Senior Mental Health Nurse; RMN

Senior Mental Health Nurse post leading a team at Cygnet St Augustine's, a 32-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit for men run by Cygnet Health Care. The nurse allocates care, supervises junior staff and keeps individual care plans current with service users and families. Full time at 42 hours across days, nights and alternate weekends, the unit takes men often coming from failed placements or stepping down from secure settings.

A current NMC PIN is needed.

• Lead an allocated team of nurses and support workers
• Allocate care and associated duties within each team member's competence
• Supervise junior staff and teach and guide them by example
• Work with the management team to develop the service, audit and improve quality
• Safeguard and promote the wellbeing of service users
• Manage medication
• Keep individual care plans complete and maintained under NMC guidelines, with service users, relatives and other healthcare professionals
• Co-ordinate the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes of care

• Current NMC PIN
• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

• Experienced RMN

• Excellent people management and leadership skills
• Organisational skills and ability to manage workloads
• Ability to maintain documentation and undertake audits, demonstrating integrity
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and current nursing practice
• Commitment to patient recovery, monitoring and reducing risk
• Compassion, resilience and commitment to service user independence

• Enhanced DBS check

• Acting as a role model with a positive attitude towards service users, families, visitors and others

• NHS and employee discount scheme
• Free meals on duty
• Free parking
• Bespoke career pathways