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About the Role
As a Senior Mental Health Nurse (RMN), you will lead the nursing provision by supporting the Clinical Manager, Pathways Lead and Lead Nurse. You will be providing supervision to the nursing team and ensure the team provide the best and most diligent service to our patients. The post holder is responsible for providing high standards of care is delivered at all times. They will always ensure patient safety is at the heart of everything they do. You will lead the MDT, supporting a caseload of patients with an allocated nurse, HCA and any other allocated MDT representatives for the patient.
Key Responsibilities:
Have an allocated lead area for the service, e.g., the management of self-harm, up-keep of the clinic
room in line with policies and procedures
To act as patient advocate, ensuring privacy, dignity and confidentiality are met
To report any issues that are identified by patients or their relatives on a timely basis
To ensure a high standard of infection control and the prevention of all avoidable healthcare
associated infections
To administer all drugs and medications as per the local policies and procedures
To report to the lead nurse any nursing issues of significance or concern
To ensure that all policies, procedures, guidelines and work instructions that relate to nursing are
followed
To maintain sound and effective working relationships and communication with all hospital staff and
consultants
Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Children Act are
fulfilled, as applicable.
Supervise and manage a group of nurses and HCA’s within your team.
Ensure own monthly clinical supervision and undertake supervision of the nurses within the team.
Ensure own annual appraisal is completed with Lead Nurse and complete appraisals of nurses and
HCA’s with your team.
Details
Location
Schoen Clinic Newbridge
Job Type
Full-time, Permanent
Category
Nursing
Salary
£37,440 - £41,174 per annum - depending on experience
Benefits
You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):
25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Paid emergency leave
Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us
Contributory pension scheme with Royal London
Enhanced Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.
Dental Cover
Recognition schemes for employees
Eye care scheme with Specsavers
Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts
Winter flu jabs
EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns
Skills & requirements
As a Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will have a valid NMC registration (RMN) with no restrictions, and be working clinically in a healthcare setting (primary care, eating disorders or mental health). You will have a strong understanding and respect for confidentiality for our patients, ability to plan care, and manage a caseload of patients. You will have the knowledge around CQC guidelines, clinical governance and be able to work within a multidisciplinary team.
Further information on your role and the responsibilities as well as the essential criteria can be found in the JD.
About your future team
Schoen Clinic Newbridge is a multi-award-winning and specialist eating disorder hospital, providing inpatient, outpatient and daycare services to young people aged 8-18 years.
Schoen Clinic culture
Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based around our five key values:
Accountable: Taking ownership of the things I say and do
Caring: Treating others as I would like to be treated
Collaborative: Working together to make a winning team
Courageous: Being proud to be different and challenge the norm
Determined: Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations