Are you a Registered Nursing Associate looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be?

We provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/ complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder. Patients may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.

Your career within Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It's what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing

The role of the Nursing Associate is to work under the supervision and work in partnership the hospital's Practice Nurse providing and delivering a high standard of nursing care, contributing to the ongoing assessment, providing and monitoring care based on evidence and working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team.

The role will be working collaboratively with the Practice Nurse to ensure the physical health care needs are met for all patients. This will include supporting with a number of physical health clinics providing advice and support for teams in the ongoing management of physical health issues.

About the location:

The combination of 2 psychiatric intensive care wards and 9 medium and low secure units as-well as some rehabilitation flats at Thornford Park provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering our 129 patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.

We provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for services users with mental illness/ complex care needs. Patients may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.

Thornford Park has excellent internal and external therapeutic and recreational facilities. The unit has been designed and built with a focus on integrating current best practice in both environmental performance and clinical care, in order to deliver a bespoke therapeutic environment.

What you will get

Competitive starting annual salary of 27,297 (37.5 hours a week)

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off!Free meals and parkingWell being support and activitiesCareer development and trainingPension contributionLife AssuranceAbout 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.

It is only with the dedication, passion and hard work from staff that excellent care programs that truly benefit the service users can be delivered.

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

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

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.