our highly experienced team, including consultant psychiatrists, therapists, nurses and support staff, have established an excellent reputation for providing the highest standards of care.

    Successful candidates will be motivated to work in a service that offers involvement and empowerment for patients, who may have a personality disorder and/or mental illness, encouraging patients to have a real voice in how services develop and in their individualised care pathways. You will be flexible and supportive, enabling patients to build on their existing strengths and feel positive about their lives.

  • Excellent salary

  • Free on-site parking

  • Free meals on duty

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

  • Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave

  • Enhanced maternity pay

  • Contributory pension scheme

  • Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare

  • Access to development opportunities

  • Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

  • Leadership & management development

  • Long service award

  • Refer a friend bonuses

  • Relocation support (including payment for accommodation or moving costs) up to £3000 (Terms apply)


  • Additional benefits for nurses at Ticehurst:
  • £5000 Welcome bonus

  • Fully funded DBS

  • Fully funded NMC registration

  • Return to Practice support

  • Mentorship experience

  • CPD top up

  • Management and Leadership development opportunities


  • Are Registered Mental Health Nurses Superheroes?

    At Priory Group, you don't have to have superhuman powers to be a hero in our eyes. We want the care our nurses provide to our service users to be super. As a mental health nurse at Priory you'll be part of a company that is supportive and has your welfare and interests at heart. Mental health nursing is a tough but rewarding career and we want to make sure that our relationship with you is a long-term thing, not a flash in the pan.

    It takes a genuine desire to help other people, along with a lot of dedication and compassion to be a Mental Health Nurse. In return, we want to make sure you get the reward you deserve which is why we offer market leading salaries as well as bonuses and benefits, you'll get job satisfaction and we'll support you to develop your skills and grow with the company via our Career Pathways programme. You'll get to build therapeutic relationships with the people you care for so you can help them through their difficult time and find ways to take control over their own health. It's a chance to make a real and lasting difference to someone.