Senior Mental Health Nurse

Location: Priory Hospital Barnt Green, Barnt Green, Birmingham

Salary: £39,392.00 - £41,953.00 per annum (dependent on experience)

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, rotational shifts (days and nights, 07:30-19:30 and 19:30-08:00)

Role: Senior Mental Health Nurse (RMN/LD) with active NMC registration required

Priory Hospital Barnt Green has an opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Nurse with 6-12 months post registration experience to join our team on the Acute Ward. The working hours are fully rotational - days and nights, 37.5 hours long.

You will be part of a compassionate team that is committed to supporting people’s wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.

• Deliver safe, high-quality, person-centred nursing care by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised care plans in partnership with patients, service users and their families.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and external professionals to promote positive outcomes, maintaining accurate documentation and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Coordinate and lead shifts as Nurse in Charge, delegate nursing duties effectively, supervise and support nursing and healthcare colleagues, and contribute to staff induction, student supervision and ongoing professional development.
• Promote clinical governance and quality improvement, ensure compliance with safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, medicines management, and the NMC Code, while maintaining positive relationships with patients, relatives and colleagues, responding professionally to concerns and supporting the safe management of challenging situations.

• Qualified Registered Adult Nurse with 6-12 months post registration experience
• Active NMC Registration
• Completed preceptorship or equivalent programme
• Knowledge of NMC standards guidelines, requests and professional practices

Due to the semi-rural location of the service, access to a vehicle or the ability to drive is recommended.

You can find additional information in the attached job description.