Registered Mental Health Nurse

Location Leicester
Job type Permanent
Salary £37,128 - 45,864 per year
Reference 161154

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company within the private and public sector has a permanent role for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to work full-time based in Leicester.

The salary for this Registered Mental Health Nurse job is £33,696 - £34,632 per annum.

Duties:

  • Contribute to providing a safe and secure environment and will treat patients, visitors and colleagues as individuals and with respect at all times
  • Maintain a high standard of nursing care within the unit
  • Ensure that the environment provides an atmosphere, which supports the positive development of the patient’s behaviour and mental state
  • Supervise and support care staff, ensuring effective professional leadership
  • Ensure that nursing care, assessment and treatment is delivered within the clinical ethos of the unit
  • Provide supervision and support to the care team
  • Maintain a safe environment for patients and staff
  • Ensure that the Senior Nurse Manager is informed of any clinical, administrative or management decisions that have been made on during their absence
  • Work effectively with other professional colleagues ensuring a consistent pattern of care for each individual
  • Assess individual needs in areas agreed by the Multi- disciplinary team
  • Maintain a high standard of record keeping in relation to individual patient needs and progress
  • Assist with and organise admission, leave and discharge of patients
  • Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes
  • Take a lead role in the assessment of functional skills, and the implementation of programmes to develop these
  • Positively contribute to the daily activities and treatment programmes
  • Maintain all the financial and administrative procedures in respect of patient’s monies and allocated petty cash for the unit
  • Ensure adherence to policies and procedures relating to financial control within the unit
  • Ensure that all unit policies and procedures are adhered to at all times
  • Ensure that the laid down procedures for the safe – keeping, storage, administration and checking of drugs is carried out
  • Take responsibility for ensuring an up to date knowledge of developments in nursing practice and for maintaining the requirements of PREPP
  • Be responsible for attending in-service training sessions and external courses
  • Be responsible for ensuring that all statutory training requirements are up to date
  • Liaise effectively with all members of the multi- disciplinary team

Requirements of the Registered Mental Health Nurse:

  • Degree or equivalent within Mental Health Nursing (RMN trained)
  • NMC registration and a valid live pin
  • Be competent in the performance of clinical and professional procedures and practices, bringing to the immediate attention of the Hospital Manager any variations in these practices
  • Have in- depth knowledge of the NMC Professional Code of Conduct and Standards of Administration of Medicine and ensure that all practice conforms to these standards
  • Have an understanding of the Care Standards Act 2000 and practice within the requirements of this legislation
  • Be flexible and adaptable to meet service needs

Contact:

This Registered Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Sadiq Rahman; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

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