Senior Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cygnet Healthcare are looking for confident Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with a passion for delivering outstanding care to join our New Service Cygnet Hospital Oldbury opening in Summer 2024.

At Cygnet Hospital Oldbury you will be working 42 hours per week including days/nights and weekends.

Cygnet Hospital Oldbury is our new state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for women, in the West Midlands. The service will be opening in mid-2024.

The service will feature two wards. A 12 bed PICU ward and a 15 bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Oldbury will have a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and will support the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.

Your Day-to-Day at Cygnet Hospital Oldbury

• Lead an allocated team of nurses & 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 lead by example, teach, inspire and guide them
• Work closely with the management team to develop the service, audit and improve quality
• Use technology and innovation to improve patient experience.
• Attend all training and engage in CPD to further knowledge & promote nursing
• Conduct appraisals, audits, interviews & supervisions
• Under NMC guidelines, ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained collectively with residents, relatives and other healthcare professionals
• Be responsible for the co-ordination, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual patient programmes of care.

You are

• Open, compassionate, honest & resilientleader of other nurses.
• Experienced RMN with a current Pin number
• Capable to promote & ensure the good reputation ofand 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.

Why Cygnet? Well offer you

• Starting at £21.20 and rising £21.73 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
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme & employee discount savings.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cygnet Health Care

Address

Oldbury

B68 9AG

Employer's website

https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)