Senior RMN

We are looking for a confident Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with a passion for delivering outstanding care. You'll be working 40 hours a week (Days, Nights and Weekends), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Kidsgrove.

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there's no better feeling. It's what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

You'll be working 40 hours a week (Days, Nights and Weekends) at Cygnet Hospital Kidsgrove, our new hospital for women in Staffordshire. The service is now open and accepting referrals. There are two wards: a 20-bed Acute service for women and an 11-bed Highly Specialised Personality Disorder Rehabilitation service. Crocus Ward provides a safe and stabilising environment for women who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.

Burleigh Ward provides specialised support for women with a personality disorder and other complex needs.

• Lead an allocated team of nurses & support workers
• Ensure care & associated duties are allocated effectively & within team members competence
• Supervise junior staff, leading by example, teach & guide them
• Work closely with the management team to develop the service, audit & improve quality
• Safeguard & promote the wellbeing of service users
• Manage medication under NMC guidelines, ensure that individual care plans are complete & maintained collectively with service users, relatives & other healthcare professionals
• Be responsible for the co‑ordination, assessment, planning, implementation & evaluation of individual patient programmes of care.

• Free meals on duty
• Free parking
• RCNi membership
• Bespoke career pathways plus much more

• Experience as a Charge Nurse with excellent people management skills & leadership qualities
• Organisational skills and the ability to manage workloads
• The ability to maintain documentation, undertake audits & demonstrate integrity in your role
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 & an understanding of the latest nursing practices
• A commitment to patient recovery in order to effectively monitor, manage & reduce risk
• Compassion, resilience & a dedication to empower & support service user independence
• The ability to act as a role model, demonstrating a positive attitude towards service users, their families, visitors & others

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

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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.