Senior Staff Nurse

Job summary

Opened in 2008, Heatherwood Court provides care, treatment and rehabilitation for individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Adults with severe and enduring mental illness requiring a low secure environment
• Male and female mentally disordered offenders requiring a low secure environment
• Women with mental health needs and personality disorders requiring a locked ward

Main duties of the job

• To work in line with all organisational policies/procedures, values and beliefs and support the staff team to do the same
• To provide direction and be a role model, facilitating best practice and best outcomes for Patient group
• Understand and promote the rights of Patients at all times.
• Understand and promote dignity and respect in all aspects of your daily work.
• Understand and promote awareness and respect of the confidentiality of Patients unless doing so would be a risk to them, others, or the organisation.
• Understand and respect the confidentiality of your colleagues and the wider organisation.
• Understand and inform those you supervise/support that communicating the organisations business to any external party, including ex-employees, without express permission, may result in a disciplinary process.
• Direct others to share resource, including cross site working and reduce costs across the service.
• To use effective, professional, written and verbal communication at all times, ensuring the correct information is delivered to the correct person at the correct time.
• To understand and adhere to all security requirements for the service, including attending/delivering training when required

About us

Iris Care Group is the largest independent health and social care provider operating across the South West of England and South Wales.

The Iris Care Group launched in May 2023 through the merging of two companies, Holmleigh Care (since 1999) and Ludlow Street Healthcare (since 2005).

Iris Care Group has brought together over twenty years of specialist experience in the sector supporting people with a range of needs across a range of settings. The partnership enables us to offer to the people we support, their families, and commissioners the full care pathway of services. Iris Care Group offers supported living, residential and nursing, hospitals and education services delivered by expert teams committed to providing high quality, effective and values-led services.