Senior Mental Health Nurse

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We are looking for a Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse with a current UK PIN number and, a passion for delivering outstanding care.
You'll be working full time, 42 hours per week (12 hour shifts \- days and nights), at Cygnet Lodge Salford.

Cygnet Lodge Salford is a high support inpatient rehabilitation (level 2\) service for women. The service supports 24 individuals with a primary diagnosis of mental illness, but they may also have a complex secondary diagnosis, including a personality disorder.

Senior RMNs with interests in leadership, research \& risk assessment are encouraged to apply.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts – as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits – to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

If you’re passionate about what you do, we want to talk to you!

Your day\-to\-day…

• 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.

• Strong career progression opportunities within the region, including into management roles


• Salary: £23\.70 per hour


• 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.

• Experience as a Charge Nurse


• 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.

If you care about making a difference – we want to talk to you.

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