Senior Staff Nurse - RMN

at  Active Care Group

COME AND JOIN ONE OF THE UK’S LARGEST PROVIDERS IN NEURO AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE. WE PROUDLY EMPLOY OVER 4000+ PEOPLE - NO MATTER WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE JOBS FOR EVERYONE.

We’d like you to join us as a Senior Staff Nurse - RMN at our Kings Norton service in Birmingham.
Kings Norton Hospital is a purpose-built adult mental health service with capacity for 32 people. The Hospital supports adults of all genders with severe and complex mental health conditions. In this state-of-the-art hospital we provide high quality intensive treatment, in a clinically safe, caring and secure environment.
We are looking for nurses to join our passionate team and help those with complex needs live their best life.
As a Senior Staff Nurse, you will be competent in all the extended clinical skills required by the service, able to mentor and supervise pre and post registration (preceptor) staff, junior staff members, support workers/health care assistants without direction.
You will provide visible clinical leadership and professional direction to the nursing team on a day to day basis across the 24 hour 7 day periods.

• Will be highly visible and accessible to the patients their families and staff ensuring all patients/relatives and staff have the opportunity to seek information, help and support or to communicate problematic or celebratory issues
• Will act as a lead for an area of quality (tissue viability, infection control, nutrition, falls, continence, patient experience and feedback etc.) or other as directed by the Ward Manager and contribute to the development and maintenance of patient-centered services.
• Plan, allocate, supervise and evaluate working practices of the team on a shift by shift basis, ensuring high visibility of all staff at all times on the floor.
• To be responsible for timely discharge/transfer of patients by working closely with the Discharge Community Liaison Coordinator and ensuring all medications are available to ensure a safe discharge/transfer
• Ensuring the care, welfare and safety of all patients is maintained at the highest possible standard.
• Creating individualised care plans for patients / Updating care plans daily.
• Safely administering and recording of medication.
• Liaising effectively with external suppliers and health care providers.
• Monitoring and developing performance of support workers
• Use a person-centred approach to ensure every individual’s needs are understood and met with the greatest privacy, dignity, and respect.
• Acting as Primary Nurse, taking overall responsibility for the nursing residents receive, through nursing assessments and care planning.
• Contributing towards MDT working, risk assessment management and on-going clinical improvement
• Providing written nursing reports for a range of statutory and clinical review processes
• To undertake clinical supervision to further develop competence and clinical practice.To act as a mentor/preceptor to students/support workers or health care assistants as appropriate.