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Cygnet have been providing a national network of high quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years.
In this role you’ll enjoy excellent career prospects while making a real impact on our services users & their families.
Senior Staff Nurse (RMN) (RNLD)
A rewarding role with excellent career prospects, your focus on quality of care will help us achieve our goals.
Senior RMNs with interests in leadership, research & risk assessment are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- You’ll be working 42 hours a week in Victoria House, our 26 bed mental health inpatient service for men.
- Lead an allocated team of nurses and support workers to ensure care and associated duties are allocated effectively and within team members’ competence.
- Supervise junior staff in all aspects of their work and by example, teach and guide them.
- Work closely with the management team to develop the service, audit and improve quality.
- Attend all training and engage in CPD to further knowledge & promote nursing.
- Conduct appraisals, audits, interviews & disciplinaries.
- Under NMC guidelines, ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained collectively with residents, relatives and other healthcare professionals.
- Be responsible for the coordination, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual patient programmes of care.
Qualifications
- Open, compassionate, honest & resilient.
- Experienced RMN with a current Pin number.
- Capable to promote & ensure the good reputation of and act as a role model demonstrating a positive attitude towards patients, their families visitors and others.
- Well informed of the Mental Health Act 1983 & have an understanding of latest nursing practices.
- Able to deputise in a clinical lead role.
- Focused on patient recovery to monitor, manage & reduce risk.
- Helping to empower & support all staff and promote service user independence.
Benefits & Salary
- £24.32 per hour.
- Strong career progression opportunities within the region, including into management roles.
- Monthly reflective practice, support with revalidation & CPD opportunities.
- Expert clinical supervision & peer support.
- Pension scheme.
- Cycle to Work scheme & employee discount savings.
- Enhanced DBS check required for successful candidates.
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